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Baseball has the best All Star weekend because you can play the exhibition game the same way as a regular season game. The pitchers pitch the same way, the hitters hit the same way. Also, the HR derby is similar to the 3 point contest where the participants aren’t going hard beyond their means but it has the same type of flair and allure as the dunk contest used to. The issue with the dunk contest is a lot of these guys just don’t have the time to practice these things and then as a result don’t want to embarrass themselves by doing standard dunks that will get them roasted on social media.
Facts kenny was tripping
Easily and by far the best. Not even close
Another thing that hinders the Dunk Contest from being epic are those god awful judges. How they didn't give Toppin at least an 48 for the second Dunk still is beyond me. It just felt like they're grading JB high cause he's the biggest name of the four, even though all his Dunks were ass. So why would any Stars even try to prepare anything cool when five random old heads give random points like they're flipping coins each time.
I totally agree on baseball having the best all star weekend. But one thing to add, the home run derby contestants definitely go hard because the winner wins $1M
each mlb all star team has 32 players so nobody really plays more than an inning or 2
Truth is that the All Star weekend will probably be like this from here on out. No one is risking an injury for a basically meaningless game especially now with the 65 game requirement. There’s no incentive for them to want to try. It’s just a showcase of moves they would never use in an actual game.
That’s the thing. It matters because it’s for entertainment. All-Star weekend is supposed to be the NBA’s premier event, but the players don’t care because they aren’t getting paid. It’s gross tbh
@@pemp9606I don’t know if it’s that one-dimensional. Sure a money incentive would change things (how much would it have to be though!!! Probably obscene amounts right?!) but it’s not like any parties want the players to play hard. Even slight risk of injury means that the entire fan base, city, organization and stakeholders of the Celtics want their boys to go 80% at most.
@@pemp9606what? All star is supposed to be the NBAs premiere event? Since when? It’s not the playoffs lol. It’s not the finals. Like wtf? I swear I don’t know where all of these people came from that expect the players to grind like it’s game 4 down 2-1. Wtf? It never has been. Never will be. Might be less effort now unless it’s a tie game late, but still it was never supposed to be anything but a chance for the guys to come together as the best players in the league on the same floor for a night.
Also I think its a terrible precident to set by paying players for playing hard during all star weekend. How much money is enough money? Its not like injuries are a new thing, all star games of past years have had players go at least 70% effort without a pay raise. Now that players are getting paid more than ever and have contract stipulations for more pay for being an allstar, it would be dumb for a league that is already losing revenue to have to pay even more. As much as I would like to punish players for not playing hard enough, it may be hard to quantify effort. Rather the all star game has to change fundamentally in order to provide something fresh every year for players to want to get involved.
@@pemp9606 They're already playing for entertainment like 80 times per season, why would they risk getting injured for a meaningless showcase game ? It's the same problem in the regular season, the lower the stakes are the lower the intensity will be and since there are 82 games per season there isn't a single regular season game that actually matters, to me that's one of the flaws of the american sports system in general, there are no stakes until the playoffs start. If they want an intense All-star game they better give the prospect of some kind of reward (preferably not money) for the winners or move the all-star weekend to the off-season, otherwise it's smarter for players to preserve themselves for the coming playoffs.
All Star Weekend sucked form start to finish… as it did for the last few years… Players cry when they’re not selected for the ASG… and when they show up they just don’t put any effort. Time to shut it down for a couple years. No more all stars also. We’ll see how the players will react
They don’t cry because they want to play in the game, they cry because of the prestige of being an all star. That title alone is enough to get someone a nice chunk of change in the off season .
@@jesseteno I know. That’s why: No more all stars for the next 2 years. You’ll see they’ll change their mind
Yup, just mess with players’ legacies
Cuz it’s about the money incentive for your new contract when you get selected for the ASG. Not about the game
@@jessetenoit’s the money bruv
I started watching in the 17/18 season and this is the first all star i skipped after halftime. Curry carried 2022. The new format carried 2020. And the first one without east and west was good also. All the dunk contests I've watched hav been mid other than the one with AG
This one was way better than last year’s
@@whoevencares5562 no... this years was not way better than anything lol what ae you talking about
watch some early 2000's all star games on youtube.. 2001 or 2003
I haven’t been a fan of ASG the last few years, but this years actually felt fun. It wasn’t basic offense with no defense throughout the entire thing, but there was some crazy plays that were fun to watch. Most notably Dames two half court shots lol. I actually shit when he made the first, but the second one I almost just turned it off it was that nasty🤣💀
@@mattypark5725 I feel like dame does that in most all star games.
That Kemba example might be the reason why people don't try. Kemba played though injury in an all star game and it brought his career to a premature end
That might be 1% of the reason why kemba couldn't play in the league anymore... dude's body was basically broken down at that point.
Yeah 5’11 33 year old Kemba Walker would still be killing it if he didn’t try hard at the all star game, that’s facts.
Kemba was already becoming washed at that point
I think the dunk contest has run its course. 1v1s are the way to go
Saw more people talking about how they wanted to see Steph and Dame vs Sabrina and Caitlin clark next year in a 2v2 3 point shootout than the dunk contest. Literally more people talking about that than the dunk contest while it was on tv smh.
Well, honestly it sounds like a much cooler event. I want to see that by far over the dunk contest.
@@m4ni0uagreed
dame and steph smoke them caitlyn gets shot and sabrina diarrheas her pants
Steph vs Clark would 100% be the premiere event of the entire weekend.
tjaa everyone wants to see those girls try their very best and fail all the time ahahah@@dtmuffinman
Totally disagree with the skills competition, literally no team gave a shit except for the Pacers team, the team aspect of the challenge is pretty pad compared to if this was an individual challenge, literally felt like the players were "too cool" to try hard in any event besides the 3 point contest. Also that's just my personal opinion but having the lights turned off of the arena except for the light coming from the court felt like the crowd didn't exist and made any event really dark and gloomy, let's just not talk about the actual ASG where the results speaks for itself really.
Ant was shooting lefty like what a disgrace.
ant was in a stupid game show game what he did was right @@PardeepKumar-vz8kb
@@PardeepKumar-vz8kb Shut up. Who cares if he chooses to have fun and shoot lefty? He was still the best player in the event even shooting with his left
All star team tried
@@atm2538 We can tell you don't have the mamba mentality. Weak asf
I think a temporary fix for the dunk contest is stop putting it last..exchange it with the 3 point contest which has been more exiting and had more big names in it the last few years…to me it capping off night2 is also why it’s being lackluster stands out more
My idea would be a 3 v 3 tournament. That would be perfect because there are 12 players in each conference. The top 4 voted players in each conference would be the captain and there would be a lottery of who gets the first pick in their conference. Then they can do a snake draft and go through the single-game elimination tourney. The cap score should be around 25 points, win by at least 3. The final would be the best team from the east vs the best team from the west and they could increase the cap score for that final game. This way it would be more competitive and the fans would see their favorite player play a full game.
3v3 and 1v1 would be great
but if guys aren’t willing to play in a 5v5 what’s gonna make them willing to play in a 3v3, also they will be involved in more games in the 3v3 which means they will play more and dgaf. 1v1 would probs be the way to go with the 24 all stars all playing in it, probs two dictions though, forwards and centers, and guards. Like no one wants to see d Mitch vs giannis, but a d Mitch vs booker match up would be electric
All we need is a few of the players on one team to say f it, let's come out playing good defense and then everyone will follow
Yes. Lebron and Steph should have lead the way.
@@brianjamesesq747 to be fair Lebron and Steph were probably among the most likely to get injured if they locked in on defense, considering their age. I don't really blame them as much
@@aerialkiller5948 I understand that, but they’ve both been all-stars for a decade plus. They are the elder statesmen. The all-star game died on their watch.
@@brianjamesesq747not at all guess why it sucks now because they are old they carried that shit hard and now that they are older they really can’t sacrifice potentially getting injured in a game that technically doesent matter and at the age of lebron one injury can completely change him
KD was playing defense like 70% of the time. it resulted in him going viral for getting nutmegged
i’ve watched every all-star weekend since 2004 starting at 5 years old & the only way i see them saving it is by moving it to the off-season. the contract & legacy incentives are always at the back of player’s minds & injuries will always pose a severe risk to that. the extra money incentive for all-stars seems nice in theory, but at the end of the day contract incentives from making all-NBA or going on postseason runs are more lucrative for these guys who are already on $40M a year contracts.
as a LAL fan, i found myself hoping lebron & AD both played under 20 minutes & didn’t exert much effort because we have a lot of ground to make up before the postseason & we need them healthy to have any chance of a run. i can’t sit here & expect other players to play hard when i don’t even want my team’s franchise players to knowing whats at risk. move all-star weekend to the off-season so these guys aren’t risking all-NBA honors or postseason runs & the issue will take care of itself imo.
i also believe the dunk contest needs player association approved judges that keep the position annually & also a revamp to the voting criteria. this will build trust among stars & other big-name dunkers & give them hope they won’t get hoed by judges personal agendas & bias which has been a problem since the 90s. people keep saying “we’ve seen every dunk” but i think that’s a cop out. mac mcclung came out saturday night with a dunk that’s never been done before, wowed the crowd & got social media hype only to be given a 46 by the judges. ultimately he did win, but i firmly believe he dumbed down his dunks to appeal to the judges instead of the fans after they did him dirty on that first score. they robbed us of a show because they don’t like ingenuity for whatever reason. they rewarded jaylen brown for paying homage to former players & legends with little to no creativity & there’s just no room for that in an event that’s already struggling.
i appreciate the NBA tryna honor hometown legends of the city that’s hosting, but with it comes too much interference from bias. just my two cents on the topic. aside from these, i really don’t know what else you can do to try & save all-star weekend. a 1v1 tournament won’t save the event in its entirety.
Injuries was never an issue even in the 90s when you could get clotheslined for driving inside its simply an effort issue and if the players at the top don't start caring about no one will it starts with players like Bron Curry KD etc the cemented all time players notice people stopped taking it serious when kobe retired prob cause he actually made them play at least 70% while he was there
@@rayburks7059 lmfao why even reply to a comment you didn’t read or can’t comprehend very well? first of all, injuries are up across the league since the 90s cause players have more wear & tear than ever from AAU. it’s only an effort issue because they don’t want to risk injuries when it can prevent them from $10M+ bonuses from all-NBA honors. it’s literally that simple. also, curry, lebron & KD are at the tail-end of their careers & have given us plenty of legendary ASG moments. kobe retiring didn’t miraculously cause players to stop giving a shit either, you’re just yapping. sometimes, it’s best to keep pointless comments to yourself.
No one ever gets hurt during the All-Star game. It’s a cope so they don’t have to try hard. I do not understand why it is so hard for an All-Star to put in 80% effort for 2 hours. It’s ridiculous and Kenny is way too charitable to these players.
@@pemp9606 i beg y’all with this mindset to stop being dense & try to actually comprehend what people are saying. we all watched paul george snap his leg in half in an exhibition game where players were only giving 50% effort. it’s always a factor when you raise intensity no matter how much you want to deny it lmao. if you don’t understand that they don’t want to risk $10M+ incentives from making all-NBA, or postseason runs for a meaningless exhibition game then you’re beyond helping.
@@aniflywalkerthe conservative mindset that less effort will prevent injuries has grey areas. These players are getting injured because of youth sports yes but mostly because they are too conservative. How do you prepare the body for max potential when you don’t do it consistently. We’ve seen videos of these same players working out at UCLA, drew leagues, etc. playing harder than the all star game. The risk of injury is the same. Every time you step on the court you could get hurt. Saying it’s all money incentives is just a cop out. They’re millionaires of course they only care about is money, doesn’t mean we have to cuddle them.
Do live segments of Serge Ibaka's "Hungry are you" for each all star team. Or add silly pre quarter fun challenges like a "gladiator" style obstacle course. Or put them in the big sumo fat suits and wrestle. Bring out the Simon Says half time show guy. The winner's team gets a free 5 pts to start the quarter. Hire me NBA
Curry vs dame deep range three point contest is a must for next year. That Steph vs Sabrina event was a banger, hope they continue unique events like that
This is actually a great idea. Set spots all over the court for making 3s including a bunch of deep 3s, half court 3/4 court full court circus shots. No time limit, one after another
I'd rather it be Steph and Dame vs Catlin and Sabrina. Idk who said but someone did and it's sounds like a really good matchup. Dame and Curry prob win but it was close with curry and sabrina.
that allstar kemba played every minute of the 4th was the same day his knees disappeared
Exactly. Bro has declined ever since that. No reason to beat yourself up on your “break”
@@ericg4626they don’t try at all stop lying to yourslef
That day kemba did play for real more than the rest
So your telling me someone playing ONE extra game is what killed his knees? 😂😂😂 cmon bro if ya knees suck they suck it got nothing to do w an extra game
@@nicktoosaucey8685 that’s not what I’m saying, I’m just validating he played hard that day
I was thinking of this today. Each player gets a score for a unique dunk. The remaining two dunks are chosen by random based on a wheel spin. All participants do the dunks chosen. That gives mystery and some level of free style.
For both the NFL and NBA, pro bowl and all star should just be an honor, an award, with no game played to go with it. They've both become awkward affairs, with both players and fans only participating in/watching it out of a misplaced sense of tradition, of "this is the way it's done." Just cancel the game and give the title as an award, handled the same way other awards are handled, MVP, rookie of the year etc., just an accomplishment to put on their resume.
Nah the pro bowl was actually enjoyable this year and that's mainly because the players looked like they were having hella fun. They was just all laughing and enjoying it and the flag game wasn't bad. The ending was good cuz it was a close game. People just need to get this random hate for flag football out they system and they'll enjoy the match. NBA tho idk how they can save it cuz they shit boring. The celebrity games are better then the actual all star games and thats cuz the NFL players be balling 🔥
Awkward affair. Well said
As a celtics fan, I appreciated jaylens dunks. They were trash, but they were safe trash. I was having Gordon Hayward war flashbacks imagining a title run that ended when jaylen broke his ankle trying to do a no-look dunk over tacko fall on an lcd screen floor. I've seen enough of this team's cursed injury luck to appreciate a dunk over a 5'4 guy sitting in a chair.
Couldn’t agree more lmao
I think they should make it similiar to how the NHL did it this year cause the whole time skills and game everyone cared. In the skills they grabbed the top 12 players and had them do multiple contests to see who would come on top and win a million dollars and then for the game they have one player from every team plus more and do 4 teams head to head and they seemed to care
imagine if the players played how they do in the hico rines runs, eyes would be glued to tv's and its just half speed
2020 went hard with the new format but it was also the Kobe All-Star game. Jerseys dedicated to him and everyone was trying in his honor. Best allstar game I've ever seen
Facts. I don’t know why they changed that
Yea his passing had a lot to do with the players motivation for that all star game. I don’t think it’ll ever be as good again
I don't remember the last time I watched the All Star Game. I kinda fell off the NBA in general. Only tune in to the playoffs and thats just watching highlights on CZcams. To make the players care more they should keep East vs West format, but make the All Star Game determine which team gets home court advantage in the Finals. I don't know why they don't play hard. It's not like they're hitting each other like it's football. With the amount of injuries people get, or are afraid to get, maybe we should look at how they train their bodies and what they put into it.
I think one way to make it more competitive is so that the all star mvp's city is where the next all star game will be. So if LeBron wins it the next one will be in LA etc. It increases the stakes without it having any effect on how the regular season or post season is played.
A 1v1 tourney or 3v3 tourney with a cash prize instead of the all star game make the hoops 8ft or 9ft for the dunk contest so people will try things we’ve never seen before the skill competition and 3 point contest are fine
And players pick teams from existing pool
Maybe some Banana Ball type rules might work? Like the winner for each of the first 3 quarters gets 5 "points," and the the 4th quarter starts at 5-10 or 0-15 then it's Elam ending to 50 or 40 points points.
I thought this maybe could work because the reason why the first year of Elam ending ASG worked was that the score was really close, and the other years were blowouts so the team didn't really had much of a chance. But if we limit the deficit with the "points" system, we will get some closer results in the 4th since the biggest deficit you could possibly get entering the 4th is 15 and if ur already down 10-0 at half you might wanna care slightly more in the 3rd.
Dunk contest - Set up each nba player with a day of practicing with Jordan Kilgannon or Isaiah Rivera to work on some creative dunks that can be doable
3pt contest - Keep corner 3s, move wing and top of the key out to the 4pt line, still the only contest the players care about
All Star game - The main guys are pushing 35-40, they dont want to try hard in a game with no meaning. Make it a 3v3 or some sort of a Rico Hines run type deal
Skills contest, overhaul the whole thing.
A lot of the players in the dunk contest already do that. Professional dunkers are professional for a reason. It takes years of practice and unique abilities do to the stuff they’re doing
kenny im ngl this is one of my favorite videos from you and i’ve been watching since the rebuilding days. the way you broke it down from the viewpoint of every stakeholder was fire and got me thinking hard asf on how to fix it
I understand both sides too. But shoot u can get injured in regular games too, can get injured first game back from all star line injuries happens, but u can compete a lil bit
i don’t think the All star events should exist
it’s meant to be a break for players but now they have to play and do events while on their break, but if they don’t like to do it, they get shit on, just get rid of it
it’s like if in winter break for school they made you do 2 essays
It wasn't originally meant to be a "break" other than like Thursday to Sunday. Now it's a whole week. Stop giving out Allstar awards for this wack product.
@@JarrydTImestill they desvene a week (in my opinion 2 weeks) long break not a break where they have to play
I'm just a little old school, but the season used to be shorter with 82 games still and more back to backs. Most players played close to all 82, now they're complaining about 65 game minimum and shortening the season. How can the old school need less rest than the modern nba with all the amenities, money, and science put into the players?
@@JarrydTImeplayers play more back to backs now and are playing like 3 games in 4 days which is insane
@@JarrydTIme Yall old ass mfs also tore your ACL once and called it a career no matter what year you were in. Players can suffer the same injury multiple times nowadays since medicine is getting better.
I got a crazy idea lmk what y’all think, what if we lowered the rims very slightly to increase the possibility and creativity of new dunks we’ve never seen in a dunk contest before
Nobody care about showing their personality we wanna see how these players actually compete with and against other top players. Make the game meaningful such as home court for the finals - it’ll develop a real sense of pride in conference and add a rivalry and another narrative to carry the league.
Honestly we shouldn’t care about the asg as much as we do. It’s literally just sit back turn your brain off junk food. Try to have fun instead of scrutinizing everything.
They should keep east vs west and the winning conference gets homecourt antvatege in the finals
MLB use to put the bonus of which ever league won there representative in the World Series would have home field advantage maybe nba could do something similar
This is the first year I freed myself from the All Star game. I don’t watch a 2nd of it and I didn’t miss anything. Might start skipping the whole thing soon. As a lover of basketball it’s hard to not watch BUT this stuff makes me more frustrated than happy.
LED court can be used during the all star game to have pop up spots for extra points beyond the arc or mid game objectives or have NBA jam type graphics during plays. if its going to be high scoring - might aswell lean towards the trend and make it fun.
It’s awesome having your birthday on all star weekend but the culmination of it all been too big a let down
I think a good solution would be to hold it during the off season, like maybe 3 quarters through it. It would kill 2 birds with 1 stone. The players would b starving for pro play bcuz they havent been playing for months and are looking forward to the beginning of the season. And it would also be beneficial to the fans bcuz then we would also get high level basketball content during the off season.
3:15 thank you, the dunk contest is bad because there no more variety of dunks players can think of btw I thought they changed the former of the all star game where the 4th quarter didn’t have a time limit
I wonder if they had a defensive player of the all-star game with hardware like the MVP award, maybe we would see some more defense since it's incentivized?
Also what if the winner of East vs West determined a tiebreaker for homecourt in the finals? Best record wins finals homecourt so regular season still matters. But if the records are tied, it could be the team from the conference who won the all-star game, who gets homecourt.
Ant mentioned before that he's an in-game dunker, but with that being said he has one of the CLEANEST windmills I've seen in the league since VC along with an insane vert. I'm positive if he practiced for the dunk contest he could do some insane shit
I think one solution could be to have it so that whichever conference wins the ASG gets home court in game 7 of the nba finals or just straight up home court advantage. So if the east wins and the Celtics make the finals, they get game 7 at home or home court advantage regardless of standings and records.
It’s a good way to give the players something to unite and play together to achieve. And the players may actually be competitive because it’s something that could potentially really benefit them later in the season.
That didn't work out in baseball, just made people mad.
I like that idea in theory, but it makes the regular season record matter less. So, in turn teams might not care about being a higher seed.
I'm on the 3v3 boat.
5v5 without plays invites a lot of cluttered stagnation / not trying. The more space you have, the more spotlight there is on you not doing anything.
Also, if its top 3 of each team, means they know how to run stuff with each other. Even if it's half assed, it'll have simulants of actual basketball. Also every team would be represented / more incentive for all markets of fans to tune in.
I watched a video a few weeks ago can’t remember who made it my bad but they used to have athletes from other sports and athletics competing in the dunk contest a long jumper doing mad long range dunks or an nfl player going 1v1 to get to the next round seems like an amazing way to get interest back into it
If the players dont really care, just lean into silliness. Make each quarter have conditional "special" rules. Or give them each team mario cart style effects.
1. Have a leaf blower over the back board pointed at the rim. Give one player on the bench a remote control that can activate it for a short second.
2. 1990's quarter where the players have to wear the baggy Allen Iverson style shorts and jersey.
3. Ice the shooter... make a player put their shooting hand in ice water before free throws.
4. Opposing team chooses a quarter to turn the rim vertical.
5. have Gladiator/ultimate ninja style obstacle courses in between quarters where the winner gets extra points.
6. Have the Simon Says halftime guy come out and do a game with the players.
That 2020 all star game was super competitive and fun to watch. They should bring that format back.
that game was only competitive because someone died
They played hard only because of Kobe 😢
Big 3 should be a part of the ASG. I feel like having a similar tournament of the Rising Stars, but for East v West 3v3 quick matches would be fun and entertaining. You could even have USA and World as well.
you know somethings wrong when the 3-pt contest and the steph vs sabrina were the best events
Its very simple it is very hard to motivate dudes that make 50+ million a year with just money. Just make the ASG determine home court in the finals, I mean whoever wins proves to be in the tougher conference and thus does deserve to get home court in the finals if they win said conference. ~85% of ASG players have some chance of making the finals so they will really have a vested interest to win it. And even the players with a very small to no real chance know they will be roasted mercilessly if caught phoning it in as it will be perceived as them giving up on their team
The only way to fix it is to move the game till after the season.
You can risk a 10 day ankle sprain in August a lot more than in February
Plus this gives the players another half season to earn that all star spot
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The highlight of my week was definitely seeing you man. At first I was like is that “KENNY?”, but I never seen you in person so I wasn’t sure. I wish we could’ve talked longer, but I was just shocked to see you in person 😂
As far as the dunk contest, I think what most people don't understand, is that just cause you could jump high does not mean you could do tricks in the air.
I listen to kenny to keep me updated on basketball until the season matters around april
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Kenny’s first video since that “I’m done” video. Hope you’re in better spirits, the nba community needs you
I’d love to see some type of poster contest replace the dunk contest, I understand there’s more injury risk and everything but the chances of a major injury happening is still very low and the excitement of seeing nba players try to dunk on each other could get fans back into it
The only thing I even watched/cared about was the 3 point contest and the Steph vs Sabrina shootout
In my country basketball is one of the fastest growing sports and when it came in the news about "if you are getting into basketball watch the NBA allstar game" I actually couldn't believe it. This is probably the worst game out of the entire year to watch if you are getting into basketball. If this was the first game I ever watched I would never watch again.
Honestly this was a terrible game, What country if you don’t mind me asking?
My first allstar game was last year so i decided to skip this year because it was horrible. And around that time Chelseas new owner were talking about bringing such a game to the PL, and i just thought ”this bullshit? Why tf would Anyone want this?”
honestly i think it would be really cool to have a 2v2 tournament in replacement of the ASG, something that is competitive, those that don't care will be eliminated early, and those that want to WIN will actually try
I was saying for years there needs to be a financial incentive for playing hard in the all star game. It worked for the IST so I think that would work too. Give rewards for things like winning the game or winning MVP, or even stat-based awards like most points, rebounds, assists, blocks, and steals
They should make it that the winner of the all star game gets home court for game 7 of the finals.
At this point, the MLB All-Star events are better than the NBA All-Star events (besides the 3 point contest). You got guys who can hit bombs in the HR Derby want to participate. And for their All-Star game, they're actually playing normally like a real game. For the most part, pitchers can't turn it down as well as the batters. The pitcher has to throw some strikes and the batter want to hit the ball. NFL and NBA All-Star competition, it's easy to go way less than 100 percent of how you perform.
Just to be clear, the mlb has always had a better allstar weekend just off the game and HR Derby. It did get worse when they switched from outs to timed. But it’s always been better.
However, the gap between baseball and basketball’s weekend has gotten wider
@@highlightcenter5651 I will agree with the change from 10 outs to it being timed. Not a fan. But at least the guys competing are trying.
Do what MLB used to do, winner of all star game that conference gets home court advantage in finals
They should add a 3v3 tournament, 1 group from every team single elimination, the players who receive the most votes represents their team and picks 2 players from their team to join them, the other 2 players will be named all stars as well. Whatever team wins faces the best team from the opposing conference. Whatever group wins it all gets a % of the revenue from all star weekend and an individual medal/trophy, the best performer in the final game is crowned the all star MVP, and receives a bonus.
That dunk contest idea would not work because you must be in the nba.
East vs west, winner get home court advantage during the finals, that will at least have anyone thinking they can make it to the finals to take it seriously
Also could make it so the winner starts the finals at home, the higher seed though host game 7 so record could still matter across conferences
As a native of Indianapolis and someone who works in the service industry, the event was great for the city of Indianapolis. Loved getting to work as a black car service chauffeur for adidas. Way more people came into town than I expected
3PT Contest & 2 V 2 in skills challenge basically took over the weekend
I think something should be put on the line.
Maybe winning conference gets home court in the finals, maybe do it like the nfl pro bowl, so the other events are conference based?
As a diehard nfl fan, the pro bowl of old is dead if the nba wants to do anything with all star weekend, either give the winning team money so they will actually care, or don’t even play the game like they do for the pro bowl now
Something I thought about was how the internet has ruined the allstar game. We can see every player, every game,every interaction, every moment. Seeing stars isn’t new or exciting. It just common place. The internet has the crazy dunks, highlights non stop and we are used to it.
I absolutely love the idea of making it a four team tourney. Theres more talent in the league than ever, so if were gonna continue to give one or two all star nods to deserving, but fringe players (mike conley, jrue holiday) we need to increase the rosters. Four team captains could draft teams of ten, that way the bench unit sees at least 16-20 minutes, a problem for the end of the bench rotation in recent years. If you wanna divvy it up by conference you could add that the winning final team MAYBE gets home court in the finals MAYBE, hot take, adding stakes makes things competitive and interesting. Lastly, give the winning team (1/4 of the total all stars) a ring for winning the tournament. Players like dame are already clearly motivated to receive accolades, players want hardware and if you just give them that from the get go its lackluster. Maybe the winning team gets a charity prize for their hometown/city of play, idk.
In answer to whether or not it even matters, I've asked myself the same question a lot and I think it absolutely does. The only real argument for why they shouldn't play hard (that I'm aware of) is that they risk injuring themselves for a game that doesn't matter. While the injury risk is real, there's an injury risk in every game and we obviously want players to play hard in actual games. Therefore the issue people actually have lies in the fact that the game doesn't matter - if it was game 7 of the finals we wouldn't care about the injury risk, of course players play hard, and the only real difference is the importance of the games.
So why is there a real difference in the importance? We largely weigh importance by how difficult something is to achieve/win - again, winning game 7 of the finals is more important than making the playoffs, which in turn is more important than winning some games, etc. If the players really competed out there, it'd be a lot harder to win the game or especially mvp. Really think about it. This is a game of only the best players in the whole world, and yet you come out on top with a great performance? That should be so impressive!
Essentially, it is a feedback loop. The less players play hard, the less impressive it becomes, meaning it becomes less valuable, and so the players care less and play hard less. The good news is that if this is the case then it should work in the opposite direction too. If we can find a way to make it matter more (it can even be artificial at first, e.g. a huge money prize for example), then a positive feedback loop will hopefully start. However we start this change, the players will start to try harder for it, which will make winning the game more impressive, which in turn makes it more valuable, and so players start to play harder. Eventually the argument of "they risk injuring themselves for a game that doesn't matter" just makes no sense, because it absolutely does matter, that shit is impressive!
Scottie Barnes was playing defense. But nobody's talking about it.
It goes to tell that the veterans are responsible (LeBron should be the one leading the charge)
KD was playing defense too
Also why would Bron play defense he's fucking 40 bro
I have been waiting so long for this 🔥
Whoever wins the all star game gets home court advantage in the finals. That would make it fun
Scrap the whole All Star game. 4 teams of 6, 3v3 tournament.
They choose their matchups, two 10min half per game, no substitutions, no positions. Winners face winners, losers fight for the 3rd spot.
1st get 2M for their foundation, 2nd gets 1M, 3rd gets 400k and 4th gets 250k.
Add a three dribble 1v1 tournament
Good idea
Unless this is for celebrities it won’t happen due to fear of injury sadly
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players looked happy, and a lot of friendships. And it’s so close to playoffs these players don’t wanna get hurt and it’s all for fun for them anyway. I don’t mind this as long as the players don’t mind it i dont
That’s the problem, players are too buddy buddy, not enough rivalries, they need to either move the all star game or just get rid of the whole event
They should have the next 24 players who were out of the all star game, compete with the named roster and whichever team wins, gets to put the all star appearance on their resume. Losing team gets a new category like an “honorable mention”
The way to fix the all star game is to split it into 4 teams of 8 so that way the issue of deserving players not getting the nod is no longer an issue and then the winner of the tournament wins a cash prize similar to the in season tournament
They should make the winner of East vs West have homecourt in the finals. That seems like a great incentive especially if you consider the all stars are usually on contending teams.
Horrible idea
terrible idea, it will just make the regular season even more meaningless
@BoilingHotCoffee seeding will still matter within conference. The battle for the ovr 1 seed isn't really ever a storyline.
The last good Allstar weekend was 2016 in Toronto
@12:19 “Maybe that’s not a Nut” 😂😂😂😂 Ayo Pause
I personally was disappointed that Jaime didn't embrace his BADASS nickname of Juan Wick at this contest and didn't perform anything related to it
Reminder.... the last time we had a good All Star weekend was 2020 in Chicago!
I thought it was a major misstep to go back to the East vs. West format and scrap the All-Star Draft.
They also scrapped the Kobe Bryant format that started in 2020.
Some people wished that they went back to East vs West as if that was going to fix anything. They forgot that East vs West was not competitive for years before they changed the format.
I don't understand the hate on the all-star weekends. At the end of the day its meant to be entertaining and to me it was. I had a lot of fun watching the all star weekend.
Not gonna lie, that 2020 All Star game was probably the most COMPETITIVE one since either 2011 or 2018! The Elam Ending was amazing and they must bring this back next season
They said they should give players incentives to do there job and get honored for it. lol. Pay them more money so they compete is crazy
Part of me feels like it is a selection bias. If you go into the events thinking something is going to be boring, it will be boring.
Nah it's just plain boring
1v1 between the best in their respective positions could help them (backcourt and frontcourt). Imagine the top 8 guards went to a tournament type 1v1 where they only need to score first 6 or 7points, but handchecking is allowed.
They need to make a change where a winning team will have home court advantage in NBA Finals. Then you will see them care and compete.
Ive seen the Idea that whichever conference wins gets homecourt advantage in the finals get tossed around and that sounds like a good incentive for the all star game.
Really like this idea
That a terrible idea. It would punish really good team for losing one insignificant game. A 65 win team not getting home court advantage in the finals because they lost the all star is just ridiculous.
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New to Basketball here but wondering, could the structure for the All-Star game be a pickup format king of the court style where we get two 7 man rotations for each conference and they all face off in 10 minute formats, best team stays on and a new team comes in ? Could provide high level play as the goal is to stay on the court and still have nice rotations so players don't risk injuries. Would also remove risks of snubs. Again new to ball just curious of what could be meh about this type of format
I was talking in a previous comment about how the All-Stars used to be a way to show in and show out for the sport. To put the NBA out there, during a time where not many people knew what it was. Now that's change with highly decorated and well paid players not needing to prove much of anything. So why don't we take the AllStar games to an International scale.
West vs Spain
East vs Germany
It's a crazy thought but the NBA has outgrown the times were we can enjoy the competitive East versus West scenario.
In rugby league in Australia our “all star” game is state vs state and is as competitive as the finals because of the rivalry of the fans and teams
Honestly for rest reasons or whatever 3 point shoot out with pros out with nba or crossovers, and same with dunk. Then all star game and skills for nba players. Up the money for the all star game or some home court advantage
Props to Steph for carrying the weight of these All Star games for so long. Its been hard to watch for awhile
They need to add what they did in the cleb game all those little double points 4 point line on fire players that would make it fun