Don't miss a thing! That's the official tagline of the 2025/26 NBA All-Star game. Too bad the All-Stars didn't get the memo, no Steph, no Giannis, no Shai. Cooper Flagg and Alex Sarr are going to miss the Rising Stars game also due to injuries. I do like watching Cooper Flagg play and watching his development in the game is fun but my boy Alex Sarr has been incredible.
Lets face it, dude plays for the Washington Wizards who are garbage...I'm sorry but it took the team nearly two months to get five wins and now that Trae Young and Anthony Davis are there? Still garbage until those two show me they can stay off the injured or questionable list. Alex Sarr is the one bright spot on that team, dude plays his heart out and his stats prove it. I love that he's ignoring instructions doesn't he know the Wizards are trying to tank the season...allegedly!
Speaking of tanking I would almost understand it if it wasn't so obvious that teams are throwing in the towel on the season to try to get a top draft pick. The Utah Jazz just got fined $500,000 and the Indiana Pacers just got fined $100,000, yes your defending Eastern Conference Champions got fined for tanking games smh...how are you in rebuild mode when you almost won it all last season?
I'm old enough to remember the Allen Iverson and the East vs Kobe Bryant and the West in what was probably the most exciting and definitely the best All-Star game in history. If you have a chance go on YouTube and check it out it's an instant classic.
Back to this year and the continuing problem the NBA is having with putting the best product on the court on a night after night basis. As much as I want to bring my family to All-Star weekend, I'm not spending money on a bunch of replacements, bench players, and alternates. At last check the NBA is still charging premium prices but why? Because they can...for now. The NBA has lost a ton of its audience and die hard fans will always show up and support but that fan base is dwindling too as you can see in the stands and ratings.
On paper team USA Stripes vs Team World looks like a fascinating match but when half of the guys are on crutches it loses the prestige and importance the NBA wants to purport. Also, Lebron James failed to make the All-Star team for the first time in two decades so is he still King James? I mean he does have a lot of records...I think he stopped being King James the first time he left Cleveland, I know he was a free agent but it was the way he left, he basically gave Cleveland the finger, you know like how the NBA has been giving the fans the finger pretty much this whole season.
Hey NBA Commissioner Adam Silver, if you're going to allow coaches to sit starters then stop charging fans full price, charge like $10 per ticket then I'd have nothing to say but as it stands the games are a rip off. It's like the WWE charging outrageous prices, don't get me started on them...they shouldn't charge more than the price of a movie ticket...why should I pay your actors more than the Hollywood ones?
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