I've had this idea for a while, thought sharing it would be cool to see what others thought of it.
So all star weekend in the NBA is rarely something I get excited for even though I'm a big Celtics fan. The dunk constest is usually fun to watch and some of the other skills games maybe but the celeb game is usually pretty boring after about 10 minutes. The game itself is usually pretty interesting imo.
My idea is that they should keep the all star game and MAYBE the dunk contest (if they could find somewhere to squeeze it) and make it a 2 night event. The first night would be a 32 player (fan voted) 1v1 competition with random seeding. You'd see people like Rondo getting matched up with Dwight Howard and the like. Basically play to 3, every shot is a point and things like steals and blocks could be half a point (maybe?). An example would be if it were tied 1 to 1 and someone stole the ball the score would be 1.5 to .5, same thing with a block. Or it could even just be play to 3 first to score 3 wins. Ideally one game elimination to the point of it getting down to the final 1v1 match and winner takes all. This would be similar to MLB all star weekend where the HR derby is one night and the game is the next night.
Am I the only one who thinks that would be really cool and would watch the entire thing?