2024 NBA All-Star Weekend
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Feels accurate. At least for folks of our vintage who remember the 80s and then the brief resurgence of stars going for it a decade later. Did Kenny Walker win the year after the last great Jordan/Nique final? The field that year didn't seem stellar and yet Kenny Walker still gets a card in 2k every year.
Dee Brown too, Ceballos. I'd be hard pressed to find a dunk contest winner not on the 2k MyTeam that the only reason they are there has to be because they won the dunk contest.
I may be wrong but I don't recall seeing Jason Kapono or Voshon Lenard cards since I started playing again. Maybe Daequan Cook has got one. But the rest of the winners are all relatively known for being great shooters in their day if not All-Stars period.
Dee Brown too, Ceballos. I'd be hard pressed to find a dunk contest winner not on the 2k MyTeam that the only reason they are there has to be because they won the dunk contest.
I may be wrong but I don't recall seeing Jason Kapono or Voshon Lenard cards since I started playing again. Maybe Daequan Cook has got one. But the rest of the winners are all relatively known for being great shooters in their day if not All-Stars period.
I know not everyone likes my idea but with the in-season tournament I think they should make dunk and 3pt qualifying a part of it.
Do at halftime or pre-game, each team puts up one player per event - players go head to head and get point for winning, the player with the most points wins the group which will reduce to a field of 6 at the end of the group stage (tie break with two highest rated dunks). Then you add two at-large for each event - either based on best scores of non-qualifiers or by a fan vote.
Also most importantly you give 500k or 1 million dollar cash prize for each.
Do at halftime or pre-game, each team puts up one player per event - players go head to head and get point for winning, the player with the most points wins the group which will reduce to a field of 6 at the end of the group stage (tie break with two highest rated dunks). Then you add two at-large for each event - either based on best scores of non-qualifiers or by a fan vote.
Also most importantly you give 500k or 1 million dollar cash prize for each.
If they could restore it to the luster it had in the 80s it would easily be worth five. It was bigger than the actual game to most of my peers, and it felt like they even took the game more seriously then.
I actually think the qualification scheme could take some of the potential embarrassment out of it ... but maybe it would make it worse?
I actually think the qualification scheme could take some of the potential embarrassment out of it ... but maybe it would make it worse?
I can’t really comment on the TNT show because I’m more of the nerdy nba podcast guy than the comedic/fun/low level analysis show type.
I was just shocked that Kenny used that opportunity to ruin the moment for some. If he comments on the backlash I’m sure he will say he meant that the longer distance took her out of her normal rhythm but she had a great performance so that doesn’t hold water.
I was just shocked that Kenny used that opportunity to ruin the moment for some. If he comments on the backlash I’m sure he will say he meant that the longer distance took her out of her normal rhythm but she had a great performance so that doesn’t hold water.
I didn't ask you why you didn't watch: that ain't my business. I asked how do you know it was boring if you didn't watch? Highlights out of context don't tell you whether a game was good or not: there's a "highlights" video of Fox from the Nuggets game that includes a bunch of him missing shots and stuff.
I can't like this enough. NBA All-Star game seems like a great opportunity to experiment with different ways to limit the 3-point line. Maybe it's only available for the last 3 minutes of each quarter?
The original All-Star game was meant to showcase the NBA's athleticism. If I wanted to watch players jack up 3 after 3 after 3 I'd go to a high school basketball game.
Still, I don't think there's much they can do. Social media has made it possible for limitless attention. NBA players don't need this as much as they did in the 80s/90s/2000s
The original All-Star game was meant to showcase the NBA's athleticism. If I wanted to watch players jack up 3 after 3 after 3 I'd go to a high school basketball game.
Still, I don't think there's much they can do. Social media has made it possible for limitless attention. NBA players don't need this as much as they did in the 80s/90s/2000s