LeBron James fields questions from the media ahead of the 2021 NBA All-Star Game and weighs in on Ben Simmons and Joel Embiid being ruled out of the All-Star Game due to COVID-19 contract tracing, how he is staying safe during the pandemic, how it feels to have the All-Star Game in one day and shares the importance of HBCUs. #NBAAllStar #NBA 0:00 LeBron James reacts to Ben Simmons and Joel Embiid being ruled out of the All-Star Game. 5:00 LeBron shares how he is staying safe during the pandemic. 6:30 LeBron weighs in on how it feels to have All-Star Weekend all in one day. 9:15 LeBron says he tries to remain available for his team. 10:00 What makes a good alley-oop? 13:20 LeBron says it’s time to highlight and support HBCUs. ✔️Subscribe to ESPN+ http://espnplus.com/youtube ✔️ Get the ESPN App: http://www.espn.com/espn/apps/espn ✔️Subscribe to ESPN on YouTube: http://es.pn/SUBSCRIBEtoYOUTUBE ✔️ Subscribe to NBA on ESPN on YouTube: http://bit.ly/SUBSCRIBEtoNBAonESPN ✔️ Watch ESPN on YouTube TV: http://es.pn/YouTubeTV ESPN on Social Media: ► Follow on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/espn ► Like on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/espn ► Follow on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/espn Visit ESPN on YouTube to get up-to-the-minute sports news coverage, scores, highlights and commentary for NFL, NHL, MLB, NBA, College Football, NCAA Basketball, soccer and more. More on ESPN.com: https://www.espn.com