NBA Grotto fears Golden State Warriors The assessment of Ster Drayond Green of the latest format of the All-Star Game and the State of the League.
Instead of an East vs. West format this year, the NBA changed the format for the competition into a mini tournament between four different teams chosen by Shaquille O’Neal, Candace Parker, Charles Barkley and Kenny Smith. Stephen Curry Led the Shaq team to a victory and took the All-Star Game MVP Award.
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Dallas Mavericks Guard Max Christie, #00 and Golden State Warriors Vooruit Dayond Green, #23, In action during the match between the Dallas Mavericks and the Golden State Warriors in the American Airlines Center in Dallas on 12 February 2025. (Jerome Miron imagn images)
Green was asked to assess the format on a scale of 1-10. He said it was a “zero”.
“You work all year round to be an All-Star and you can play up to 40, and then you are ready. This is so unfair towards Victor Wembanyama, who just took this game seriously,” he said, through it New York Post. “Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, who just took this game seriously. If you are talking about haunting after the points record, Melo, Kobe and all these guys who had great scoring nights. They don’t get the chance to do that with this game .
“Everything so that we can look at some rising stars. We are about to watch the Olympic team, now we get the treat to see the Olympic team play against a U-19 team. Come on, what are we on it Do this?
He also said, “This is crazy” and “it’s not a basketball.”
Barkley and colleague Basketball Hall of Famer Oscar Robertson took the comments from Green on the task.
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Barkley put the responsibility on Green and his generation of basketball stars because of the lack of importance of the All-Star game.
“I am going to disagree with Drayond. I use the analogy such as when the children ruin the house, you let them clean it up and complain. They messed up the game. … His generation has confused the game.
From left to right, Shaquille O’Neal, Ernie Johnson and Charles Barkley are halfway through the judge to be honored during the NBA All-Star Basketball match on Sunday 16 February 2025 in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)
“So don’t pretend he is angry because they try to use Rookies … We do every type of trick to make this game exciting.”
Green also threw the feathers of Oscar Robertson during the weekend.
The NBA champion now said games are “boring” with “no substance”. The arrival of increased 3-point shooting was the fault. NBA reviews also suffered due to game game during the regular season.
“Every possession is a kind of chess movement. You don’t get that often in the NBA today. … you don’t just get that on a regular basis. It’s just those who can run faster, who can hit more three. It is not a substance. I think it’s very boring, “he said.
Robertson had no time for Green’s comments.
“What does it matter what Drayond says? It means nothing,” Robertson said SiriusXM NBA -Radio. “This is what I mean, one man can say this, another man can say that. The game is what it is. Either people like the game or she not, and I think people enjoy the game, especially when them Team that can win.
Oscar Robertson talks to filmmaker Spike Lee for the All Star-HBCU game in Oakland Arena in Oakland, California, on February 15, 2025. (Darren Yamashita-Imagement Images)
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“And if you look at the basketball, it might be boring for him, because if he doesn’t end the ball to curry, what does he do? I mean, not to select that because I think he knows how to do basketball But he is more than someone I have ever seen in basketball.
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