The NBA All-Stars are alive again.

The 2025 All-Stars will adopt a new format that will look like this:

1. Four teams play three mini-tournaments. The 24 All-Stars were split into three teams, with the fourth team being the winner of the rookie game.

The all-star team will be selected by TNT commentators and team honorary managers Cha Barkley, O'Neal and Kenny Smith, while the rookie team will be led by legendary female star Parker.

2. The two teams will meet in one semi-final (match 1) and the remaining two teams will meet in the other semi-final (match 2)

The teams that win the first and second games will meet in the championship (the third). In each match, the first team to score 40 or more points will be the winner.

3. The four teams competing in the NBA All-Star Game will compete for a prize pool of $1.8 million, with each player from the champion team receiving $125,000, the runner-up team receiving $50,000 each, and the third and fourth teams each receiving $25,000.

Over the years, Xiao Hua's team has come up with various ideas.

There is no doubt that the adjustment is for the sake of spectacle, boosting ratings, and saving the NBA All-Stars.

From the captain selection system to the final quarter point grabbing system, coming up with new ideas every once in a while may be useful at first, after all, the audience will watch it with freshness and fun.

However, I don't think this year's changes are of any use.

Durant, an internationally renowned keyboard warrior, put it bluntly: "I hate this, I hate it very much, it's terrible, in my opinion, all these formats are terrible, and we should go back to East-West All-Star Confrontation mode." ”

James looked at it from another dimension: "It's not just the All-Star Game, it's our game. That's that in our game, we shot too many damn three-pointers, so it's more of a discussion than the All-Star Game. ”

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Returning to the old model is also unsolvable.

Because the most fundamental problem with the lack of attraction of the NBA All-Star Game is not the format, but the most fundamental:These players are not the same as before.

Instead of changing and changing, it is better for the veteran players to take the lead and have a good attitude.

Let me make a few important points.

First, the overall level of technical ability is different.

That's right, the three-point shooting ability of players has risen, and big men can't shoot three-pointers are now difficult to mix in the NBA.

But what about the other aspects?

I've said it before, don't think the All-Star Game is just for fun. Friends, it also takes ability to play.

Brother Di is serious, and I have the desire to perform for you, but I struggle to dribble, I can't dunk, I can't play singles with my back, I can't face the frame... Then I can only shoot threes.

NBA All-Stars, I take 2010 as an example, what kind of fairy players are they?

East: Howard, Garnett, James, Wade, Joe Johnson.

West: Stoudemire, Duncan, Anthony, Bryant, Nash.

Does each have its own characteristics? There are those who can be deducted, and there are singles...

Today's players are the same.

This year, the two teams have made a total of 168 three-point attempts, including 71 in the West and an insane 97 in the East.

Second, the income level of the players is different.

It's really hard to expect today's group of "Mr. Billion" to play a good game for fans in the All-Star Game.

It doesn't necessarily mean that a man is rich and that he will change, but he will definitely change.

They're all too rich, and now they have more entertainment, so it's better to have more fun during the All-Star Game.

This kind of competition, why do you play with your life?

To put it simply, many players today simply don't have the awareness and desire to play for their fans.

After all, no matter what, it doesn't delay them to make a lot of money.

This year's new format won the championship for 125,000 US dollars, which is really "insulting" for the "uncle" who can play an all-star, and maybe it is not as much as the money they pay for a nightclub.

Therefore, playing the All-Star Game is equivalent to clocking in to work, touching the fish and it's over.

Do you still expect to be injured in the game like Kobe Bryant vs Wade?

Third, these players don't need traffic anymore.

20-30 years ago, online media was not so developed, for many young players, how could they have exposure?

I have to try to be an All-Star and show myself to the world on this high-traffic platform.

Young Kobe Bryant was bent on having a with Jordan.

To give you an example, you can understand that Chinese players may have been eager to show themselves in CCTV5's live broadcast, after all, there were no live broadcasts of Tencent and Migu at that time...

And now?

"Family, come to my live broadcast room at night!"

On TV, you and I have the desire to "be in the limelight", but nowadays, NBA players don't need the All-Star stage.

So, it became a formality.

Fourth, as mentioned before, the NBA lacks young supergiants.

Nowadays, fans can also take a look at Jandukuhaou, the popularity of these 5 is absolutely top-notch.

However, they are not young anymore.

So, when the problems of the alliance are thoroughly exposed, not this year, but three years later.

When the big brothers are retired, then the all-stars are boring.

The last point is what I want to say the most.

Don't look at the problem of changing the format every day, let's change the name of the All-Star Game MVP trophy ("Kobe Bryant Cup") first.

Bryant doesn't need such a commemoration or tribute, he is remembered for his competitive mentality.

He won't be an All-Star like this.

Since it is a competition, there has to be confrontation, there has to be competition.

Bryant once said that he enjoyed the All-Star Game because it was his chance to compete against the best players in the world.

Wade's expression: I remember one year at the All-Star Game I hurt Kobe Bryant's nose and after the All-Star Game he put on a mask. I called him to apologize, but he said, 'You know man, I love this.' I was like, 'What are you talking about?' A few days later, when we played against the Lakers, he was on fire, and I thought, 'Oops, he's going to respond to me!'

True respect is to give it your all, not to walk around the room.

You ask him to walk around the court and shoot 3-pointers without intensity, and his options are:

In such a competition, I'd better go home and accompany my wife.