Can the All Star Game be Fixed?

[@pyledriver22]

The funniest suggestion I’ve heard is the winning players get 1 year taken off their contract so they can hit free agency quicker

[@Richxwolf]

Then the coaches would want them to lose cuz they dont want they star to leave earlier lol

[@hanad7018]

@@Richxwolf switch the coaches around

[@Cornelius87]

My take is the all star game doesn't have to be competitive at all to be enjoyable. It just has to be a basketball game. In the early 2000s I remember it was just a fun exhibition game where we could see Kobe playing with Garnett or Duncan receiving lobs from Nash. It was sort of a "what if x and y player played in the same team" type of thing. The problem today is that what we get doesn't even resemble a basketball game. It just feels like a bunch of guys staying after practice and messing around with a basketball.

[@shauncrawford4902]

That’s generally how I look at it. I just like seeing all the stars out there having fun and going for some big spots. I don’t personally need it to be competitive.

[@hectichighlights882]

What y’all think about a 3v3 tourney. 8 players with most votes are captains in a snake draft. 8 teams of 3 in a single elimination tourney.

[@SpyHams]

I’d fw it

[@kennethoxley2525]

It couldn't be worse than what we are getting.

[@OmarMartinez-dx3sp]

Why would they try during this? Why would they risk injury?

[@Colonel.B.Sanders]

@@OmarMartinez-dx3sp the 3 teams of the winning teams gets a +1 to seeding at the end of season

[@albericponcedeleon2696]

I would do the 8 captains part of your idea but I would scrap the snake draft in favor of a random selection. It keeps the show shorter and we would be more likely to see crazy team-ups for both better and worse.

[@drakemontes4624]

I hate the idea of the Allstate game deciding the finals homecourt. But I think a good hybrid of that is it is east west and the game will count as an 83rd game towards the standings. So if the east beats the west then every team on the east gets a win and every team in the west gets a loss. This allows for whichever conference loses then they can still make up the ground and get nba finals on their homecourt. This also would not effect the playoff race as it keeps everyone in the conference’s the same

[@MrE_]

The only problem is that we'd still have the stupid ass conferences which sucks. Like right now for example, most of the allstars are in the west, so it wouldn't even be fair or interesting to see west vs east.

[@sillygosling351]

@@MrE_ giannis, tatum, embiid, donovan mitchell, trae young, jimmy butler, james harden, jaylen brown, paskal siakam,

[@truthseeker198]

They should just embrace event vibe. Invest in a bigger space and make meet and greets, autograph signing, invite part of the youtube media, basketball related brands, etc. Just make a whole basketball expo out of it. You can't really blame the players for not going hard in a game that means nothing and really should continue to be like that. The fans might complain now, but I guarantee that if the best player on their teams gets hurt in the asg, they'll go crazy and shit on the whole organization for letting it happen.

[@jki808]

Wise comment. Everyone’s so focused on what can be done but nobody’s saying what *should* be done. It’s an exhibition game - why should they run the risk of being injured?

[@XIN3OHd]

Cool posters Rusty

[@bayscit]

Rusty could use some busty on those walls though 🤐

[@XIN3OHd]

@@bayscit that’s a pretty weird comment to make in this situation

[@JDubs1464]

As a Celtics fan, what I’ve learned from the all star game is that if we include Kobe Bryant in the championship for some reason we will see Jayson Tatum turn into “Took it Personally” Michael Jeffrey Jordan in the playoffs

[@joshuacampbell2176]

An idea I saw was to make a third team called the snub team and have them play the losers. Then, the winners of that game get the all-star selections on their resume, and the losers don't. Granted, you'd have to shorten the game to fit both of them in, but the teams might actually try so they don't have to play again and risk losing that appearance. Plus, it gives the snubs a chance to prove that maybe they should've been selected.

[@ixg1297]

I feel like They should do it like the rising stars format but make it like a 5v5 tournament with a target score each game and just have it be like a major cash prize or something

[@cameron7202]

Kenny's video on the break was really good and I think highlighted a lot of issues with the ASG especially. I personally don't mind that it's a silly exhibition match with little defense bc yeah no one wants to get hurt at what is ultimately a silly exhibition. I just enjoy the extra hoops ngl and the cool shit like a pull up from behind halfcourt :3

[@mazza3571]

Gonna have to start systematically killing off nba legends annually to play in their honour

[@joshuathompson6690]

They literally had them talking on the mic WHILE ON THE COURT. They was chillen lol.

[@bryceaugust3329]

First to 100, they know it ends when it hits that score, so defense would be incentivized especially once it gets around the high 80’s/90’s in score

[@SnAkEyEs9876]

Good idea in theory but you'll end up with the game played the same way except it ends 2 minutes into the 3rd quarter lol

[@timcal2136]

The problem with that idea is that it doesnt actually fix the issue of incentive. Players will still try on offense, but if there’s no reason to win and no reason to not lose, then players wont care if they end up losing.

[@dontmindmeimjustspectating2871]

about the East/West thing, 1. The Roy Hibbert thing did not change because there is still an even number of all stars between east and west for some reason and 2. They did the home field advantage for several years in MLB and idk how much anybody cared (I was younger so maybe it was a bigger deal than it looked) Edit: i prefer the all star draft and i wish every sport did it

[@shauncrawford4902]

I wonder if there’s a way to connect it to the draft. The winning conference gets the number one pick or something. That’s probably stupid because you don’t want more competition in your conference. Would be interesting if there was a way to connect it to the draft that even helped prevent tanking.

[@chunnchilla]

Yes. We simply need analysts to play in a game vs their pro counterparts, or against G Leaguers. Analysts celebrity games: haters vs players. Russ vs the guy that called him a vampire, skip vs (ton of ppl) those he spoke about. Or… Refs vs Analysts: bad takes vs no calls 😉

[@merchuegrandmasterthortono8159]

I agree with your point about choosing based on conferences, with depth disparities between the conferences allowing certain less deserving players to make the game over other more deserving players, but even in the current format they still pick the players based on conferences. Even with the Team LeBron and Team Giannis stuff, you have a pool of 12 players from the East and 12 from the West. Going back to a pure conference format would not change any of that. If anything, I think the number of players they pick per position is a bigger problem. If they went back to pure East vs West and got rid of the frontcourt backcourt bullshit, I think it would be fine.

[@krafthelvedemand]

Maybe something could be done with making a team of offensive Allstars vs a team of defensive Allstars

[@samuelblake4751]

Instead of home court advantage it could be even lower stakes like just a tie breaker for home court advantage

[@Emtegi]

I’m thinking they could combine like rising stars game and allstars one and make 2 day tournament with team off rookies/2nd year, gleauge players, allstar starters and the reserves to do 4 teams compete over 2 days for allstar weekend trophy. Maby the players playing for they honor (allstars) and opportunity to play with the best (gleauge and young ones) will make it more interesting, but also not to harsh on star players cause of the talent difference. I dont’ know, just a quick thought

[@DaNxYsmells007]

I’d say either go by the Celebrity Game rules. Or just Merge them all together. Ex. 5 Stars & 5 rookies on each team. 1st Skills challenge 2nd dunk challenge, 3rd 3point challenge, 4th 5v5 too 50 points.

[@dirknol6131]

Whoever wins the game gets to have dinner with Jay Z

[@nathanielg8221]

what about having the all-star mvp's team getting to host the all-star game the following year. that way more fans vote for their hometeam's player and the players try harder to get their cities to host the game

[@Gr3enPoison]

Damn this is good

[@WilsonLeow]

Someone suggested to make it USA vs World, which I think could kinda work cuz you’re playing for some sort of pride

[@kennethoxley2525]

As Ryen Rusillo said several years ago, all-stars vs. all-star snubs.

[@epidemicmagick]

Well, they wouldn't be snubs if appearing in the ASG...

[@xXSOLIDXx07]

I think the biggest issue is the schedule. If the ASG was in the off season, more players would be willing to compete without having to risk injury before the playoffs, plus some would actually miss being on the court.

[@vloneiffay6398]

every year one former NBA star should be sacrificed and have the all star game should be in commemoration for them.

[@unsubstainable9711]

Someone suggested the world vs USA and as a pride thing and how international players are becoming the best players in the world would make it a good game I think

[@joshbailey7775]

The entire all-star weekend can't even match the home run derby.

[@DWhiteFan]

Thank you for the input Mr. Buckets

[@atmiddle]

As much as a more competitive all star game would be great, I would prefer to keep it the way it is because load management is already a huge issue in the nba so the all stars that do play in the game don’t try because they have a whole other half of a season to play and with how the style of the game is today and how the players are more injury prone more now than ever, they might get hurt when they play which would be a big waste. If there is a way to fix it, take the 3 point line out of the game for either the whole game or just the 4th quarter (because of the target score) since most of the shots in recent all star games are either deep ass 3s or dunks but if you take it out, you might end up getting a 90s or early 2000s type all star game since they didn’t shoot threes which gave them no real choice but to play defense.

[@23TDJ]

List of ideas: 1. They could go East/West again and losing conference loses half they contracted money. Winning conference gets half of the losses and charity the other half 2. Losing teams gets a 1 game suspension and loses that game check but goes to charity

[@davidmartinez52420]

The MLB had home field in the World Series going to the team from the winning league in the All Star game for about 10 years or so. This was in the midst of the AL absolutely dominating the All Star Game with some crazy long winning streak. It just so happened that the AL team often had the better record than the NL team so they would've had home field anyways, but home field being attached to the All Star game wasn't a very popular idea. I myself absolutely hated it.

[@rovicvelasco3368]

I think the all-star game mvp should have more rights to get the regular season mvp. See, the problem with the mvp votings is a fight between a great player carrying a bad team vs the lone best player on the best team. But, if that player is still relied on come the time that he plays with all the greats in the league, then that is a true determinant that he is the most valuable player; not only by his team but to all the potential MVPs that are before him.

[@jordan11alanna]

Thanks for the content bro!!!

[@tyla8515]

i think it’s reasonable to do the conference teams + finals home court but only give the winning conference home court for game 7, then each team has had 3 home games so there’s really not much of an asterisk

[@emanuelsandoval854]

Adam silver should play 1v1 with a random person challenge Adam silver for the commissioner title and if he loses he gets dibs to challenge next year

[@killingmasta]

I love that you are just like wearing pjs. for real that makes me happy.

[@jsmoove81519]

I think they could determine who has home court for the first game as motivation for the All-Star game. They would have to figure out how to adjust the schedule for the finals if the conference that had the first home game had the worse record, but maybe it could go 1-1-1-2-2 instead of 2-2-1-1-1

[@sydguitar99]

Feels like the NBA players nowadays have zero incentive to try because they get paid so much that no reward will be worth it for them

[@nzb6784]

Make East vs West. The winning conference gets an extra all star next year, as a wild card player or at the expense of the loser. You can even extend this to two years to make it more interesting; win two years in a row, get two extra all stars, one wild card spot, and one from the losing team.

[@Petiepegleg401]

Maybe monetize defensive stats. This is just off the top of my head. Maybe have a million for the player with the most blocks... Another mill for the guy with the most steals. Put a solid bag together for the team that allows the least points. This could possibly make it more interesting. The NBA would have to stop being so f'n cheap though. They make billions, but they're so cheap. That could do wonders for the slam dunk contest too. It was better this year, but still never draws any superstars like it did back in the day.

[@kyalibuzz5932]

Have a three-on-three competition during the All-Star breaks with the all-star selectees... And then a championship round three on three at the end of the all-star

[@rnuke_rocket]

Ever since they made this draft concept for the All-Star Game with the exception of the 2020 ASG, the picking of players is more entertaining to watch than the actual game tbh 😅

[@shoeless1137]

I like the home court advantage thing, MLB used to do that and those all star games were more entertaining for it. They have done away with it because people thought it was a silly way to decided home field advantage but tbh it was kinda dope. Also I'm a Bucks fan so I have skin in the game for that suggestion Also, winning team gets a $5mil bonus, each

[@shawshankstank7765]

I think a weird but interesting idea would be have 24 allstars and then have 8 teams of 3 and have a tournament.

[@aJAGGZproduction]

Before watching video I heard someone say do world vs USA, it’ll make it a little more competitive cus they’re representing something

[@joshuafish98]

How about a Defensive MVP award to get the Bams and Jaren Jacksons of the league to actually play their game on All Star weekend? Defense is actively discouraged, but we have guys in the game who are All Stars because of what they bring to that side of the court, so encourage them to show it. I recognize that defense is a team concept with all the switches and what not, but we might at least get some rim protection and reduce the wide open lay-ups and dunks.

[@SecretSocietyTV]

Make it team USA versus team world. Try it for a year. I also like the idea of the winning conference get a win on their record. Other get a loss. Maybe Losing team has to stay in Utah another day and do a charity event lol.

[@stillatshore]

if you want more defense, then you could have each quarter be a race to a point total. admittedly that doesn’t add an incentive to win, but it may be successful to some extent

[@gVert404]

Personally I think they should do a half court 3v3 tournament. If they kept the same amount of players it would it would be 3 game tournament with 7 total games. If they were each to 21 points they could probably do it in a similar amount of time. To encourage competitiveness, how far each team makes it determines how much would be donated to their charity. So a team that didn’t win anything would get like 100k while the tourney winners could get like 1M

[@tysonmaddox1090]

I’m curious how baseball made home field around their all star game? Ik they did it for a while if they don’t anymore

[@Tsuki02232]

they changed it in 2017, now the team with the best winning percentage gets home-field advantage in the world series, before that the league that won the all-star game got home-field advantage

[@kennethoxley2525]

They started it because the 2002 mlb all-star game was mismanaged by Bob Brenley and Joe Torre and both teams ran out of pitchers, so the game ended in a tie.

[@dylancha3030]

The thing about baseball is even without the World Series home field advantage the MLB all star game is the hardest played/most competitive of all all star games

[@tiedngag]

When you think about it, how much defense is played in a normal NBA game? We just saw a game with both teams score over 170 points.

[@marcwilliams3692]

If the media started valuing allstar wins and performances in all time discussions and player rankings players would care more about that

[@joshpyatt110]

First to 12 each quarter win by 2 like a pick up game. Shorten the rosters to 5v5. You can still recognize full rosters as all stars but only the top 10 vote getters can compete regardless of position.

[@russellhaisman8762]

Maybe make each year going forward be in honour of legends of the past, like have a 'Wilt' year, then Larry Bird, George Mikan etc., so that the past gets the present passion going for the players

[@codysterling9974]

1. People are watching things on KZbin/twitter/etc Unless it’s the playoffs, I’m usually watching highlights of games anyway (I work night shift) But this all star game got the most traffic thru social media. And nba will continue to drop live numbers. 2. The game last year was good/great. But I’ve always waited til the 4th quarter to see if the game is close. If it’s close they will play hard usually, at least last 6 min where they will have the best 5 to close the game. But it makes no sense for all stars to try hard in a game that doesn’t affect the overall goal of a player. The all star game used to be a big deal because you couldn’t always watch the bulls if you weren’t in Chicago. But now it’s much easier to watch your favorite player play every single game. Because of that, the all star game has lost its value.

[@swordsspears300]

Yes. It can be fixed easily. Go back to east vs west and the winning conference receives an extra home game in the finals. Imagine a 5-2 series advantage.

[@Re-InCarNation]

All-star MVP = votes for Regular season MVP? Add an all-star Defensive player award and do the same thing for votes for DPOY.

[@kingoffedoras9932]

2 things I think could help fix the ASG 1. Make it East vs West again, the whole "team captain" thing is dumb anyway, because you know it's always gonna be Lebron vs either KD or Giannis 2. Have the conference winner get home-court advantage in the NBA finals. This was something the MLB actually did for a while a few years back, until they cancelled it, but thats a pretty big incentive to play a little harder if it means you have a chance to have 4 home games in the finals.

[@showdaKOs]

1. Lebron isn't gonna be there forever. And I really don't like it either. 2. Don't like the idea for the reason mentionned in the video.

[@connor_phillipz5689]

Rusty explained why that was a bad idea in the video. It's not going to happen and for good reason.

[@austintsai7869]

Why did the MLB remove home-court advantage?

[@kennethoxley2525]

No introductions for the snubs and they wear plain white or dark jerseys with no name plate and only numbers 1 to 12. Additionally, they are not even named until they get a positive stat.

[@Alex-cf2lp]

Do USA vs world. The rest of the world is good enough now with Giannis, Jokic, Embiid, Luka, Shai, Sabonis, Siakam etc. US players would actually be playing for pride, and it would engage international fans more. Also, make it positionless. Only arguement against it is world bench players will still be worse than some US players that dont make the cut, but we have the same problem with east vs west anyway

[@BobRickles]

Anyone else hearing that knocking/clicking sound in the background or I’m going crazy? Edit: I guess it’s maybe music? Just so quiet in the first half of the video that i can only hear the drum kicks

[@curlybri4823]

I absolutely do not think the All Star Game should "matter" with regards to the championship. The all-star game SHOULD just be a goofy game for the players to ball out and for the fans to see crazy stuff imo the NHL has done this correctly, there are 4 divisions, they each get a team, and they do a 3-on-3 tournament over all-star weekend, it's for fun, and should remain that way.

[@kneo12]

Maybe have the all star game be counted in the regular season. So if you have at least 1 player on the winning team your actual team gets a win in the regular season

[@Jeff_2x]

Watching the all star game was the first time in a while it felt that I WASTED my time watching a “NBA” game

[@deino4753]

Force the top eight players to play in a 1v1 tournament to 21. That would be interesting. 😂

[@connor_phillipz5689]

Treat All Star selections like All NBA selections, get rid of the All Star Game, replace it with a bunch of smaller, fun events like Horse, 3v3 games to 21, Knockout, potentially 1v1s, etc. The game itself is already pointless and is only getting more boring. Replace it with smaller lighthearted games and it will be more fun to watch. You can still do the charity thing and honestly it'll be a lot more motivating to the players involved because their contributions will have a much bigger impact on which charity gets the money. The All Star game itself has outlived its value and trying to reanimate its corpse is just going to waste time.

[@girbaudking100]

the only way to truly save the all star game is the players have to actually play hard

[@youngwashrag]

Why not one 15 minute quarter, Halftime, then have the no time-limit 24 point goal second quarter. Fill in the rest of the time with things people have been asking for like 1v1s, 2v2s, maybe have those in a tournament.

[@adamlewitt788]

Reinstate the conferences and have them complete for which conference will have 10 million extra cap room next season.

[@sadmarinersfan8935]

Up until somewhat recently the home park advantage In the World Series in baseball was decided by the all star game I was sad when it changed they still play harder then in the nba one now but still not as much as before idk if you like baseball at all but still wanted to mention

[@divi420]

Only thing I could think off is to go back to est vs west restructure the playoffs so tha teams from different conferences can play each othe before the finals and the conference that wins the all star game has homecourt advantage in all playoffs series but it's kinda of a big stretch 😅

[@kneo12]

Make it so that the winning team are the ones that are awarded with the all star selection on their resume and that the losing team were just all star candidates

[@swagdadfrombaghdad6851]

we’d just value the all star candidate selection as much as the all star selection now

[@johnt6806]

Just give a 3 million cash reward to the winning team. At least some of the players would try harder

[@latima123ify]

The game has been good for like the last 3 years. I cant believe one bad one after a string of good ones is getting this crazy amount of attention.

[@ryanmuller9497]

There is one sport that has an equivalent of the All-Star game that players take deadly seriously. In the Australian professional rugby league competition, the NRL, there is a three game series played in the middle of the season called State of Origin. Ignoring a bunch of exceptions for the sake of KZbin comment brevity, players represent the State in which they grew up playing rugby league. The NRL is only big in two States - Queensland and New South Wales - so the series is just played between those two teams (players that don't meet eligibility requirements for one of the States are ineligible to play). The series taps into hometown loyalty - regardless of where somebody is currently playing, in State of Origin they represent where they're from, and therefore represent the team they grew up supporting. Obviously to port this to the NBA would be trickier because you don't have just two States - you need to deal with not just the 50 U.S States, but also the fact that a solid chunk of the best players in the league are internationals and you'd probably want them represented in some capacity. You'd probably look to divide the US into a set of divisions that may well look similar to the existing divisions, although you'd want them to be stable even if franchises move around so they might not match exactly. Let's say for argument's sake that you do just use the existing divisions, at least for the names. Players are assigned to the division that matches where they went to high school, or can apply to represent a different division if they grew up somewhere else and moved for high school. Additionally, we'll have a team for European players, and a team for Rest of the World (RoW). That gives 8 teams, which lends itself to a 3 game elimination bracket. So, expand the All-Star weekend to run over 5 days. On the first day, third, and fifth days, you play a round of the All-Star series. You could fully randomise the bracket, or you could make sure all teams from each conference are on the same side of the bracket until the final with just Europe and RoW fully randomised as to where they end up. Either way, all 8 teams play on the first day; the 4 winners advance to day 3; then the two winners play in the final on day 5. There's also a question of how you handle selection - in State of Origin, selection for each team is handled by a separate organisation for each State, not by fan voting (since you wouldn't want fans of the opposite team trying to sabotage selection of the other team). Really not sure how to fix that here - maybe start with a fan vote, but then have a commissioner and/or coach veto option to block obviously suboptimal picks? It would probably take some time for this concept to really take root. You'd likely get some initial interest, which would then wane until players start entering the competition who grew up watching the games and cheering for their division. At that point, there's motivation for players to take it seriously: hometown loyalty. You play hard for the team you grew up cheering for.

[@mr.kwamid-86_43]

Can be fixed by getting rid of it!

[@whobitmyname]

I still remember the 2020 game where they only played hard in memory of Kobe. I still cringe to this day knowing that the only thing that can make players actually compete is a fuckin tragedy.

[@HolyCheese007]

They could make defensive plays worth something for charity eg steals $100 to the players charity of choice

[@ojsimpson.]

I thought they had it figured out in 2020. Then they instantly stopped caring afterwards

[@TheTyree72]

Lol my man in pajamas. Life of content creators 🎉

[@tiedngag]

You could do team old vs team young. That would create some great pairings and matchups.

[@kennethoxley2525]

Finals home court is just as bad of an idea as it was in baseball.

[@lowercasehorse2363]

What if we keep the draft but the each player on the winning team gets +1 win added to their teams record in the regular season.

[@bonusexitus2263]

I think a 3v3 or 5v5 tourney could be cool instead of the game, maybe not every team would try but some surely would

[@celtic69]

I hope this puts an end to there potentially being a premier league all star game

[@wiggo4654]

How about this. Every player on the winning team gets a +1 to their team’s W/L. Now that’s something I think most players would care about without going overboard

[@Flameville]

It’s up to the players. The league has done enough to the point of changing the format. These players have to be convinced to be competitive and it’s only durin all star weekend. They go off in the summer runs and are super competitive there but not in front of millions. It’s a shame. To me that’s what makes me respect older players from past generations a bit more. No matter what the game if there was basketball to be played, they COMPETED.

[@Jugi_boy]

I guess the best solution would be winning team gets a shit ton of money 😂

[@hakeemolajuwonjr8369]

If you want the game to have meaning, it’s a simple fix. Make it East Vs West. The conference that wins gets home court advantage for the finals. You’re insane if you think the players wouldn’t go full tilt.

[@mr.kwamid-86_43]

And blow their nutz

[@guyberkman9357]

You have to watch and do a comparison to the 1999 all star game Nba just uploaded it to thier Chanel and its great, the teams play! Defense and offense and the game is so fun to watch Individual match ups (19 year old kobe going adainst jordan and jordan replies) Also i think its need to come from the players just agree you play And for injuries, they play 82 games countless practices its not much as risk as any game so just play a bit

[@GONZUdAce11]

How about the conference that wins gets slightly better odds/possitions in the draft picks? Are people really gonna be mad that the celtics got the 28th pick instead of the 27th?

[@drumusic5665]

After the season. Play the game before the conference finals and do it pro bowl style. Players still remaining in the playoffs sit out like in the NFL and set some sort of cash incentive. Yes it won't do a lot but it does something. Plus it re engages fans who's teams are out.

[@goosekerr5985]

Steph Curry 50 in the ASG vs Jayson Tatum 50 in the ASG difference

[@nolimit_raj6949]

make the all star game after the nbc finals, so we have something for the summer

[@Leonardo2003]

Also great vid big fan

[@supadocnz]

It’s all about rivalries. In the past players wanted to beat each other. It’s about pride. Nowadays if they can’t beat someone, they’ll just go join them or they recruit another star. Rivalry is dead and it’s boring for fans. I’d rather watch a low scoring 90’s Bulls-Knicks or Knicks-Heat game than a high scoring game these days

[@1highvelocity1]

The winner of the Finals MVPs team brings home a win but this doesn't mean everyone else brings home an L

[@MO-rl9gl]

Btw they’re more people watching NBA in China than America. Never mind the rest of the world.