Four questions after the last NBA attempt in reviving a comprehensive week

Credited with NBA The Trustedman Adam Silver is a willingness to experiment with the new All Star format after last year’s Epic Snooze Fest.

The only thing may, maybe he will have to re-hit the drawing board.

The NBA All-Star tournament, introduced on Sunday and presented four different teams, received mostly negative criticism of players and fans. The three teams are made up of NBA All-Stars. The fourth? “The stars of the” league “is growing – so, first of all, recruits.

Draimond GreenWhat was the TNT analyst during the event, he did not stay on his estimate.

“We get a treat watching the Olympic team against U-19 team,” said green. “Come on, what are we doing? This is funny.”

Here are four questions after the first year of a new format.

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1. What was with the novices?

Green undoubtedly had a valid point. What are they doing in court at night reserved for the largest league stars? It was weird. She wasn’t feeling well.

But there was one advantage: may have inspired superstars to play harder. After all, they did not want to lose their pile of guys who couldn’t even play in their teams.

The semifinals presented by “growing stars” against “OGS” was a competition in the back and forward with nine leading lead, five connections and the teams never leads two-digit. Compare it with the championship match, which are shown all the stars and see “OGS” leads for as many as 18 points over “global stars”. Lakers cousin Dalton Knecht He said “the growing stars” made the game more competitive for guys Steph Curry, Kirie Irving, Jaison Tatum, Kevin Durant, Damian Lillard and James Harden.

“They crashed the boards hard, playing defense, so they tried to win,” Knecht said.

That may be true. But even though it was more competitive, it was not necessarily more fun. The fans want to watch their favorite players compete against each other, unlike watching their favorite players play a little stronger against the 19th anniversary.

TNT’s Kenny Smith said, “I think he’ll return the format back.”

2 What went wrong?

There were a lot of kicks with this new format. Among them: players did not get the opportunity to warm up properly. Anthony Edwardswhich has a hurry injury, he said he decided to sit at the All-Star tournament because he could not pass through his routine pregs. When asked if he liked a new format, he did not hesitate.

“If I tell the truth, no,” he said. “Just because you didn’t get that much time to warm up. It was another reason I couldn’t play. I didn’t have that much time to warm it. I think we all need to warm up. “

Another question? There was too many stop stops the game for fun. Kevin Hart spoke a lot, including shooting jokes that Shakuille O’Neal “was dressed as a porn director.” And during the championship match, the game was stopped for about 20 minutes – with “OGS” leading “Global Stars” 11-1 – while TNT Crew O’Neal, Charles Barkley, and Ernie Johnson and Ernie Johnson and Ernie Johnson their Last game online. (“Inside NBA” crew will move to ESPN next season.)

It is understood that players do not appreciate an extended pause.

“You have energy at the beginning, the adrenaline goes” Donovan Mitchell said. “Then sit 30-45 minutes. It was hard to be honest with you ..”

3. What about one in one tournament in the future?

Although many players advocated to return to Eastern against Western format, fans would like to see one on one tournament. Can you imagine watching Lebron James And Steph Curri goes each other? Or Kevin Durant game Giannis Antetokounpo?

Some players appear open to the option.

When Edwards asked if he would be willing to participate in a tournament for one on one, he said, “Well, yes.”

Can someone beat you?

“I don’t know,” Edwards said. “I don’t think so. So they have to happen.”

Giannis Antetokounpus also said that there would be in that type of competition.

“If I had the opportunity to play one on one with anyone, I’d like to do that,” Antetokounpo said. “All that can do the weekend more exciting, more fun for viewers, for fans.”

Kevin Durant refused the idea that players would oppose such a tournament because it could hurt their pride.

“We’ve asked pride on the line every night, man,” Durant said. “Someone will swing, cross, it will be on the” house accident “. I don’t think guys play. I think it would be a solid idea. It would not be too bad with a cash prize . “

4. Wait, where was Lebron James?

In James’ press conference before the game on Sunday said Didn’t go play because of the feet and fiery ankles. It was the first time James missed the match all-star and burst his range of 21 real performances.

When she sells, James admitted that he wanted to protect his body in front of Leir who were trying to make playoffs. Lakers, who shocked the basketball world with procurement Luka Doncic On the trade, currently, there are currently in fifth place in the Western Conference with a record of 32-20.

So the face of the league sat down to try to give his team the best possible shot in the competition.

“With 30 games, we remained to make playoffs in the wild, wild west, I feel like it is very important to take care of myself and take care of myself and understand what comes (down, James said.

Melissa Rohlin is a writer of NBA for Fox Sports. She has previously covered the league for illustrated sports, The Los Angeles Times, news about the flow in the Gulf San Antonio Express-West. Follow it on Twitter @Melissarohl.

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