Overcoming Adversity: A Decade of NBA All-Stars

"Why are these grown men getting paid millions of dollars to play a child's game?"

Inevitably, if you've been around the game of basketball long enough, you've heard some cynical adult ask this question. It seems fair; getting paid millions to play basketball every night in front of adoring fans does sound like one of the easiest gigs in the world. But there's a lot more to it than that.

No one has an easy journey to reap the rewards waiting for them at the highest level of basketball. Only 3...