Andi Obst wrote:BTW, the funniest thing people do on NBA Twitter every year is acting like this isn't how it's been for a looooong time now. Every year I have to watch the same accounts cry for a day and read insane "solutions" like playing for homecourt advantage in the Finals.
Exactly. If you actually took the time to watch all or portions of allstar weekend and you thought it sucked, was it your first time tuning in over the last 25 or so years?
I wrote this in the Around the NBA Thread:
Almost never do. I’ve probably watched 2 hours of all star weekend in the last 20 years. 99% of it sucks except you’ll get a decent slam dunk comp once every 6-7 years. And when that rare event happens you can just YouTube it and be done in 5 minutes without all the down time.
Allstar weekend is great for kids and to mass market the NBA on a superficial level. So it’s very important from a business perspective. But if you are looking for basketball you won’t find it there.