The greatest thing about Derrick is how he overcame his injuries and reinvented his game to still be a great player. And he was a great player at Minnesota, Detroit and NY, just not the alien he was before the injury. He was putting up star numbers just in non star minutes, and was still one of the best driving penetrators and rim finishers in the...
The all-star game wasn't as competitive as a regular game, but the players took enough pride in wanting to establish on some level who the best of the best was. The current game is a lay up line and 3 point chuckfest. Well I guess not unlike a regular game in 2024 except the dial is turned up to 11.
Not even remotely true, but the idea that you dedicate your life to 'bullying' people about meaningless basketball debates should open your eyes as to how pathetic you are. Imagine getting to 80 years old on your dying bed, and as your life flashes before your eyes you come to realize what you spent years of your life doing.
There needs to be some kind of incentive, because apparently pride isn't incentive enough.
All of them being all stars, they're making plenty of money, so a monetary prize wouldn't do it.....
I don't know. There must be some way.
Idea I got was that they set out to play a more serious game. It could be because the last one basically turned into a magic Johnson appreciation thing, and they were playing around at the end. But that was understandable because back then we all expected magic to die soon. Stern was mentioned as being in attendance and wanting a real game that...
They were unlucky in that they had Denver in the first round. Just a bad matchup for them. Had they played Minny, OKC, or the Clips they very well could have won. Dallas would have been a toss up.
I miss the old all star games that were actually competitive.
At least the NBA went back to East vs West this year. That's a start. But I don't know how you make the players care about it if they don't want to play competitive ball.
Man. Ryan Fernandez had a complete meltdown in the 8th inning, ruining a chance for Helsley to get his franchise record 49th save and possibly get 50 on the year. We really can't have anything this year. Oh well, still a very forunate historically speaking so I can't complain too much