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All-Star Sunday Thread

NUMBERICA said:
This format is stupid, especially since it was an answer to the criticism that the East doesn’t deserve equal representation since they don’t play anywhere near an equal quality of competition. In other words, they should eliminate eastern conference and western conference and just select 24 players. They came up with the worst combination of possible outcomes.

I would rather career losers not get picked just because that joke of a conference is incapable of getting its **** together and SOMEONE has to get picked.
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That’s not the worst part.

Imagine there was enough time to choose replacements for Simmons, Embiid, and Durant. Who gets the call?
 
So boring to watch. They need to figure out how to make it more competitive. I loved when baseball made it that the winner of the all star game got home Field advantage during the World Series. Made it way more competitive. Maybe the NBA should adopt that. Play for your conference with something at stake.
 
silesian said:
That is not the reason for this format. CP3 and MJ pushed the NBA to change up the All-Star format to create a more competitive game.
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Nah. Why would captains picking teams make it more competitive?

The fact that the Eastern Conference is dog **** and has been for 20 years looms over a lot of big decision-making that the league has been facing, including calls to reformat the playoffs.

The league floats changes and occasionally makes some in response to those conversations without addressing the reason the conversation comes up.

But ultimately you're right; since the Eastern Conference is not competitive with the West, I suppose it's technically correct that that is at the root of this.
 
The reason LBJ gets the first pick is because he was the highest vote getter. LBJ and Durant were the highest vote getters in their respective conferences (prior 2 years it was Giannis for the East).

Durant's replacement was named before the draft and it was Sabonis. Don't think there was really enough time for Embid or Simmons to get replaced since it was basically same day and really each team lost 1 player, so it equaled out other than it left Durant's team undersized.
 
How does this dumpster fire get worse every year. Even the "highlights" are boring as ****. They really need to find a way to change the player attitudes toward the all star game if they ever want it to mean anything. But since it is all about entertainment and literally nothing to do with the sport, as long as the viewership stays strong and the money comes in they won't change a thing. Unless King James instructs the league to change it, as usual.
 
The game was unwatchable for me. I turned it off after the first quarter. I am just glad our guys did not play big minutes. I am ready for the season to resume and for the Jazz to start kicking some butt. A nice 10 game win streak would be nice.
 
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I enjoyed the game. There were lots of smiles and joy, and it was fun to watch.
 
NUMBERICA said:
Nah. Why would captains picking teams make it more competitive?
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1. This was what the league, players union and owners reported at the time. I doubt that they would all have all been lying.
2. A draft gives the opportunity to balance talent. For example, if the top 6 players are all in one conference. the draft would likely split them between the two teams.
 
cowhide said:
The game was unwatchable for me.
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There is the "I don't want to watch Rudy set picks, dunk and play D" so he shouldn't be an allstar crowd. As if watching one player dribble up the court, play iso and launch a 25 foot three is entertaining.
 
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