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Mori Chu wrote: ↑

Tue Apr 29, 2025 6:11 pm

The league is really lost on the All-Star game. They should just keep it the classic way it's always been. It is imperfect but also enjoyable, a tradition, a part of the game. These new versions are invariably worse and forgettable; they're killing it.

INFORMER wrote: ↑

Tue Apr 29, 2025 8:47 pm

Mori Chu wrote: ↑

Tue Apr 29, 2025 6:11 pm

The league is really lost on the All-Star game. They should just keep it the classic way it's always been. It is imperfect but also enjoyable, a tradition, a part of the game. These new versions are invariably worse and forgettable; they're killing it.

I think you're forgetting how bad things got with the normal format. I don't blame the league for trying to do something.

I didn't have a problem with last year's format; there was just too much time between games, too much Kevin Hart, and too much "Inside the NBA" crew.

Uncle_Gene wrote: ↑

Tue Apr 29, 2025 9:28 pm

Back to basketball. Milwaukee just got eliminated from the postseason. Anybody here want to have Doc Rivers as the next head coach ?

Patrick Fertitta [“Tilman's 30-year-old son and ownership's day-to-day presence in basketball operations”] and Stone had to convince Tilman Fertitta, a billionaire who bought the franchise when the Rockets ranked among the NBA's elite teams, that intentionally bottoming out was Houston's most realistic path back to being a contender. They also had to talk Tilman into sticking with the plan at times during the ensuing three seasons when Houston won a total of only 59 games.

Flagrant Fowl wrote: ↑

Wed Apr 30, 2025 5:42 pm

LeBron James killed the dunk contest, and Kobe Bryant killed the All-Star game. Kobe was the last guy of the previous generation to maintain a minimum level of competitive pride in any basketball game. The biggest stars of the subsequent generation don't have the right mix of appeal, competitiveness (for an exhibition), and support from the league to sustain All-Star game entertainment value over recent years.

The NBA needs to continue to seek out player-focused incentives that cultivate intrinsic competitiveness, and I don't think cash prizes are the only answer. Dividing All-Star teams in a manner that promotes competitiveness is definitely a step in the right direction, but there are numerous ways the NBA can still manage to screw it up, such as the asinine idea of having TNT guys draft teams. I think they should try to push the envelope a bit and do something like designate 4 ASG team captains early in the season and put them in charge of recruiting their 8-man squad for two months prior to All-Star Weekend.

The league must implement a scheme that challenges players egos enough to make the game entertaining, otherwise just cancel the damn thing and lean into individual competitions and corporate parties.

SunsRIt wrote: ↑

Thu May 01, 2025 1:40 pm

As much as I didn’t like it at the time, I think MLB did the right thing tying home field advantage in the finals to the winner of the all-start game. Maybe the NBA could do something similar.