It seems just like the NBA all-star sport might quickly return to its roots after a failed experiment drew criticism. In accordance with NBA Commissioner Adam Silver himself, the league is contemplating reverting again to the sport’s unique format.
In 2018, the league went away from the normal East vs. West format after 66 years in favor of getting the main vote-getters in every convention select their groups. That has resulted in LeBron James being a staff captain for six straight seasons. The aim of that change was to extend the competitiveness of the all-star sport, which had turn into a glorified layup line or shootaround.
That, and altering the scoring system from complete factors to the Elam scoring format, was carried out in hopes of constructing the sport extra enjoyable to look at. Initially, it did, however by final yr’s all-star sport, the identical points began to resurface. Gamers merely weren’t taking part in arduous, and it was making a sport with the NBA’s 24 finest stars a chore to look at.
NBA Rumors: The NBA could ditch the All-Star sport rule.
Whereas it isn’t but a carried out deal, returning to the normal format might be finest for the All-Star sport. Even then, seeing gamers which may in any other case not play collectively, reminiscent of LeBron James and Jayson Tatum or Nikola Jokic and Joel Embiid, was well worth the format change. However reverting again to the unique East vs. West mannequin is the safer selection and one thing that the league might search to tweak in different methods.
One choice, albeit a doubtlessly controversial one, can be to borrow Main League Baseball’s rule of getting the All-Star Recreation decide home-field benefit within the World Collection. Doing the identical with the NBA’s all-star sport and having it decide home-court within the NBA Finals will surely make the sport extra attention-grabbing.
In any case, most of the sport’s prime gamers play for contending groups, and they might have a stake within the consequence of the All-Star Recreation, had been the foundations can be modified to reflect Main League Baseball’s.
Whether or not Silver follows by way of with the rule change to the all-star sport or not, it’s clear that the it wants adjustments, and not less than he seems to be contemplating totally different choices.
