"It was the worst basketball game ever, and I didn't know how to save it. ”
Last year's All-Star, James head coach Mike Malone blasted the game.
Since 2018, the NBA has implemented an all-star game system in which the captain is selected, and over the past few years, it has gradually made fans feel burned out or bored, and in 2024, the league will change back to the original East and West star team confrontation method.
However, the result is still a change of soup and no change of medicine.
Watching and watching, pressing the lock screen, a sigh, makes people sleepy.
If you don't miss basketball 20 years ago, it's all fake.
I still remember the clip from Jordan's documentary "The Last Dance".
Before the 1998 Eastern Conference All-Star Game, Jordan and others talked about Kobe Bryant in the locker room
He's all about going head-to-head with me on the offensive end, and I'm going to give him some color, little bastard. ”
He won't wait, he'll take the initiative. ”
That year, the two sprayed each other with all kinds of trash talk, and Jordan successfully hit Kobe Bryant four times, telling the little brother what is the most effective way to score.
That year, Kobe Bryant refused Malone's cover and wanted to find his idol Jordan to go head-on.
In basketball in that era, everyone was arrogant and there was competition everywhere.
It's still Kobe Bryant, who was viciously fouled by Wade in the 2012 All-Star Game and his nose bone was broken, but Kobe Bryant said:
I love the feeling of competition! ”
Three games later, when the Lakers played the Heat, Wade said, "In the end, he doubled back to me. ”
The masked Kobe Bryant scored 33 points to beat the Big Three Heat by 10 points.
Watching the NBA main game now, I can understand more and more why Jimmy Butler doesn't like to participate in basketball on this occasion.
Because that's not a game.
Since it is a competition, there has to be confrontation, there has to be competition.
A game in which two teams score more than 100 points together is called going through the motions.
No fan wants to see them shoot endless threes on the court, although there's no denying that today's players are much better off their shooting abilities than their predecessors 20 years ago.
No fan wants to watch a defenseless defense, boring layups and ordinary dunks.
No fan wants to watch the fast break three to one, and you choose to shoot three points when there is a chance to perform in front of you.
No fan wants to watch a game that is neither funny nor content.
I don't blame the old watch in Guangxi for complaining:"This NBA All-Star Game is not as exciting as the game in our village during the Chinese New Year.
There is some truth to this.
During the Spring Festival, village competitions across the country are at least intense.
It doesn't matter what the level of our players is, but at least everyone has the attitude to win glory for the village, at least they have the energy to play hard, at least we are eager to show in front of our fellow villagers or crushes.
At the very least, some of the games have a gunpowder flavor.
Instead of spending two or three hours watching the current NBA All-Stars, it is really better to go and watch the village game, which is lively and down-to-earth, and it is not sleepy at all.
Last year's All-Star, I wrote these two sentences:
The first sentence: "The two teams made a total of 126 3-point throws in this game, which is really outrageous." ”
Even more outrageous this year, that number has become 168 times, with 71 in the West and a crazy 97 in the East.
The second sentence: "If you continue to play like this, you will soon see the NBA All-Star Game with 200 points per team!" ”
The old emperor is simply the prophetic emperor, and this year, everyone has seen it.