The 2009 NBA All-Star Game was an exhibition basketball game played on February 15, 2009 at US Airways Center in Phoenix, Arizona, home of the Phoenix Suns.
 The game was the 58th edition of the National Basketball Association (NBA) All-Star Game and was played during the 2008–09 NBA season.
 This was the third time that Phoenix had hosted the All-Star Game; the city had previously hosted the event in 1975 and 1995.
 Phoenix was awarded the All-Star Game in an announcement by commissioner David Stern on November 8, 2007.
 The other reported contenders for the 2009 contest were Air Canada Centre at Toronto, Madison Square Garden at New York City, Oracle Arena at Oakland and Bradley Center at Milwaukee.
The 2012 NBA All-Star Game was an exhibition basketball game which was played on February 26, 2012 at 7:30 p.m. EST at the Amway Center in Orlando, Florida, home of the Orlando Magic.
 This game was the 61st edition of the National Basketball Association (NBA) All-Star Game and was played during the 2011–12 NBA season.
 The Orlando Magic were awarded the All-Star Game in an announcement by commissioner David Stern on May 4, 2010.
 This was also the second time that Orlando has hosted the All-Star Game; the city had previously hosted the event in 1992 in the Orlando Arena, the Magic's previous home arena.
 This game also marked the first time an Eastern Conference city hosted an All-Star game since Atlanta in 2003.
 Despite the 2011 NBA lockout, which reduced the regular season to sixty-six games on a condensed schedule, the All-Star Game took place as scheduled.
 The Western Conference team defeated the Eastern Conference team 152–149.
The 1998 NBA All-Star Game was the 48th edition of the North American National Basketball Association All-Star Game.
 The event was held at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
 The East won the game 135–114.
 This game was the All-Star Game debut of Kobe Bryant, the youngest all-star in NBA history at 19 years of age, and rookie Tim Duncan.
 Bryant had a team-high 18 points.
 Michael Jordan earned MVP honors, scoring 23 points, grabbing 6 rebounds, and dishing out 8 assists despite having the flu.
 This was Jordan's third MVP award.The Game featured four all-stars from the Los Angeles Lakers.
 The Western Conference was coached by George Karl from the Seattle SuperSonics and the Eastern Conference was coached by Larry Bird of the Indiana Pacers.
 This marks the only All-Star game to feature both Kobe Bryant, who was the youngest player in NBA history to be in the all-star game and Michael Jordan in which Jordan was with the Chicago Bulls.
 Jordan came out of retirement one final time in 2001 and played two more seasons (and selected to the All-Star team both years) for the Washington Wizards.
 Grant Hill and Michael Jordan shot the best field goal percentages this game when comparing players who shot ten or more shots.
 Grant Hill was 7/11 from the field and he knocked down a three (.636%).
 Michael Jordan was 10/18 from the field and he also knocked down one three (.556%).
Shawn Dwayne Marion (born May 7, 1978) is an American retired professional basketball player who played 16 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
 In a career that spanned five teams, Marion earned NBA All-Star honors four times and won an NBA championship in 2011.
 Nicknamed "The Matrix" by TNT analyst Kenny Smith during the pre-season of his rookie year, he was widely regarded as one of the most versatile players in the league because of his athleticism and ability to play and defend many positions.
 He was also known for his unorthodox shooting form.
The 1997 NBA All-Star Game was the 47th edition of the All-Star Game and commemorated the 50th anniversary of NBA.
 The game was played on February 9, 1997, at Gund Arena (now known as Quicken Loans Arena) in Cleveland, Ohio, United States.
 The winner of the MVP award was Glen Rice of the Charlotte Hornets who played 25 minutes and scored 26 points while breaking two records in the process, 20 points in the third quarter and 24 points in the second half.
 Rice's 20 points in the period broke Hal Greer's record (19), set in 1968.
 Rice's 24 points in a half surpassed the previous mark of 23, owned by Wilt Chamberlain and Tom Chambers.
 Michael Jordan's 14 points, 11 rebounds, and 11 assists were the first and, until the 2011 NBA All-Star Game, the only triple-double in NBA All-Star Game history (LeBron James (2011), Dwyane Wade (2012), and Kevin Durant (2017) have also achieved this).
 Five players (Charles Barkley, Alonzo Mourning, Patrick Ewing, Clyde Drexler, Shaquille O’Neal) who were voted or selected for the team opted out due to injury, opening the doors for the annually neglected and the new stars—Joe Dumars, Detlef Schrempf, Chris Webber, Chris Gatling and 20-year-old second-year man Kevin Garnett took their spots.
The 2016 NBA All-Star Game was an exhibition basketball game that was played on February 14, 2016.
 It was the 65th NBA All-Star Game.
 The Western Conference won 196–173 over the Eastern Conference, and Russell Westbrook was named the NBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player (MVP).
 It was held at Air Canada Centre in Toronto, home of the Toronto Raptors.
 The Raptors were awarded the All-Star Game in an announcement on September 30, 2013.
 This was the first time that the game was held outside the United States.
 TSN and Sportsnet televised the game nationally in Canada, while TNT and TBS televised the game nationally in the United States.
 This was also the 18th and final All-Star Game in which Kobe Bryant participated, as a result of his retirement after the 2015–16 season.
The 2005 NBA All-Star Game was an exhibition basketball game which was played on February 20, 2005 at Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado, home of the Denver Nuggets.
 This game was the 54th edition of the North American National Basketball Association (NBA) All-Star Game and was played during the 2004–05 NBA season.
The 1951 NBA All-Star Game was an exhibition basketball game played on March 2, 1951, at Boston Garden in Boston, Massachusetts, home of the Boston Celtics.
 The game was the first edition of the National Basketball Association (NBA) All-Star Game and was played during the 1950–51 NBA season.
 The idea of holding an All-Star Game was conceived during a meeting between NBA President Maurice Podoloff, NBA publicity director Haskell Cohen and Boston Celtics owner Walter A. Brown.
 At that time, the basketball world had just been stunned by the college basketball point-shaving scandal.
 In order to regain public attention to the league, Cohen suggested the league to host an exhibition game featuring the league's best players, similar to the Major League Baseball's All-Star Game.
 Although most people, including Podoloff, were pessimistic about the idea, Brown remained confident that it would be a success.
 He even offered to host the game and to cover all the expenses or potential losses incurred from the game.
 The Eastern All-Stars team defeated the Western All-Stars team 111–94.
 Boston Celtics' Ed Macauley was named as the first NBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Award.
 The game became a success, drawing an attendance of 10,094, much higher than that season's average attendance of 3,500.
The 2010 NBA All-Star Game was an exhibition basketball game between players selected from the National Basketball Association (NBA)'s Western Conference and the Eastern Conference that was played on February 14, 2010 at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas United States.
 This game was the 59th edition of the NBA All-Star Game and was played during the 2009–10 NBA season.
 This was the second time that the Dallas/Fort Worth metropolitan area had hosted the All-Star Game; the area had previously hosted the event in 1986.
 Dallas was awarded the All-Star Game in an announcement by commissioner David Stern on October 30, 2008.
The 2004–05 NBA season was the 37th for the Phoenix Suns in the National Basketball Association.
 During the offseason, the Suns re-acquired All-Star guard Steve Nash from the Dallas Mavericks, and signed free agent Quentin Richardson.
 The Suns got off to a fast start winning 31 of their first 35 games, but then lost six straight afterwards.
 They finished with the best record in the NBA at 62–20 under head coach Mike D'Antoni.
 Three members of the team, Nash, Amar'e Stoudemire, and Shawn Marion were all selected for the 2005 NBA All-Star Game.
 The Suns also gained solid play from Richardson and Joe Johnson.
 Nash finished the season averaging 11.5 assists per game, while making 50.2% of his field goals and 43.1% of his three-pointers in the regular season.
 He ended up winning the MVP award.
 D'Antoni was awarded Coach of the Year, and Bryan Colangelo Executive of the Year.

Question: What was the nickname of the Phoenix sun football player,  born May 7, 1978 and was selected for the 2005 NBA All-Star Game?
Answer: "The Matrix"