Is There Any Saving the All-Star Game?

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00:00These guys, they all got a bunch of money in their pockets, so there's no financial incentive.

00:03It has to come organically, and I think the international players will organically apply

00:08pressure and say they're going to start taking it more seriously, or ideally they should.

00:11They do, and then they do a world versus U.S. All-Stars, I guess, NBA All-Stars,

00:17and then those guys have to organically just feel it.

00:19Hey, man, we can't let these guys beat us, kind of like how it was in the Olympics,

00:23and then it slowly starts to morph into a more serious game.

00:27Ultimately, do we care?

00:28As an NBA fan, do I care that it's a serious game or not?

00:30No, not really.

00:31I think about when I was playing baseball and I made it to the All-Star team.

00:34You went out there and you played hard, but at the end of the day,

00:36you knew it was just a game to go out there and get your shine, right?

00:41You're not playing for an All-Star championship, really, right?

00:43So it is what it is in that respect.

00:45Yeah, I mean, yeah, the idea of...

00:49Because now it's about pride, partner.

00:50The idea that Bird and Magic and Jordan competed for 48 minutes at an All-Star game,

01:00that's a joke, Stu.

01:01I mean, Kobe had a broken nose from D-Wade because they were competing,

01:05and I believe they mailed it in for three quarters,

01:08and then if it was close, they competed.

01:11But it was never 170 to 171, you know, like it's been doing.

01:16Don't try to sell me on,

01:19man, guys took it really seriously in the 80s.

01:23No, they didn't.

01:24I mean, they ran up and down for three quarters,

01:29and then it was a close game, and they tried a little bit.

01:31But give me this.

01:32Curry, a couple years ago, and you were awesome, this All-Star week as chef,

01:38but the bottom line is we saw him a couple years ago lay down.

01:41Remember when Giannis was doing something?

01:43It's better than what these guys are doing, Stony.

01:46We've seen guys walking, not even coming down court, man.

01:49So maybe if it's the world and then it becomes country versus your country,

01:54maybe the pride will kick in and we could see some basketball.

01:58But the one takeaway, the positive yesterday,

02:01Wimby got out on Kyrie and tried to shake the big fella,

02:05and Wimby wanted that smoke.

02:07So I just wish we could get more minutes of that.

02:10And I know it's not going to be 48 minutes,

02:12but Kyrie was trying to be Fred Astaire, missed it.

02:15But I was like, man, that's all we asked for.

02:19Yeah, I mean, I don't know.

02:24I mean, I remember, what was the game where,

02:27it must have been back in 90 when Magic had HIV,

02:30but he came back and played the game.

02:32And that game was so freaking boring that he had to

02:37shoot like four three-pointers in the last three minutes to kind of spice it up.

02:41So the all-star game's always been, always had an issue, I think.

02:45But they did a better job back in the past of camouflaging.

02:49Mm, there it is.

02:51Of making it seem like, you know, they were playing harder.

02:53So did the players do that, though?

02:55Were they responsible for camouflaging?

02:57Because that's what's happening.

02:59These guys are just like, I'm out.

03:01And I love me Yoki, Stony.

03:02I love me some Joker.

03:03But if I had an all-star game, you'd just stay home or sit on the bench,

03:07because his style of play is like just watching him yesterday.

03:10If it ain't real, you ain't going to get nothing from me,

03:14and I'll look like I'm loafing.

03:16I mean, that's the way Bird was in that type of game.

03:19I think Bird was the MVP of the all-star game once,

03:22but he kind of just would go there and, you know, he didn't.

03:27That's the other thing.

03:28The guys in the past, they wouldn't just let guys lay it in.

03:33They would at least pretend to defend,

03:35or at least try to keep their body between their man and the basket.

03:40But, I mean, again, don't be getting hurt in this game.

03:45I wonder if this event is Calipari, one and done.

03:49If they actually do something and, you know,

03:52change it and go to the world, which a lot of people are calling for.

03:56Yeah, I don't know.

03:56I don't know.

03:57I, you know, I think people are...

04:00Honestly, I think people take it too seriously.

04:03They're... too many fans are asking for something

04:07or looking for something that just is not there.

04:11And it's competition.

04:12They're not going to get an NBA Finals type atmosphere in the all-star game.

04:17They're just not.

04:17Well, I'll tell you what, man.

04:19You know, the tickets aren't cheaper because of that.

04:21You know what I mean?

04:22You got to pay big money.

04:23Yeah, but the...

04:24Right, but are you really paying big money to see them play?

04:27Or are you paying big money to see them?

04:30I think you're paying big money to see them.

04:34And, I mean, if you're expecting something great from the all-star game...

04:40I mean, how many people...

04:41How many fans at that all-star game yesterday were real fans?

04:48NBA fans?

04:49League Pass type people?

04:51People that watch their teams 50 times a year?

04:56What if I...

04:56Oh, I don't have the numbers to back me up, Stan.

04:58What if I...

04:58I'll go at more than half.

05:00Yeah, I'd say five people in the whole building.

05:02So they're just what you said I was doing Friday at Kenny's party.

05:05Just party, that's all it is.

05:07And it's fine.

05:08Like, that's what I mean.

05:09Like, I am not here to criticize all-star weekend.

05:13But make no mistake, this is a party for the players.

05:19They're catered to all weekend.

05:22The reason they come is because they're treated like royalty.

05:25Okay.

05:25Even the guys who don't have to play, they get to come to that all-star city.

05:31They're put up in nice hotels.

05:32They're invited to all the parties.

05:35That's...

05:36It's for the players.

05:37It just is.

05:39And I just don't expect them to give...

05:43Like, I just don't expect there to be a great all-star game anymore.

05:49I understand why they're not into it.

05:52See, listen.

05:55And when the TNT guys, when they got their flowers, they talked about all four of them.

06:01There's no us without you.

06:03And I've seen you in public when we've been at things for the station.

06:08We always think the fans.

06:10And I'm sorry, Stani.

06:11I know it's about the celebrity of the players.

06:14But it's about the fan experience.

06:16And just to see guys hustle or at least try to fake hustle is better than what we've been

06:22seeing.

06:22And that's why we're where we're at now.

06:24Like, I think it's about...

06:25That's a slap in the face to just say they're here to party.

06:29They are.

06:29You get to see them.

06:30And then the product is what it is now.

06:33Like, to even get to this point is embarrassing.

06:36I mean, hey, Steph, congratulations.

06:40You made the all-star team for the 13th time.

06:42How do you feel, Steph?

06:43I'll tell you what.

06:44We gotta win this year.

06:46We've got to win it this year.

06:48I am sick of being on the short end of the stick in the all...

06:51Like, no, it's like...

06:52I know everything.

06:53Hey, you've just made the all-star team for the 14th year.

06:56It's like, cool.

06:56And now I'm the host.

06:57So I'm going to be out and about during the all-star game.

07:00It's going to be fun.

07:02But it's not...

07:04It's barely an exhibition is all I'm saying.

07:06And which is, again...

07:07Well, that's what it's turned into.

07:09And I think it's kind of always been like that.

07:12I thought...

07:13I think the all-star game in the past, they had a better sense of...

07:17It was more like a showcase.

07:19Yeah.

07:20I like that.

07:20Yeah.

07:22And I'll say this to that.

07:23They never had to think about on Monday morning in the past,

07:27do we need to change the game?

07:30Do we need to come up with cockamamie ways of dividing teams?

07:35I hated that every player wasn't on the court at the same time.

07:38That's just me.

07:39But Stani, you could say what it was then, but they never had to change the format.

07:45East-West.

07:49Well, they did because...

07:50And they may change it again.

07:52Well...

07:52So now you're chasing your tail.

07:54Right.

07:54I mean, it happens in every sport.

07:56I mean, baseball puts a pitch clock in.

07:58You know what I mean?

07:59The all-star game fizzles out.

08:01Now they need to figure something out.

08:04The way the game has been played or the way...

08:06Hey, look.

08:07The way things were, those days are over, man.

08:10Well, you...

08:11Wow.

08:11More power to the younger...

08:12If you're saying that, I don't like hearing that.

08:14More power to the younger players and the younger generation.

08:17It's about them now.

08:20LeBron James is 40 years old?

08:22I couldn't believe that.

08:23I wanted to...

08:25I knew Friday, if you were going to play LeBron, that was a...

08:30I can't believe that.

08:31Of course you can.

08:32Stani, I can't.

08:34Tell us Friday.

08:35No.

08:35Let Booker take his spot.

08:37Let somebody else make the decision.

08:39It's his league still.

08:41See?

08:41Okay.

08:42TJD could have taken his place.

08:43Who?

08:44More pods.

08:46One of the rising stars.

08:48All right.

08:49888-957-9570 is the number.

08:54Look, what do you guys think about All-Star Weekend?

08:57Can it be better?

08:59Do you care that it isn't the greatest weekend of basketball entertainment?

09:04I'm not hating on it.

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