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TorontoBarneys wrote:Bruin wrote:Dame won something for once in his career lmao
Never forget people wanted to trade Scottie for Dame.
People here thought Dame & Pascal could win a chip.
And1Skip wrote:Dame always played like this in all-star games. Just ballhog and jack-up logo 3's. Only difference is he's finally a starter this year and gets to play more minutes.
raps14 wrote:It's crazy that Doc got to coach the East after Griffin was the one who earned the coaching spot. Probably the only championship he's winning this year. Also how much do you want to bet by 2030 they will be using these LED courts for actual games and this Ruffles 4 point line will make its way into the NBA. Probably will start as something that will just show up at random times during the game to test before becoming a permanent fixture.
I hated the LED court. It was more distracting than the in season tournament courts.
kwajo wrote:PhilBlackson wrote:MonkBatter42 wrote:lol Scottie wants to hoist the trophy
It’s weird they didn’t lol that’s usually the whole point of why they pass it to them.
The whole presentation was odd, looked like most of them had checked out, or from the tone of Giannis, Silver, and Ernie you could tell no one took it seriously at all, or hated it on some level.
Chalky_White wrote:kwajo wrote:PhilBlackson wrote:
It’s weird they didn’t lol that’s usually the whole point of why they pass it to them.
The whole presentation was odd, looked like most of them had checked out, or from the tone of Giannis, Silver, and Ernie you could tell no one took it seriously at all, or hated it on some level.
Its also weird that only the East team was still on the court for the MVP presentation. Usually both teams remain on the court intermingling until the trophy presentation is done.
Seems like the West team just dipped soon as they could.
Scase wrote:TorontoBarneys wrote:Bruin wrote:Dame won something for once in his career lmao
Never forget people wanted to trade Scottie for Dame.
People here thought Dame & Pascal could win a chip.
Dame and Giannis can't even win the east, and people thought Dame/Siakam was a contender duo lmao.
This ASG reminded me why I have not watched them for years. Nothing but boring ass 3's.
JShuttlesworth wrote:I get that All-Star weekend is primarily for kids, but it's a shame what the entire weekend has turned into
I don't care for the way they do the Rising Stars format, the dunk contest was a joke, and the All-Star game has become a 3-point shooting practice. It's just a weird weekend all around. Some of that's on the planners, some of it's on the NBA, and some of it is on the players. There just doesn't seem to be any pride in being competitive and actually running / participating in a quality event
I think they need to simplify everything and bring it back to their roots, stop trying to change everything every year
The MLB seems to be the one league that does the Home Run Derby and All-Star game right. Baseball is probably my least favourite sport to watch on TV, but their All-Star weekend is great imo
mtcan wrote:JShuttlesworth wrote:I get that All-Star weekend is primarily for kids, but it's a shame what the entire weekend has turned into
I don't care for the way they do the Rising Stars format, the dunk contest was a joke, and the All-Star game has become a 3-point shooting practice. It's just a weird weekend all around. Some of that's on the planners, some of it's on the NBA, and some of it is on the players. There just doesn't seem to be any pride in being competitive and actually running / participating in a quality event
I think they need to simplify everything and bring it back to their roots, stop trying to change everything every year
The MLB seems to be the one league that does the Home Run Derby and All-Star game right. Baseball is probably my least favourite sport to watch on TV, but their All-Star weekend is great imo
Baseball all-star games are played at a competitive level close to a regular baseball game because by and large, baseball is considered a non-contact or less physical than football, hockey and basketball. Maybe the pitchers aren't throwing as hard to preserve their arms but that works to the hitters' advantages...and what's more fun in a baseball game than to see lots of hits and home runs?
All-star hockey games...you will see less hitting and fighting but that also means more 2 on 1s or breakaways and those are lots of fun to watch even in a normal game.
Pro Bowl is a joke and everyone knows it. In fact...they're doing flag football this year so there will be zero hitting and as much as we like seeing offence...seeing a quarterback sacked or a receiver savagely taken down by a hulking linebacker...that's what people enjoy watching.
Basketball without the defensive intensity and shot blocking just isn't fun. Guys just jogging up and down the floor with clear paths to the basket...no one wants to see this.
If the NBA wants to make this fun...how about a 3 on 3 tournament? Pay the guys $500k each to participate but then offer an additional $500k to advance to the quarter finals, another $500k to advance to the semifinals and another $500k to advance to the finals with another $500k to win. Winning players get a cool 2.5 million and the intensity level increases dramatically...and we don't have to watch a completely neutered 5 on 5 game.
