I didn’t catch the game last night (but caught the highlights) but watched tonight’s events... pretty weak imo.
I really don’t know how to fix it. It may just be dead.
I guess if all the Saturday nights events featured only all-stars, that’s would make it good, but they simply don’t want to do it.
I’d say we had what, 18 participants across the 3 events? How many were all-stars? Off the top of my head I can only recall Horford, Embiid, Drummond, Thompson, George, Lowry, Beal. and Oladipo. Thats 8 (maybe I forgot one or two) of 18. There’s no reason they can’t put together a better event using the 24 all-stars.
NBA should push them to do it. Wouldn’t it be fun to see Durant vs Steph vs Klay in the 3pt contest? LeBron finally do the dunk contest (cmon, let’s be honest, punk move to never do it)!
Skills Challenge:
Horford
Embiid
Drummond
Davis
Lillard
Harden
Dragic
Walker
3-point Shootout:
Curry
Thompson
Durant
Irving
George
Beal
Dunk Contest:
James
Antetokounmpo
Westbrook
Oladipo
Or something like that. But how much more interesting is that? No disrespect to the guys that participated tonight, props to them, but this is ALL-STAR weekend. I just don’t get how the best players are such divas and don’t want to have fun for the fans. Would anyone still not think LeBron is a top-10 player of all time if he can’t put down his first dunk and flushes a lame one on his second? Who really cares?
It’s a shame this weekend went from Jordan vs ‘Nique to Mitchell vs Nance, Jr.