Comment on NBA announces revamped All-Star tournament
streetfestival@lemmy.ca 3 days agoWhile I generally agree, I think making one all-star team a rising stars team will make things more interesting because I don’t think players voted as all-stars will want to lose to the rising stars team (ego)
acosmichippo@lemmy.world 3 days ago
maybe but that will likely only help for one of the games, the other 2 will still probably be snoozefests. Also no one wants to actually watch rising stars in an all star game, they want to see the all stars.
streetfestival@lemmy.ca 3 days ago
Imo there’s nothing more boring than watching players ‘play’ an ASG who don’t want to be in the ASG. You have a point about the intent of the ASG, but I’d rather watch exciting games with less marquee names than snoozefests with marquee names. I will probably root for the rising star team. And hopefully they win their first game so they’re in the final, potentially improving 2/3 games. It’ll be interesting what/if incentivizes Jokic or Kawhi, as examples, to exert themselves. With 3 games, the games are probably shorter, so that would help. FIBA’s 10-minute quarters even feel punchier than 12 minutes
acosmichippo@lemmy.world 3 days ago
yeah I agree, and I don’t think anything is going to fix that fundamental issue. they should focus on less intense skills competitions that are still fun to watch like the 3pt contest. Do like the NFL Pro Bowl with a bunch of events, keep score and award prizes.
streetfestival@lemmy.ca 3 days ago
You got some good ideas. I think expansion of last year’s Steph versus Sabrina 3-point contest is on the table. Don’t quote me on the this, but I heard Caitlin Clark and Klay Thompson mentioned as well, and a 2 men, 2 women format. That’d be dope! I also want to see more of that LED court. Just for fun, I want to see a game with temporary ‘powerup spots’ and maybe some are moving lol, for example 4 points for a shot within the arc, or a 5-point shot close to half-court (in moderation though to prevent too many heaves)