It seems to be just like the NBA all-star recreation might quickly return to its roots after a failed experiment drew criticism. In accordance with NBA Commissioner Adam Silver himself, the league is contemplating reverting again to the sport’s authentic format.
In 2018, the league went away from the standard East vs. West format after 66 years in favor of getting the main vote-getters in every convention select their groups. That has resulted in LeBron James being a workforce captain for six straight seasons. The objective of that change was to extend the competitiveness of the all-star recreation, which had turn out to be a glorified layup line or shootaround.
That, and altering the scoring system from complete factors to the Elam scoring format, was accomplished in hopes of creating the sport extra enjoyable to observe. Initially, it did, however by final 12 months’s all-star recreation, the identical points began to resurface. Gamers merely weren’t taking part in exhausting, and it was making a recreation with the NBA’s 24 finest stars a chore to observe.
NBA Rumors: The NBA might ditch the All-Star recreation rule.
Whereas it isn’t but a accomplished deal, returning to the standard format might be finest for the All-Star recreation. Even then, seeing gamers that may in any other case not play collectively, corresponding to LeBron James and Jayson Tatum or Nikola Jokic and Joel Embiid, was well worth the format change. However reverting again to the unique East vs. West mannequin is the safer alternative and one thing that the league might search to tweak in different methods.
One possibility, albeit a doubtlessly controversial one, can be to borrow Main League Baseball’s rule of getting the All-Star Sport decide home-field benefit within the World Collection. Doing the identical with the NBA’s all-star recreation and having it decide home-court within the NBA Finals would definitely make the sport extra attention-grabbing.
In any case, most of the recreation’s prime gamers play for contending groups, and they might have a stake within the final result of the All-Star Sport, had been the principles can be modified to reflect Main League Baseball’s.
Whether or not Silver follows by means of with the rule change to the all-star recreation or not, it’s clear that the it wants modifications, and no less than he seems to be contemplating totally different choices.
Printed on 10/19/2023 at 9:00 AM EDTLast up to date on 10/19/2023 at 9:00 AM EDT
