[ggsimmonds]

Quote: Originally Posted by Majingir

I have no problem with the ASG itself, it's still the most entertaining of all the major ASGs out there (I know the bar is low). The thing which has hurt the asg a bit is that the game is more shooting focused over dunking. Past ASGs you'd be guaranteed a night of everyone just doing their best solo dunks and some 2 on 0 or 3 on 0 fast breaks with alley oops. We still get that today, but it's much more about just watching guys shooting 3s. The entire game is just one big highlight reel anyways. Probably very little that can actually be done to improve if the players themselves don't care. Even some crazy gimmick like a 3 on 3 tournament where you have 4 teams of 6, would guys try as much then too? 3 games where the first 2 are just 12 min games and game 3 is two 12 minute "halves" between the two winners? But that also means whoever loses might play several minutes all weekend and that's it.

I miss the all star games of yesterday where we had things like "the Laker boy gonna try to take everyone one-on-one."

The reason we watch is to see stars go head to head. I don't want to see teams exchange wide open 3s with the occasional lob and no defense. I want to watch mini one on one battles between the best basketball players in the world.

I don't think there's a solution because its a mindset more than rules or anything like that.