Adam Silver appeared in People’s Crosshairs after taking on the NBA All-Star weekend glow.
The NBA commissioner captured a lot of rage after the league’s new All-Star Game Format received intense scrutiny, especially from the Warriors’ Stard Raymond Green, which lacked years of uncompetitive games.
Sunday was the game’s four-team mini tournament debut, with the game at 40 points.
One team was not even made up of All-Stars, but was also the winner of the Rising Star Challenge to form Team Candice Parker.
The Shaquille O’Neal team eventually won the new format with Stephen Curry of Warriors earning MVP honors.
He wore hats over the weekend in San Francisco, leaving a handful of people who were unhappy with the NBA status under Silver’s leadership.
“The NBA needs a new commissioner,” WFAN host Brandon Tierney wrote to X: It cannot be recognized. ”
This was part of many weekend issues that included players expressing their complaints during breaks between games.
“To be honest, I didn’t like it at all,” Hawks’ Tray Young told reporters. “I didn’t like breaks. The game was very short. Obviously we can score, so it feels like they’re trying to extend the game.
The G-Leaguer Mac McClung won his third straight dunk contest as the NBA top stars continue to skip it.
LeBron James was last-minute break out of the All-Star Game as left ankle and foot and Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards sat with a gro caliber injury.
Both took the roster from potential replacements.
“I don’t think the All-Star weekend will get worse. Anyway, that was the case. Kevin Hart has earned more TV time than the All-Star,” NBA analyst Kevin O’Connor said he He spoke at the show. “LeBron and Edwards didn’t play. The long break ruined the game. TNT has a 20-minute break midway through the finale.
“They rely on the G League to save their Dunk contest. Adam Silver can’t even get Steph (Curry) to take part in the three-point contest in San Francisco, which is the worst All-Star weekend ever. did.”
Ringer Bill Simmons didn’t like what he saw over the weekend, but noted that the All-Star Game has long been an incorrect issue with the league.
“I don’t know if the NBA All-Star Weekend has gotten worse,” Simmons wrote X: They take a huge L every February. Everyone can complain about it because they’re especially rebuilt the weekend. I can’t understand. “
The anonymous GM has set his sights on Silver’s believed tournaments against tournaments that include the NBA Cup and play-in tournaments.
“Adam Silver is obsessed with the tournament,” the anonymous GM told WireHoops. “Play-in, season, now an All-Star. They’ve never proven to benefit our league.”
But it was not all negative.
Thunderstar Shy Gilgauss Alexander called the new All-Star game format “steps in the right direction” from a competitive standpoint, but he loved the break.
Knicks guard Jalen Branson called it funny and different, but he hopes the game gets pushed to 50 points.
