RottenAtom wrote:Looking forward to the all-star game. Not enjoying this pre-game 'entertainment.' Kevin Hart and Adam Devine are blander than bland. I feel old...
Bring on the basketball

In years past, I usually record Saturday night and Sunday night (Friday's activities don't interest me at all) and then I just fast forward through them. I did that with this past Saturday night. The whole thing was about 3 hours of material recorded. After fast forwarding through commercials and all the other fluff, it took me maybe an hour to actually watch the entire skills competition, 3-point contest, and slam dunk contest. Definitely the way to go! Although, last night, as opposed to year's past, I actually watched the All-Star game live.
I wasn't a huge fan honestly. I wasn't when it was announced they were going to do teams as opposed to Eastern Conference vs. the Western Conference (I'm a traditionalist and there are A LOT of things the NBA does now that I'm not a fan of. Hence the reason I don't watch the product until playoff time and even then I pick and choose). For 66 years the All-Star game has worked as an East/West game, but now we need to introduce "a new aspect" to it. Granted, it was cool to see KD and LeBron play on the same team together, but not enough for me to look past this. There were too many timeouts and fouls. Yes, the game came down to the wire and had some "drama" to it. But honestly, I liked how it was in years past. I don't mind seeing little defense and a score of 192-182 like it was last year. I want to see sick dunks and great passing rather than turnovers and free throws. It's a glorified pick-up game, so let the guys go out there and cut loose and have some fun. I personally thought it was fine the way it was and didn't need changing but I know I'm in the minority in that respect.