The 2020 All Star Game was a classic ngl

Bro that 2017 shot charts be lookin like mycareer in 2k24💀

In terms of jerseys, just base it off the late 80's and early 90's styles. There's a reason why those were so iconic.

I feel like the Paul George spooked thing is factual

The year they went hard in honor of kobe was goated

I think the best fix for the All Star Game is for the winner side to get Home court advantage for the Finals. That’ll make most of the playoffs players play playoff-type ball imo

A 1v1 tournament would be so interesting for the All Star Game. I have no idea why they haven’t done it yet

It's the sign of the times. Why was the game competitive up to the 2010's? Because the vets set the tone. If you don't play, you'd get called out. Who are the vets now? Guys like Lebron, KD, etc etc who care more about their brand than basketball....

They should have a stipulation that the winner of the All-Star game between the Western Conference or Eastern Conference gets to have the conference Champion host the NBA Finals and the winner of the NBA Emirates Cup gets an extra lottery pick that they can't trade. And also as a baseball fan, f**k you for saying that the stipulation that the MLB had for the All-Star game was drastic because it actually gave us some of the best moments in baseball history.

Kemba Walkers career got derailed bc Nick Nurse forced him to play damn near the entire all star game on a hip injury, that's the main reason guys don't want to play it anymore.

THE ALL-STAR GENERATION MATCH UP... siick idea.. You guys just came up with the best idea I have heard for the All-Star weekend.. The generational game. All-Star youngs against All-Star vets..

I think, by and large, all-star games are kind of a relic of a bygone era. The novelty used to be "oh wow you're seeing all these big stars you don't normally see and they're playing together" but in the era of a) superteams where plenty of superstars are teammates and b) social media and easily accessible highlights...what value do they really have beyond "tradition"? nobody remembers anything that happened in an all-star game proper, usually only the support events. EDIT: I see the 3v3/2v2 proposal and...NHL is doing it, it's not working there either haha

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been watching these guys forever love the content🗣️🔥

To be fair the Drew league is in the off-season. The all star game is in the middle of the season where there’s like 20 something games left and teams want to prep for the playoffs.

It needs to improve but the overall nba all star weekend is still light yrs better than any other sport in the country. Outside of the homerun derby the rest are boring

the fact that i got an ad for the all star game right before this video was pure comedy

new gen vs. old gen would be wild but smaller teams would go crazy

All I know about All star Weekend these days is that 25 game post All star weekend stretch when the season gets more Intense and slowly into playoff basketball

Recently watched the 1993 all-star game . Defence from the tip off haha . Was great .

You should talk about the 2001 nba all star game. Because it was so iconic, it showed everything in what an nba all star game is. Having fun, but still being competitive. But then once the fourth quarter hits it's game time. And there is where you will see some of the best nba games of the season.

I agree 100% on going back to players wearing their own team jerseys!

Scrapping the all star game fully is a crazy take, just mentioning that was ridiculous😂

Some great ideas . I like that cash idea prize coming back to the team . 3v3 as well would be awesome sauce 😎.

It says something when the celebrity game is taken more seriously than the actual all star game.

0:26 No defense. Might as well have this game at the park. 😆

Add another layer to it, have the top 10 teams in both conferences play in a 3v3 single game elimination tournament. Make it a first to 15, 1s and 2s game, and for players that aren't on teams in the top 10 in their conference have them as free agents that can be picked up by any team.

As far as the injury concern and if it’s ever happened, imma just point out Nick Nurse played Kemba over 40+ minutes in the 2020 all star game after resting his knees the prior games to the break, and Kemba was never the same after that Besides that, can’t think of any significant ones

When it comes to clips, I think yall need to make a whole clips channel. Takes up too much space in the sub box even if the content is awesome. Keep a channel just for the pod

Scott McKnight got hurt during the all star game almost kept the nets out the finals

Which ever conference wins the game should have home court in the finals like baseball

It’s not watchable. Look at the score right now, it is 104-89 at halftime. This shit is embarrassing.

2001 was one of the best all star games

The Algorithm Gods have spoken, this hit my feed just as the 1st Quarter of the All Star Game started. Both teams currently have 40 points with 2 minutes to go in the First Quarter and I'm already over it.

i remember in the mid 90's when McDonald's had an NBA All Star Game voting poll. u read magazines about themselves, u feel a sense of personal connection with the players back then without social media and ur vote actually mattered. SLAM Magazines was the shit the nba players had a sense of aura larger than life something that u strive to be. now it's feels scripted all of the modern nba players cry online making fake accounts to troll, trolls. the street ball format doesn't fit the allstar game.

This video aging like wine for the next year

i got an idea whichever team wins the East vs West All star game the conference that wins gets homecourt advantage in the NBA FINALS

This year's ASG simultaneously set a new HIGH in points scored (211) and a new LOW in watchability. THIS GAME SUCKED!

3:49 They said they’re gonna treat it as more of a game this year Adam Silver said on the Pat McAfee Show that they told players they want them to take it more seriously and better defense. Then Tyrese Haliburton went on the Pat McAfee show and he said before the season league officials met with every team and told them they wanted them to tale the In-Season Tournament seriously (they did) and take the All-Star game seriously (so let’s hope they do lol).

This all star game shit been ass for a minute, I really like the 3 on 3 idea. Yo Ben its your cousin Zach just wanted to say been watching your videos for a while now and yall have become my favorite NBA youtube channel to watch, keep the great vids coimng you guys!

I think the allstar games decline has to do with the actual games I the season looking exactly like the allstar game with no defense and effort at all back in like 2016 (last good alltstar year in my opinion) the effort on defense was much higher during the actual season and it was nice to see the all stars play soft on all star weekend bc they earned it. And nowadays with all the rest days these dudes be taking they already have had that rest weekend pretty much

The 2v2 and 3v3 is a good idea, cus you're getting something you don't normally get, and so if they'er not playing 100%, they're still giving you something to watch

8:57 perfectly said why would a fan care about them playing over money- they already rich

Its a reflection of the leadership. Off the court, Silver tries to appease the players. On the court, Lebron sets the tone. The dirty truth is that this is now prevalent in regular season games. The decline has begun.

USA vs World All-Star game could also be competitive

Just put some real stakes to it. They are there representing their conference. So lets say the west wins, all western conference teams gets a game in the winning column and the east looses a game. Something like that, something that really impacts the season for all teams.

They need to add the Triple stacked hoop from MTV's Rock and Jock, the lowest basket was regular if you hit the middle one it was 25 and the highest was 50 (teams were allowed 1 per game), Gary Payton put up 151 points in a game. You could lower those to 10 and 20 a piece but it would be more fun.

Tfw when the ad I got for the video was for the nba all star game

I loved the Elam Ending. Made every all star game end in a game winner. Even if it was a blowout it was exciting to see the last shot

Funnily enough, I believe fans and the media in the internet age have some responsibility in this. Let's say, for example, Paul George decides to try and ball out in the all-star game. No one is going to give a shit. All the discourse would be "he's not doing it in the playoffs". It was similar with the in season tournament, "it's not the NBA championship so it doesn't matter". It's not that the players have no responsibility in this, but if everything you hear in the media is that it doesn't matter because it's not the championship, well, both the teams and the players are better off not trying at all and resting for the games that actually matter. A star does not get his contract to play the all-star game, he gets his contract to win a championship for his team. Now, to be clear, I do care about these things. I want players to compete and I will give props for any game you ball out in, be it all-star game, regular season game or in season tournament game, but I completely understand that for the players and their teams it's not worth it most of the time.

I can't believe what has happened to this league. The all star game used to be an event. The only difference between it and a regular game was that they made sure they didn't do anything to hurt each other. It was a real game with the best players in the league going against each other in the greatest pickup game. Now it's just an overhypped shoot around.

I'd be interested in seeing 'seconds' trialled. The stars who get selected can choose another player to represent them if they're so worried about injuries. Still show up for the weekend and be apart of it; but wouldn't that be something to see?

Guys phone it in on a random Tuesday night on the road in December - not the ALLSTAR game

The other events are ok, 3 pt contest, dunk contest. The unwatchable ones are the skills competition and all the star game.

they just need some interesting gimmick like how the skills challenge had themed groups (Giannis and his bros, rookies, etc.)

I just think the NBA in general needs a reset, not in the players but in the rules of how the game is played. everyone basically plays the same way so more people are dropping 40. Everyone dunks the same so the contests are boring. Even the all start game and playoffs are boring in people eyes and it didn’t becoming like this til after 2017. You don’t have to believe me that’s just my opinion. That’s just my opinion

Why tf is Dame starting. He shouldn't event be a reserve

I expect there to be load management in effect and none of the starters are going to be available, all sitting on the sidelines in pedestrian clothes. Result would be the Pistons vs Wizards for the All Star game

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I think one solution would be to just play a quarter of basketball. That’s it. 12 minutes of play after the contests. that would lead to smaller margins and that, I think, brings back the competition. I know it’s impossible because the ASG brings lots of money in ads and tickets, but stil…

They should move the all star game to sfter the finals. Let it be a last hurrah celebrating the season. Let the guys who got bounced in the early rounds get some revenge. Let the good players on bad teams get some time to shine.

It's one game just play hard for a half is all we are asking for at this point. Like why don't these players care, do we need to add money incentives for being in these different events and even then that's sad

The main issue about the All Star game is the lack of competitiveness. Changing up the jerseys, team captains, East vs West, any other gimmick will not change the fact that the players really dont care and will not try hard in the game. The NBA needs to find a way to make the players actually care about playing and winning the game.

I'm just excited to see jalen brunson in his first all-star game

What if all the players in the all-star game had to put in 5-10% of their salary for that season & the pot is divided among the winning team?

2024 - west: 186, east: 211. I wouldn’t scrap the game. Maybe pick the best of the NBA, like the current dream team and have them play the best of college. College players still have something to prove and would force actual play. Worst case scenario it’s an exhibition and no worse than the game is today.

Yall missed the best game we could possibly have: Team USA (American All Stars) vs Team World (Foreign stars). Luka, SGA, Jokic, Giannis, Embiid vs Lebron, Curry, Tatum, AD, and Booker? That's a game right there!! Although I like the pick up game tourney, they can spread out the games to be like an all day thing, plenty of time for ad space, brings back a competitive edge too.

Hell, I’d say that they should make it so each of the top 10 teams has a guaranteed AS, while they have 5 wild card spots. Then you have the team-wide payout that y’all talked about, and it could really help some young players

a 1v1 tournament would be so cool to have

I never realized how bored the live crowd looks at an NBA All-Star Game.

The yearly all star game is boring content from NBA KZfaqrs truly a tradition at this point

a 1v1 tournament for all star weekend would make people go crazy

Thats a good point about the drew and summer league stuff

I actually forgot too.Instead of having that lame in season tournament Adam Silver needs to rework it into all star weekend as a 2 v 2 tournament. I would love to see a 1 v 1 but today's players are soft and don't want to be embrassed.

It's east vs west again, which is very good. The draft version was a great idea, but nothing to be done over and over again. They should implememt a veteran vs young guys aspect to every competition like dunk, 3 point contest and so on. Like 3 vets and 3 young players in each of them. And by vets I mean superstar vets.

The thing that makes it so boring IS THE LACK OF DEFENSE ! Giannis is probably the ONLY nba player that plays defense . I miss the 1 on 1 with defense not just a scoring buffet smh.

Maybe they should take the In Game tournaments Idea and make it Division Vs Division maybe ? Each Division Picks it's all Star team from players on teams in that division and they go up against The other Divisions , Short games of Maybe 8 minutes a Half .... I think that added onto the already flourishing In season tournament could be a lot more entertaining cause now each Division will have a Point to prove

To add stakes to the all star game they should make whichever conference wins gets home court advantage in finals.

I gotta be having Deja vu I could’ve sworn y’all posted this already cuz of the hotel scenes

I like your idea of a 2v2 or 3v3, heck throw in some 1v1! Let the players decide who plays which. This could be fun.

Would love to see World vs. USA All-Star Game

When was the last time the All Star game was in your town? It always feels like the same 5 cities but I could be wrong

Maybe for the charity aspect add like 10,000 dollars extra for every block or steal. Cause in 2020 i vividly remember kyle taking a charge for his teams cause. Yeah the players dont need the money but those people the charities are trying to help do. Also yes individual jerseys need to return. They can have the same colored warmups but Make the All Star Game Colorful Again

We should have games of former players back. It's nostalgia driven and most of those guys don't have NBA player salaries, they might as well try to win it

As you said with what the MLB did. East vs West. Winnner gets homecourt advantage in the finals

I really think that they should do The World VS USA. It’ll start a debate on if the world has caught up with the USA. Guarantee American players will play harder.

I think one of the reasons why both fans and players alike don't care about the All-Star game is because not every All-Star caliber player is always represented due to the conference disparity. I know the teams picked by captains has helped a lot, but if the NBA didn't have conferences at all then there would be no problem regarding the games ever again.

If they played a game of crunch that would b dope AF

Wake me up when the conference finals get here.

They should make it to where of you lose in the all star game or win it counts for the record of the team you represent

Why is the all star game even taking place During the season? There’s still another like 2 months of games left to play, and there’s no guarantee that someone who’s an all star for the current break would be at the end.

4:46 why people act like DWade was the only judge who gave that dunk a 9? Literally more judges gave it a 9 than a 10,

Well TBF about the +24 ELAM ended that was done because of the Kobe tragedy as a way to pay tribute to him and his daughter and all the other people that died in the crash

i was not expecting cold war BO mp music 🔥

All the stars doing the 3-points contest but not the dunk contest makes me sick.

The 2024 all-star sums up to what nba is today no pride, no competitiveness, no rivalry, no defense just timbaland shoes and fancy coat convention what a joke

Does the all star game influence MVP voting?

Make it a full exhibition game. If they aren't creative in shooting 3s or dunk. It doesn't count. It would at least be funny as hell. The MVP will go to whoever brought the most swag and style.

I still dont get Why they just dont do the US vs The World

Someone needs to step up and set the pace for the game. Start the game defending hard and going at it on offense.