Adam Silver has come into individuals’s crosshairs after one other lackluster NBA All-Star Weekend.
The NBA commissioner caught loads of ire after the league’s new All-Star Recreation format got here below heavy scrutiny – particularly from Warriors star Draymond Inexperienced – after years of non-competitive video games that lacked a lot protection.
Sunday was debut of the league’s four-team mini-tournament with video games to 40 factors.
One group wasn’t even made up of All-Stars, however relatively of winners from the Rising Star problem to make up Crew Candice Parker.
Shaquille O’Neal’s group in the end went on to win the brand new format with the Warriors’ Stephen Curry taking house MVP honors.
It put a cap on a weekend in San Francisco that left quite a lot of individuals sad with the state of the NBA below Silver’s management.
“NBA needs a new Commissioner,” WFAN host Brandon Tierney wrote on X. “Silver is driving the league into the ground. It’s unrecognizable.”
It was a part of a number of points with the weekend that included gamers voicing their displeasure with the breaks between video games.
“To be honest, I didn’t like it at all,” the Hawks’ Trae Younger advised reporters. “I didn’t like the breaks. The games were so short. Obviously, we can score. So, they’re trying to, I feel like, trying to extend the game, extend the TV time with the breaks and things like that.”
G-Leaguer Mac McClung received his third straight dunk contest because the NBA prime stars proceed to skip it.
LeBron James pulled out of the All-Star Recreation on the final minute due to discomfort in his left ankle and foot and Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards sat out with a groin damage.
Each took roster spots from potential replacements.
“I don’t think All-Star weekend could get any worse and somehow it did. Kevin Hart got more TV time than the All-Stars themselves,” NBA analyst Kevin O’Connor mentioned on his present. “LeBron and Edwards didn’t play. The lengthy breaks ruined the sport. There’s a 20-minute break for TNT in the midst of the finale.
“They are relying on a G-Leaguer to save the dunk contest. Adam Silver can’t even get Steph (Curry) to participate in the 3-point contest in San Francisco. This was the worst All-Star Weekend ever.”
The Ringer’s Invoice Simmons didn’t like what he noticed over the weekend however famous the All-Star Recreation has lengthy been a difficulty the league has but to proper.
“Not sure NBA All Star Weekend could have gone worse,” Simmons wrote on X. “But it’s been an issue since the mid-2000s and the NBA is in deep denial about it. They take a huge L every February. It’s like they rebuilt the weekend specifically so everyone could complain about it. I don’t get it.”
One nameless GM took goal at Silver’s believed love for tournaments, which included the NBA Cup and Play-in event and doesn’t assume they’ve helped the NBA.
“Adam Silver is obsessed with tournaments,” an nameless GM advised WireHoops. “Play-in, in-season, now All-Star. They’ve not proven to benefit our league.”
Nonetheless, it wasn’t all detrimental.
Thunder star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander referred to as the brand new All-Star Recreation format a “step in the right direction” from a aggressive standpoint however did love the breaks.
Knicks guard Jalen Brunson referred to as it fascinating and totally different however would love the video games perhaps pushed to 50 factors.
