Steph confident changes can make NBA All-Star Game competitive again

Steph confident changes can make NBA All-Star Game competitive again originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area

The 2025 NBA All-Star Game at Chase Center will be an opportunity for the Warriors to show the entire basketball world the beauty of the Bay Area, as well as the continuing growth around their home court.

Stars will travel in bunches to San Francisco and Oakland, with celebrities making their way to an abundance of events. Of all the festivities, the game itself somehow has become controversial. And despite the long list of superstars expected to partake on and off the court, all eyes, as always, will be on Steph Curry.

This should be his weekend from Feb. 14 through 16, above everybody else. He also knows the frustrations fans have had in recent years with players’ competitiveness waning year by year during the exhibition event.

In a sense, Curry understands where people are coming from. As a historian of the game, he also knows there’s a balancing point to everything.

“It’s been a heightened conversation for good reason, because it’s about the fans, it’s about the product on the court for the All-Star Game,” Curry said to NBC Sports Bay Area on the latest episode of “Dubs Talk,” which debuted Wednesday. “But everything has a natural evolution, and it’s compared to expectations.

“If you’re expecting it to be like the mid-80s, mid-90s All-Star Game, for a lot of reasons that’s not possible. But if you’re talking about getting to a point where people will enjoy what they’re watching and it can work for everybody, I think we can accomplish that.”

NBA commissioner Adam Silver said in early November he was considering changes to the game’s format and has been consulting Curry to ensure the league gets the best outcome for all parties. Silver himself expressed disappointment in last year’s game that saw a combined 397 points as the Eastern Conference beat the Western Conference 211-186. The two teams also attempted an astronomical 168 3-pointers.

The league has tried a handful of different formats in recent years. Last season, they went back to the traditional four 12-minute quarters with the best of…

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Publish date : 2024-11-22 17:21:00

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