New All-Star Weekend Idea

That Nicka · Post #1 » by **That Nicka** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 9:02 am

Ok seriously, the Rookie-Sophomore game just sucks... Get rid of it... They dont even sell tickets to it anymore.. They just give tickets away to local elementary school students who dont even know who the players are... Also, the Rookies will never win -- Whats the point? They couldnt even win with Bron, Melo, Wade, Bosh, Kaman, Hinrich

Anyways -- they should make Friday night USA vs International game... Have the coaches pick the players for both teams... two 20 minute halves... 10 players on each team... That would be fun to watch imo

Saturday night will be dunk contest, 3 point shootout and all that (this is in the middle to give the All Stars who play in both games a day off)

Sunday will be East vs West...

Also, they should extend the break from Wednesday-Wednesday instead of just giving players Friday-Monday off... this will make it easier on the all stars who have to play in both the Friday and Sunday games... Because all the players who actually play in the All Star game dont even really get a vacation as they have to do stuff for "NBA cares" all weekend and are probably doing NBA promos and signing autographs the rest of the time... I definitely think the players would be ecstatic to get a week off in the middle of the long 82 game season... What do you guys think?

Duiz · Post #2 » by **Duiz** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 9:10 am

That Nicka wrote:Also, they should extend the break from Wednesday-Wednesday instead of just giving players Friday-Monday off... this will make it easier on the all stars who have to play in both the Friday and Sunday games... Because all the players who actually play in the All Star game dont even really get a vacation as they have to do stuff for "NBA cares" all weekend and are probably doing NBA promos and signing autographs the rest of the time... I definitely think the players would be ecstatic to get a week off in the middle of the long 82 game season... What do you guys think?

Don't feel bad for them. They earn about another 500k to 5 million dollars in sponsorship deals.

Watch Kobe and CP3

BillsGiants_Rep · Post #3 » by **BillsGiants_Rep** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 9:28 am

Charles Barkley should race Dick Bavetta every year...or at least be in a certain competition, whatever it is

Rasheeed!!! · Post #4 » by **Rasheeed!!!** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 10:00 am

until the players start playing like in a regular game, the ASG will always suck to me.

Rasho Brezec · Post #5 » by **Rasho Brezec** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 11:35 am

They should make NFL vs NHL basketball game. I would watch that game.

Rocky5000 · Post #6 » by **Rocky5000** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 12:50 pm

NBA vs WNBA!

Bucky O'Hare · Post #7 » by **Bucky O'Hare** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 12:54 pm

WNBA All-Stars vs NBA Scrubs would be interesting.

deeney0 · Post #8 » by **deeney0** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 1:24 pm

For all events - Dunk, Skills, Three point, whatever - there needs to big a large cash prize (to the charity of the winner's choice) to make things more interesting. Playing for bragging rights doesn't put enough on the line.

Prophet_C · Post #9 » by **Prophet_C** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 1:53 pm

H-O-R-S-E

doctaJ_92 · Post #10 » by **doctaJ_92** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 2:17 pm

USA vs the World. Then there would be some pride involved, the game wouldnt be as sloppy, and players would try hard in all 4 qtrs instead of just the last one.

TrueRain · Post #11 » by **TrueRain** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 2:17 pm

Haven't the Rookies won before?

BiggieSmalls · Post #12 » by **BiggieSmalls** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 2:29 pm

i like the H O R S E idea, i think players would not want to get shown up by each other and they would try some crazy stuff which would be great excitement for the fans, and anybody in the league can qualify to play so it would make it really interesting, maybe have a HORSE tourney i would watch that for sure.

JN · Post #13 » by JN » Fri Aug 15, 2008 2:52 pm

The best idea is to cancel it.

Bucky O'Hare · Post #14 » by **Bucky O'Hare** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 3:02 pm

NBA players doing MMA would be great. Guys with personal feuds, inside the ring, in the middle of the court.

Stinko Malenko · Post #15 » by **Stinko Malenko** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 3:32 pm

Are you smarter than a 5th grader, NBA edition

WNBA Bikini Contest

Post #16 » by **miller31time** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 3:48 pm

I definitely like the H-O-R-S-E idea.

Heck, that might even be more popular than the Dunk contest (not likely but possible).

The Main Event · Post #17 » by **The Main Event** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 3:53 pm

Stinko Malenko wrote:Are you smarter than a 5th grader, NBA edition

WNBA Bikini Contest

Are you blind? 99% of pro female ballers look like ugly giraffes.

jflipclip · Post #18 » by **jflipclip** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 3:54 pm

deeney0 wrote:For all events - Dunk, Skills, Three point, whatever - there needs to big a large cash prize (to the charity of the winner's choice) to make things more interesting. Playing for bragging rights doesn't put enough on the line.

There's prize money, is 10k not large enough? =p See Tyrus Thomas.

Stinko Malenko · Post #19 » by **Stinko Malenko** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 4:02 pm

The Main Event wrote:
Stinko Malenko wrote:Are you smarter than a 5th grader, NBA edition

WNBA Bikini Contest

Are you blind? 99% of pro female ballers look like ugly giraffes.

Well stick a bag over their head. Or a David Stern mask.

Prophet_C · Post #20 » by **Prophet_C** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 4:05 pm

Eww at the thought of an WNBA Bikini contest except for Candace Parker.

How bout top cheerleaders from around the league square off? heh