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
So I make a whatever happened thread about FultzNationRISE, because the entity behind that account hasn't logged in in months. It triggers RRR3, so he responds, and then brings out his SATAN account, which he hadn't used in months. To humor himself, because of the topic of the thread.
"Get in that ring! Get in that ring, you fat piece of...