All Star Weekend Thread

[Mikle12]

How is Zion Williamson a starter it has me baffled he is a one trick pony can’t believe markkenen isn’t a starter

 

[Ron Mexico]

How is Zion Williamson a starter it has me baffled he is a one trick pony can’t believe markkenen isn’t a starter

All star selection is a joke. No reason to take it too serious. I think the coaches picks are probably the best right now. Fans are a terrible choice for picks and the players themselves after even worse.

I would let fans pick the captain and/or all star MVP. Then let each team get 2 of their best media members to vote and they can't vote for their own team and let the coaches keep picking reserves or combine media and coaches to pick them all. But they won't drop the fan vote for a bunch of reasons.

 

[Mikle12]

Its not even fun to watch anymore 20 to 30 odd years ago it was great

All star selection is a joke. No reason to take it too serious. I think the coaches picks are probably the best right now. Fans are a terrible choice for picks and the players themselves after even worse.

I would let fans pick the captain and/or all star MVP. Then let each team get 2 of their best media members to vote and they can't vote for their own team and let the coaches keep picking reserves or combine media and coaches to pick them all. But they won't drop the fan vote for a bunch of reasons.

 

[HermanG]

How is Zion Williamson a starter it has me baffled he is a one trick pony can’t believe markkenen isn’t a starter

The words no one in the world thought would be said 3 months ago.

 

[FrenchJazzFa]

I never watch it, it's just a big circus. Exception will be this year because the event is in Utah and Lauri will join.

 

[Tremendous Upside]

All star selection is a joke. No reason to take it too serious.

It's serious for many players who might have incentives in their deals tied to All Star selections. I've always thought that's crazy since the AS game is basically a popularity contest.

 

[Agent#00]

I would love to let street ballers join slam dunk Contest. NBA players just don't cut it.

 

[HermanG]

It's serious for many players who might have incentives in their deals tied to All Star selections. I've always thought that's crazy since the AS game is basically a popularity contest.

But then again... is salary more performance or popularity based?

 

[Jazzmix]

An idea for THT in the dunk contest: he comes dressed as A-train from The Boys, there are people lined up under the rim but instead of jumping over them he simply runs through them on the way to the rim..

 

[Tremendous Upside]

I would love to let street ballers join slam dunk Contest. NBA players just don't cut it.

Dunking has become an art form of its own over the last 10 years or so, with social media exploding. It doesn't even have much to do with basketball anymore, and NBA players can't compete with dudes with 45'' verts who only train dunking for like six hours per day.

IMO the All Star Weekend dunk contest should be a showcase for these dudes, with a lot of money at stake. The most well-known pro dunkers are bigger stars anyway than some NBA rookies or benchwarmers nobody's heard of.

 

[hgb]

An idea for THT in the dunk contest: he comes dressed as A-train from The Boys, there are people lined up under the rim but instead of jumping over them he simply runs through them on the way to the rim..

And then miss a ridiculously difficult layup.

 

[Benchwarmer]

An idea for THT in the dunk contest: he comes dressed as A-train from The Boys, there are people lined up under the rim but instead of jumping over them he simply runs through them on the way to the rim..

An idea for Lauri in the dunk contest: he comes dressed in his old Bulls uni and recreates the Jordan free throw line dunk.

Based on a recent interview where he said he'd rather participate in the dunk contest than the 3 pt contest, and the article/interview from before the season started where he said dunking from the ft line has never been so easy.