San Francisco-Los OGS of Shaq won the 74th annual competition of the NBA All-Star on Sunday night, reaching the target score of 40 faster than Chuck’s global stars.
Did any of that make sense for you?
At the end of the NBA, its All-Star weekend in San Francisco on Sunday, with a new game format consisting of four teams (three composed of the 24 stars, one composed of rising stars) playing a mini game tournaments) At 40 points, the conclusion of consensus between the participants and the observers is that the league is still looking for an answer to relive its mid -season showcase.
“A little weird,” said the Los Angeles Clippers Guard, James Harden, about the new iteration.
“If I tell the truth, no,” said the Guard of the Minnesota Timberwolves, Anthony Edwards, who did not play due to an injury to the groin, said when they asked if he liked the tournament’s style format.
“This is not basketball,” said Draymond Green, striker of the Golden State Warriors, in the transmission of the game, qualifying the new zero competition on a scale of 1 to 10.
Sunday’s tournament was the last attempt of the league to inject life into its middle stars game, which has suffered several adjustments in recent years. The NBA, which seems to be at the end of its ingenuity, has tried several tricks to make the game more competitive, by making the players’ captains choose their own teams to avoid a fourth chronicle quarter in favor of an target score.
On the Sunday of the Mini-Torn, he had some inspired basketball moments, but the basketball itself seemed to spend a background for a variety show.
There were several long breaks in action between the games and sometimes even during the games. The breaks included, but were not limited to a concert by Bay Area Legends, a shooting contest with a popular youtuber and a tribute to TNT in honor of its final transmission of All-Star.
The TNT tax, which occurred during the final game of the night, lasted more than the final game itself.
“I would say that it is not ideal to stop like this if you want the boys to play, be physical and play harder,” he said after the Jaylen Brown of the Boston Celtics Jaylen Brown.
The constant adjustment of the NBA game is more than understandable, since all, from players to fans to media, have recognized in recent years that the game has lost, if not all, of its competitive advantage. However, the prolonged breaks on Sunday were self -inflicted injuries, as several players said after it was difficult to stay loose for real basketball with all the strikes, at one time, the guard of the Dallas Mavericks, Kyrie Irving above during the TNT tax.
The League also received a blow for who decided not to play.
In addition to Edwards, Los Angeles Lakers striker, LeBron James, was a late scratch. James did not reach the stars festivities until Sunday, and said at a press conference prior to the game that he would not play due to ankle pain.
Meanwhile, even before the games began, Milwaukee Bucks striker Giannis Antetokounmpo, also due to an injury, threw cold water into the new format, saying that a game with the American stars against the world would be “more exciting.”
If the NBA pays attention to the advice of those available on Sunday, it seems that there is a formula in which most could agree: an East vs. game. West or Ee. Uu. Vs. The World, with fewer breaks and more emphasis on basketball.
A positive for the league? At least one marquee player felt that there was a little more energy when the players really played.
“I think we are starting to see the competitive weekend nature of the All-Star in the game starting to go back,” said the forward of the Phoenix Suns and 15 times All-Star Kevin Durant. “I think it was solid tonight. It was much better than it was before. “
