Nba all star game changed... Again.

[Bluegrass79]

Version 14.
Well this time we will have a:
8 man
4 team 5x5
1 day tournament.

Champs get 125grand each.

Each game is to 40 points.

3 nba player teams and one 1st and 2nd year team.

1st and 2nd team comes from rising star game winner.

NBA announces revamped All-Star tournament

The NBA officially announced a revamped All-Star format that will feature a four-team tournament.

www.espn.com

My thoughts:
ho-hum until I seen the 1st and 2nd year players got a team. That is something thats interesting to me. Can they beat the LEAGUE?
That is some nice spice added to the dish

 

[Pelosigalore]

When I was young, I never missed the ASG. Now it’s completely unwatchable.

 

[Bluegrass79]

When I was young, I never missed the ASG. Now it’s completely unwatchable.

Does a team of first and second year NBA players winning against the league interest you?
It does me!
I will watch a 1 day tournament. I like the idea of seeing what happens.
I hope Reed Shepherd makes it on the team somehow!!!! They aint beeen playing him enough. He needs to be on that team

 

[Supafuzz75]

Does a team of first and second year NBA players winning against the league interest you?
It does me!
I will watch a 1 day tournament. I like the idea of seeing what happens

Nope.. Its still a trash product they roll out there with.. Its been way over a decade since I last watched any type of NBA game..

 

[SemperFiCat]

This sounds so dumb. Again, I don't care what their ratings are, the NBA is on a downward trend.

 

[NociHTTP]

When I was young, I never missed the ASG. Now it’s completely unwatchable.

Agreed. Used to be bonafide all-stars, now it's

 

[legalbeagle123]

Unwatchable garbage.

 

[Fox2monk]

This sounds so dumb. Again, I don't care what their ratings are, the NBA is on a downward trend.

Stupid dumb, like everything else they won’t care about this either. They make so much money they barely play real games. Nothing they do will make them compete unless they made it so losers could never be all stars again.

 

[kywildcatsfannumber1]

All-Star Games used to be so much fun. Now they are a joke.

 

[ukcatz12]

The 3 point shot broke the NBA's watchability. I'll still tune in for the playoffs, but the regular season and All Star Game are just glorified 3 point shooting contests at this point. The All Star Game specifically feels like it's just Dame and Steph alternating half court shots.

 

[UKBB4Ever]

They need to do something. I don’t know if this is the answer

Still better than not doing anything.

 

[SemperFiCat]

Stupid dumb, like everything else they won’t care about this either. They make so much money they barely play real games. Nothing they do will make them compete unless they made it so losers could never be all stars again.

The only way you could make them compete is to award the winners vacation days so they don't have to fake injures.

 

[rick64]

 

[bthaunert]

When I was young, I never missed the ASG. Now it’s completely unwatchable.

Not sure if your age (in 48), but I also never missed the Pro Bowl and MLB All-Star game. Those used to be must watch TV.

 

[TheBlueMist]

My interest in the NBA is on the same level as Indian cricket.

 

[Titpwhami2014]

All-Star Games used to be so much fun. Now they are a joke.

Yeah, the NBA All-Star game used to be must-watch. Players still only went 80%. But 80% is still better than the half-assed garbage they’ve rolled out there for the past 15 years. How about we just play East vs. West and give a little effort fellas?

 

[Ky_Bred_Cat]

A race to the bottom between the NBA and the WNBA.

 

[UKWildcats1987]

Does anyone watch any of these garbage all star events?

 

[Ky_Bred_Cat]

Does anyone watch any of these garbage all star events?

The All-Star games should be replaced with dead air for whatever duration the pause in play is so maybe, just maybe, the fans that remain loyal might just miss it a little bit.

No, that wouldn't work either.

 

[natchezrule]

Version 14.
Well this time we will have a:
8 man
4 team 5x5
1 day tournament.

Champs get 125grand each.

Each game is to 40 points.

3 nba player teams and one 1st and 2nd year team.

1st and 2nd team comes from rising star game winner.

NBA announces revamped All-Star tournament

The NBA officially announced a revamped All-Star format that will feature a four-team tournament.

www.espn.com

My thoughts:
ho-hum until I seen the 1st and 2nd year players got a team. That is something thats interesting to me. Can they beat the LEAGUE?
That is some nice spice added to the dish

I’m busy that day

 

[JonathanW]

NBA = drive, kick out , 3
Pull-up 3
drive, kick out , 3
Pull-up 3
drive, kick out , 3
Drive, flop, and one
Wash, rinse, repeat
Boring, boring, boring.

 

[know1]

The real question is whether LeBron and his son will make "history" by being the first father and son to play in the All Star Game.

I used to watch a ton of NBA. Then I started only being interested in the playoffs. Now, if the league folded, I wouldn't even notice. It seems about as fake as pro wrestling at this point.

 

[Son_Of_Saul]

Why the NBA has lost viewership:

1. No stars that people actually care about. LeBron, Steph, and Joker don't cut it.

2. No real rivalries. There's no Bird vs. Magic; Bulls vs. Pistons; or Spurs vs. Lakers. There's no real high stakes at play.

3. The rise of mercenary ball. The moment LeBron went to Miami, it became open season for "teaming up." Those of us who grew up in the 90s remember how many of the league's best players sank or swam with the same franchise for years: Thomas and the Pistons; Jordan and the Bulls; Ewing and the Knicks; Malone and Stockton and the Jazz; Robinson and the Spurs; Hakeem and the Rockets; etc. "Teaming up" with their rivals was something that was mostly unfathomable to most of them.

4. Gutting the league entrails when it comes to physicality. The league became paranoid after the so-called "malice at the Palace" and began watering down the physicality of the league to the point where hard fouls went the way of the dinosaur. Finesse took over. Teams starting jacking 50 threes per game.

5. Going woke. The moment the NBA made domestic "injustice" their mantra during 2020 and 2021, while simultaneously ignoring human rights violations in the ever-profitable market of China, many Americans began to see through the political rhetoric. It made an already unwatchable product become that much easier to dismiss when channel surfing.

6. The rise of Diva Ball. Whether it's the "I'm a tough guy" emo stare down of Damian Lillard, the childishly hilarious mouthpiece chomping of Steph Curry, or the inflated ego aura surrounding guys like LeBron, Kyrie Irving, or Russ Westbrook, fans saw a lot of bark and very little bite. These guys rarely have gone after each other with cold-blooded precision the way their predecessors did. Look back on the Lakers-Kings series of 2002; or the Pistons vs. Lakers series of 2004; or the Knicks vs. Bulls series of '92 or '93. These were holy wars with the souls of entire cities at stake. The players on the court made it no secret that they hated each other (at least for those 48 minutes each game). Their best players set the tone. Now it's the complete opposite. Everyone is smiling and chumming it up on and off the court. Fans see through that and have never been comfortable with it.

 

[Wonky]

6. The rise of Diva Ball. Whether it's the "I'm a tough guy" emo stare down of Damian Lillard, the childishly hilarious mouthpiece chomping of Steph Curry, or the inflated ego aura surrounding guys like LeBron, Kyrie Irving, or Russ Westbrook, fans saw a lot of bark and very little bite.

You didn’t even mention these men basically wearing women’s clothing to games.

 

[Greatestalltime]

Sounds watchable to me. Thanks op for posting. I like improvements. Wanting them to care like Bird and MJ isn’t happening.

Them caring some is better. . We will see

 

[ArtLaibsGhost]

Does a team of first and second year NBA players winning against the league interest you?
It does me!
I will watch a 1 day tournament. I like the idea of seeing what happens.
I hope Reed Shepherd makes it on the team somehow!!!! They aint beeen playing him enough. He needs to be on that team

He won't be , not playing that much on his own team. Should have stayed here another year and built up his body.

 

[Runnin'Ramel]

The current pick-up, lazy, no effort until the final 2:00 charade was a waste of time for everyone except little kids who enjoy watching guys hoist it from half court.

 

[jedwar]

Why the NBA has lost viewership:

1. No stars that people actually care about. LeBron, Steph, and Joker don't cut it.

2. No real rivalries. There's no Bird vs. Magic; Bulls vs. Pistons; or Spurs vs. Lakers. There's no real high stakes at play.

3. The rise of mercenary ball. The moment LeBron went to Miami, it became open season for "teaming up." Those of us who grew up in the 90s remember how many of the league's best players sank or swam with the same franchise for years: Thomas and the Pistons; Jordan and the Bulls; Ewing and the Knicks; Malone and Stockton and the Jazz; Robinson and the Spurs; Hakeem and the Rockets; etc. "Teaming up" with their rivals was something that was mostly unfathomable to most of them.

4. Gutting the league entrails when it comes to physicality. The league became paranoid after the so-called "malice at the Palace" and began watering down the physicality of the league to the point where hard fouls went the way of the dinosaur. Finesse took over. Teams starting jacking 50 threes per game.

5. Going woke. The moment the NBA made domestic "injustice" their mantra during 2020 and 2021, while simultaneously ignoring human rights violations in the ever-profitable market of China, many Americans began to see through the political rhetoric. It made an already unwatchable product become that much easier to dismiss when channel surfing.

6. The rise of Diva Ball. Whether it's the "I'm a tough guy" emo stare down of Damian Lillard, the childishly hilarious mouthpiece chomping of Steph Curry, or the inflated ego aura surrounding guys like LeBron, Kyrie Irving, or Russ Westbrook, fans saw a lot of bark and very little bite. These guys rarely have gone after each other with cold-blooded precision the way their predecessors did. Look back on the Lakers-Kings series of 2002; or the Pistons vs. Lakers series of 2004; or the Knicks vs. Bulls series of '92 or '93. These were holy wars with the souls of entire cities at stake. The players on the court made it no secret that they hated each other (at least for those 48 minutes each game). Their best players set the tone. Now it's the complete opposite. Everyone is smiling and chumming it up on and off the court. Fans see through that and have never been comfortable with it.

I was going to weigh in but you pretty much summed it up. It was such a good product in the 80s and 90s and early 2000s. Now it's just not good.

 

[Bluegrass79]

Somehow we got to draw back three pointer and up the sky hook. There needs to be a balance between all the different types of shots and no shots needs to be more valued over the other really that much.
If need be they need to move the 3-pointer back to 30 ft in the NBA. Just keep moving it back till they can't hit it no more above 25% and then move it up one foot.
Let's see how far away they can hit it at a high clip