The followers had been left bitterly dissatisfied by the 2024 All-Star weekend and NBA Commissioner Adam Silver is contemplating making some adjustments.
The All-Star weekend was saved by the three-point contest between Steph Curry and Sabrina Ionescu, and the the Expertise Competitors, 3-Level Shootout and Dunk Contest had been additionally mildly entertaining.
However the All-Star sport itself simply seems like a apply run and Silver is aware of one thing has received to provide.
“It was an ideal weekend, but it surely wasn’t a basketball sport,” Silver mentioned throughout an interview on King Charles. “And had I not seen what occurred this 12 months, I feel we had been able to do US vs. worldwide. I’m simply questioning now, and it’s dialog to have, whether or not this technology of gamers — and the groups are [complicit] too as a result of no one desires them to play arduous on the All-Star Recreation, no one desires them to get damage — they see it as a midseason break. I consider one thing that was an enormous attraction, for instance: Sabrina towards Steph. I imply, it says a lot in regards to the sport. I consider, once more, our technology: Billie Jean King vs. Bobby Riggs, what was it, the Battle of the Sexes? This was the other. This was, as Sabrina mentioned, simply two nice shooters out on the ground. So I feel, possibly, versus making an attempt to create a super-competitive basketball sport, which I’m unsure the groups or the gamers really need at that second, we should always do extra enjoyable [events].”
He added, “we should always simply be seeking to do various things and simply make it a celebration of basketball. I imply, we’re going to have a look at US vs. worldwide. I simply suppose possibly we’re previous that time the place we’re going to play a really aggressive sport. And by the best way, it’s occurred in different sports activities.”
Silver admitted that the “worst half” in regards to the All-Star sport was that gamers instructed him earlier than and after the sport that they knew full properly NBA followers had been sad by their lack of effort and blames himself.
“I settle for duty, because the commissioner of the league,” Silver mentioned. “I feel we should always’ve recognized at this level for an All-Star Recreation — as I began to say earlier than, the NFL Professional Bowl, [they] moved it to flag soccer — there’s only a recognition it’s a unique time.”
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