Notice What, if any(or all), of the 2024 All Star Weekend did you enjoy?

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What did you enjoy?

  1. I enjoyed all of it, start to finish

  2. I enjoyed none of it

  3. I only enjoyed the game itself

  4. I only enjoyed the skills competition

  5. I only enjoyed the 3 point contest

  6. I only enjoyed the rising stars challenge

  7. I only enjoyed the celebrity game

  8. I only enjoyed Dame winning MVP

  9. I couldn't care less and didn't watch

  10. I only enjoyed the slam dunk contest

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  1. SharpeScooterShooter

    SharpeScooterShooter SharpeShooter

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    Seems a lot of people are feeling like me, that the weekend was a pretty much a farce.

    The only thing I enjoyed was the three point contest. The one on one between Steph and Sabrina was also great. I'm including both in the categories, because I don't think anyone would enjoy one and not the other.

    Aside from Dame getting the MVP, which I found cool for him, the game itself was ridiculous... like a circus.
    I can go to Barnum and Baileys for that type of shit. Circus Circus has more entertainment value to me.

    Even the rising stars game was a joke with the exception of the G-league team, who actually played defense and tried to compete. I give them props for that and I was rooting fore them simply because they were giving actual effort.

    So I am curious about the numbers of who enjoyed what, etc. What say you? Did you enjoy any, a part of, or all of this last weekend?

    Please explain why you voted for what. I think the responses will be mostly the same, but curious if you enjoyed or didn't enjoy something, what the reasoning was.
     
    SharpeScooterShooter, Feb 19, 2024
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    BBert Weasels Ripped My Flesh

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    I enjoyed not watching any of it while hanging out in Vegas :drinkapint:
     
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    SharpeScooterShooter SharpeShooter

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    Did you win? (I consider breaking even winning, lol!)
     
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    3pt contest was thrilling. All I really watched. A bit of skills. And Sabrina was great.
     
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    barfo triggered obsessive commie pinko Staff Member Global Moderator

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    I voted for 'I could care less and didn't watch' but the truth is I couldn't care less and didn't watch.

    barfo
     
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    Watched Sabrina and Steph, that's it.
     
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    It's cool that Dame got MVP, but I didn't watch.
     
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    Saturday night minus the skills challenge and Dame winning MVP was the best parts
     
    Chris Craig, Feb 19, 2024
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    I hope Sharpe can be in dunk contest next year. That event is failing miserably. Everyone did push off dunks. Shaedon doesn't need no gimmicks.
     
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    If you went to see Starship Troopers 2 expecting it to be as good as Godfather 2….. well you’re gonna be disappointed. If you expect our Blazers this season to win 60 games, well you’re gonna be disappointed.
    If anyone ever expects to watch an allstar weekend and see a quality product out there, well………
     
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    Feel free to fix. My bad. Though I think you could only care enough to post what you did, but couldn't care less about fixing it. :) :cheers:
     
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    That's why I don't watch.
     
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    Dame!
    I enjoyed watching Dame win the 3 point contest and win MVP.
    I enjoyed the shooting between Curry and the lady? Forgot her name but that was kinda different and fun.
     
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    I don't have cable, so I didn't enjoy the fact that the NBA apparently isn't significant enough for ABC to bother broadcasting the ASG. OTOH, I found that "TNT Overtime" was streamed over NBA League Pass so I watched that. It was kind of bizarre in that there was just one camera fixed above one backboard, but I kind of liked it in that it felt more like an arena experience where you just see the game from your seat. I also enjoyed the fact that they didn't include the audio from the broadcast. All you could hear was the arena announcer saying who had just hit a shot. Again, more like the actual arena experience.

    The NBA needs to lose all of the fluff that they built into the breaks between quarters. I thought it really disrupted the game.
     
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    Same, but not by choice. Wanted Sabrina to win.

    Haven't watched an all star festivity since Dame was in all of them. They don't matter.

    People need to realize none of it matters.
     
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    The NBA is all about Marketing the Players then the game. Add in a little entertainment / musical talent & TNT talent?
     
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    Think Portland will ever Host an NBA ASG?.......I doubt it in my life time?
     
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    speeds $2.50 highball, $1.50 beer Staff Member Administrator GFX Team

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    + Skills contest (Edwards shooting left handed was annoying but the All-Stars competing against the Pacers was fun, they definitely tried hard in the passing portion)
    + 3P contest (always great)
    + Curry vs. Sabrina (better than expected but repetitive--it's like the same event twice in a row)
    + TNT crew banter
    + Scottie Barnes being joyous all weekend

    - Rising Stars/Celebrity games (filler events)
    - Dunk contest (Little Mac was great but we got the best of him last year, plus the NBA's failure to attract the best talent)
    - All-Star game (like watching warm-ups)
    - Long broadcasts
    - Kenny Smith being a pain in the ass
    - Felt like they didn't make the most of their gimmicky court

    HORSE between 2-4 big stars seems like such an obvious add but they can't figure it out.
     
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