Bit of a rant.
But for all the talk about ratings declining because "too many 3s, etc.", that joke of an All-Star game and the shenanigans that went on before and during it were awful. You see the NHL with the amazing Four Nations tournament going on, and then contrast that to this game where Lebron James and Ant are "load managing", and then there was barely any basketball played. And FFS, they had a ceremony IN THE MIDDLE of a game which clearly ticked off the players and then even the players fully stopped caring afterwards.
And Kevin Hart + Mr. Beast. What are they doing there?? Hart is an overrated, tryhard comedian to begin with and it was so obvious SGA and others were annoyed when he was talking shots at them (not even funny ones). Mr. Beast was also being annoying to the contestant and even Lillard seemed annoyed at him and tried to let the contestant win. But more importantly, why is Mr. Beast even involved in this??
I loved Oscar Robertson taking a shot at Draymond too. I mean it's pretty rich for Draymond to basically call the Rising Stars "trash" and also cash checks that Curry likely can't cash. It's so weird to me that TNT has Draymond Green billed as the "next big thing" with analysis/commentary, he SUCKS.
Adam Silver is ruining the NBA with his gimmicks and even his "thoughts". The big thing too is, he and Lebron are clearly buddies. Silver literally said if he was a player, he would "stop complaining about officiating" while Steph Curry rightfully blamed officiating and made a point that they should be "graded" on their performance kind of like umpires with the "ump scorecard". And a bit of a biased take, but if David Stern were still in the NBA, no way Doncic goes to the Lakers, but Adam Silver doesn't care and wants to help Lebron and the Lakers too. Silver is becoming another problem in this league. He's reaching Manfred level incompetence.
One more thing. If Lebron wasn't gonna play in this game, WHY NOT SAY THAT EARLIER AND LET SOMEONE ELSE LIKE SABONIS OR POWELL GET A SPOT AND PLAY??? Between that and him also ducking the Dunk Contests constantly, it's hard not to lose some respect for him. I don't hate Curry either but ultimately I think when Lebron/Curry retire the league will reset a bit and it's needed. Enough with those guys and constantly pumping them up. Tatum should have won MVP easily last night but it went to Curry because he's 36 and the game was in the Bay.
Rant over.
