You Can Find Me Indy Club Shay Shay | 2024 NBA All Star Weekend Thread | Feb. 16-18

[NoMorePie]

I don't think anyone is expecting a game 7 of the NBA finals level effort

But I think people just wanna see them actually give a damn lol

 

[NoMorePie]

Just make this shyt a one on one tournament simple as that. These guys make way too much money to care. Same thing with the regular season, everyone with a good team is coasting. Even now that you have the play in tournament. These guys make way too much money to care lol.

I highly doubt they will ever agree to 1v1. Too many fragile egos lol

 

[Nero Christ]

Don't know why folks blame Silver...at the end of the day the blame largely rest on the players and ESPN commentators like Stephen A & Skip who pushed the "regular season doesn't matter" & "RINGZ" culture. Where Silver can step up is force ESPN to get more respectable & nuanced takes...that could create a domino effect.

Players also got to realize that the regular season is where the majority of the money is made. Mike made his name during the regular season and then created the Jordan brand at the dunk contests.

 

[homiedontplaydat]

I didn't believe it until I just watched the replay on NBATV, but this is the worst defense I've ever seen in an AllStar game

Like damn

Only player who looked like he wanted to be out there was KAT.

Just cancel this shyt, name the Allstars and let them be honored for it, because these dudes obviously got better things to do than play a competitive game for the fans

 

[Windows 91]

What if they removed the 3 pt line for the ASG and made it like old school basketball? They'd probably still be chucking 3's off muscle memory though.

 

[lightskin jermaine]

They should give us 2 dunk contests. 1 on Friday after the celebrity game which has social media or college dunkers. The OG dunk contest can still go on Saturday. The winner of each contest get 3 dunks each against each other to determine overall winner.

 

[mastermind]

This shyt seems so out of place now compared to all the contests after it. What were these nikkas on

The crowd wasn’t into it and neither were the pbp.

I think the contest should be every other season because most of us are too vested in hating on the contest.

that was the last great dunk contest and probably the best ever

 

[Thavoiceofthevoiceless]

Don't know why folks blame Silver...at the end of the day the blame largely rest on the players and ESPN commentators like Stephen A & Skip who pushed the "regular season doesn't matter" & "RINGZ" culture. Where Silver can step up is force ESPN to get more respectable & nuanced takes...that could create a domino effect.

Players also got to realize that the regular season is where the majority of the money is made. Mike made his name during the regular season and then created the Jordan brand at the dunk contests.

Silver has had multiple opportunities to rectify the problem. If he didn’t do it then, I highly doubt that he’d start doing it now.

 

[Black Mamba]

Alright we can’t have Kobe’s name attached to this bullshyt anymore

 

[Cool Dr. Money]

It’s a company picnic at this point they’re not forced to participate but it looks bad if the players don’t show up

 

[Blackrogue]

My girl was asleep next to me and I opted just to skip the game altogether 30 mins before hand instead of keeping her waiting for us to go to bed. It was damn near 4 am here. I Got up this morning check the score and Dame is MVP and damn near 400 points total

I'm not even pressed to watch highlights. Basketball should be a two way game. One sided shyt like this is what people are complaining about. The counter argument is players are more skilled but the effort on D or it's ability to stop the offense now is inexistent

 

[stepbackj34spud]

Kobe for sure, but tbf Wade was right there with LeBron pioneering the ish that was on display last night. Prior to banana-boat gang taking the reigns as the premiere stars, it was semi-competitive thru 3 quarters before getting intense in the 4th, but there was a shift in the late-00s/early10s where it was more clear the runway and have everyone take turns doing whatever.

I actually give young KD some credit because he was at least trying to go 1v1s with LeBron like old Kobe was, but Bron wasn't having it. Then the 3pt era kicked off, and we got the final form we see today. What sorta worked at the time, even if briefly, was 2020's target score format. The concept of it mitigates the incentive to horseshyt around indefinitely since there's only so many scoring possessions you get. And as a hooper, it brings about a bit more focus compared to a running clock.

2020 was probably the best/most intense all star game we had in over a decade. In real time the coli was super hyped. But all that momentum has long since grinded to a halt.

Its started in 2013 or 2014 where the game became complete shyt and uncompetitive.

Most of the old stars were gone. The 00s generation only knew how to play the game one way. When the banana boat crew took over the game became ass.

 

[stepbackj34spud]

 

[IIVI]

Basically confirmed what many people think. Like dude says, don't know what you can do to make it more competitive. Players have to want that for themselves.

I think one thing is the fans' view on the game as well.

When the fans put more emphasis on the game's internal rivalries and build it up, the players may respond accordingly.

However, given this current generation they may laugh with each other jog around and have that "you fans take the game too seriously" energy then hoist up more threes casually.

 

[In The Zone '98]

Basically confirmed what many people think.

So don't do it if yall over it

But you also can't have it both ways. The internet gotta stop promoting summer run IG videos