Suns celebrity Kevin Durant is not a fan of the NBA All-Star Recreation format adjustments.
The league is seeking to make the annual midseason occasion extra aggressive after final yr’s sport noticed a complete of 397 factors scored between the East and West All-Stars.
However Durant, a 14-time All-Star, would not appear to suppose the adjustments — which embody a four-team, three-game match — are good in any respect.
“I hate it. I completely hate it,” Durant told reporters Tuesday. “Horrible. All-Star Recreation codecs are altering. In my view, all codecs are horrible and we simply want to return to East-West and play one sport. I believe we’re attempting to sort of convey that flame again with All-Star Weekend, however I believe we’re simply retaining it conventional.
“We’ll see how this one works, you by no means know. I may very well be fallacious. I am simply one other man with an opinion, however we’ll see the way it works out.
The brand new format will characteristic 24 gamers who shall be chosen into three groups of eight.
The winner of the Rising Stars Problem would be the fourth crew to compete on the Chase Middle, house of the Warriors.
The All-Star match will characteristic two semi-final matches and one last.
The winner in all three video games would be the crew that first reaches or exceeds 40 factors.
The adjustments come after Commissioner Adam Silver hinted at adjustments when he spoke on November 2.
“We’re taking a look at different codecs,” Silver stated on the time. “I believe there is not any query the gamers had been dissatisfied in final yr’s All-Star Recreation as effectively. All of us need to do a greater job of offering competitors and leisure for our followers.”
The All-Star festivities start on February 14 with the Rising Stars occasion on Friday, the abilities competitors takes place the next day and the brand new match closes issues out on Sunday.
