triplehate
Superstar
Haven't watched one since 2020.
What was special about 2020
SAS calls for a boycott of Allstar weekend
- Thread starter CrimsonTider
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What was special about 2020
It’s not about high stakes intensity. Back in the days, it was a chance to see players try things they wouldn’t normally do in a regular game like fancy passes and crazy alley oops. The reason why there were so many points is I would guarantee the turnovers in those games were sky high and led to points. Also, it was a chance to see your center attempting to do crossovers or your favorite players go one on one.
NOW? All we see are players taking turns jacking up 3s. Some even take half court threes and think that’s supposed to excite us. The All Star game died the year Giannis was going for a dunk and Steph Curry laid flat on his back as to show he wasn’t going to attempt to contest it.
triplehate
Superstar
I guess I just became cynical way before everyone else. Non playoff moments don't have value. Blame the media, the Internet don't really matter. So the idea of someone doing an alley or a crossover impressing people in 2024 is low key blowing my mind. If doing it in the regular season doesn't move the needle this is equivalent of Ben Simmons knocking down 3s in the summer.
But again I'm old and have accepted that this is how you are supposed to feel as you get old
I know I mentioned Steph, but I think the ASG died when Kobe became the old head and barely played. Kobe wanted to win. I think players of the past wanted to win because there was a sense of pride in winning your conference. I can’t forget which interview it was, but Kobe talked about how him and Chris Paul would talk before the games about trying to win and how when they were teammates, they didn’t lose many. These players today don’t even care about that type of tradition. They’re “too cool.”
triplehate
Superstar
I guess what I'm trying to get at is in the current world that we live in, even if you play hard and win you don't improve your standing with fans or media because we have agreed that non playoff moments don't matter.
People keep trying to find the perfect storm of what would make them watch, but it's really ok to not watch. We old, it's not for us. We had fun watching when it was our time and the older generation was calling it trash then too. Everything is how it should be
I hear what you’re saying, but my question is who’s the blame? The players or the fans? Or maybe another entity like too much money at stake where players don’t want to risk getting hurt (even though I’ve only seen ONE injury in my 30+ years of watching the all star games). I’m just not understanding how it only became wack within the past 10 years or so when the game has existed WAY before we were ever born. There’s something about carrying on tradition that I think is being lost. Like the dunk contest for example. Stars used to compete in it, now they’re too cool. We don’t care if they don’t do something we’ve never seen.
Dipsey Doo
Superstar
Worm is starting to turn against the NBA. Haven’t seen this much negativity towards the NBA since Malice in the Palace.
If you lose SAS…..
If you lose SAS…..
nairdas
I've Destroyed Whole Planets
My thing is with the ASG is just lock in for the 4th quarter. First 3 quarters okay show off, do your little highlight reel stuff and still try to keep the game close, but in the 4th just lock in. They can't play for real for one damn quarter? And if you get hurt you still get paid so what is the damn problem?
triplehate
Superstar
It depends on the perspective, as I mentioned before in another thread I grew up watching basketball with my grandad so he was a Celtics Bill Russell fan. Winning championships is the most important thing, a dunk is just two points etc. So I've been hearing the NBA get shyt on since the 80s. He was disgusted at marketing Jordan who was a losing selfish player. So he was already not watching games and following the NBA by reading the paper the next morning because it's not what he grew up with. This is where people in their 40s are now. You'll never find a reason to tune in again unless it's a special occasion (and that's normal and ok)
Why shouldn’t fans expect players to care and try hard?
Y’all have been conditioned to accept mediocrity.
Richard Glidewell
Superstar
Been conditioned to understand how things work and not how a feeling makes me think it should........there's few other professions in the world where people walk in off the street trying to tell a professional what they should do
The NBA is the only sport where fans think the players Don’t care.
Richard Glidewell
Superstar
They were saying the same thing about the NFL pro bowl......... .......I don't expect participants to go out during an exhibition game and go 100 from start to finish........ breh in a previous post said he don't care if somebody get hurt and they shouldn't because they still getting paid....... who the fukk wants to be hurt? Those are the people that are keeping these talking points alive........ why won't you shorten your career and the longevity of your earning potential so I can my ADHD can be momentarily soothed? The All Star game used to be a chance for people with less press to get more visibility.......the game has evolved......be able to see a star for multiple decades is how it should be moving forward.....I hope curry plays 25 plus and with his style he possibly could........the players don't let the machine chew them up and spit them out no more and that's what I'm here for