Next February, the All-Star Game will settle in San Francisco, and we don't yet know what it will look like. Aware that the spectacle has become distressing, even with the return of the East and West teams, the league seeks to revive the event, and ESPN reports that Adam Silver got close to Stephen Curry to find solutions.
“We are studying other formats” Silver admits. “There is no doubt that the players were disappointed with the last All-Star Game. We all want to do a better job to bring competition and spectacle to the fans.” Remember that last February, the East beat the West by a score of 211 to 186 with nearly 170 cumulative 3-point shots, and that the players showed no desire!
Make players want to participate again
Silver does not rule out outright changing the very format of the Sunday evening meeting, and the best thing is to talk about it with the players, starting with Stephen Curry. “It will be at home for him, and I know that is very important to him, and he wants to make sure that the players give the best of themselves” Silver confirms.
The success of the 3-point duel between Curry and Sabrina Ionescu could encourage the NBA to look for new competitions of this type. The objective is clear: to make players want to participate in the event.
“Everyone was disappointed by what they saw last time,” Silver concludes. “It wasn’t just the NBA. This was also the case for the players, and the players’ union. We imagined that in Indiana, which is kind of the birthplace of basketball, that we would see a more competitive game… We want to do something that excites the fans and the players, so they're excited about it. to participate in this match. »
