tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5263326907517488329.post776459074252541289..comments2024-01-27T07:47:14.405-05:00Comments on The Sports Complex: Above the Rim: Another Utterly Underwhelming NBA All Star WeekendDrexel SMTSUhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12893807785741281627noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5263326907517488329.post-62540181451319989122013-02-20T00:34:54.762-05:002013-02-20T00:34:54.762-05:00I suppose I'm disillusioned by the whole spect...I suppose I'm disillusioned by the whole spectacle of it all. I badly want it to meet my high expectations because of the incredible talent level, but it never has. I really need to be cognizant of this next year so I don't continue to make the same mistakes. I think All Star appearances have become just another thing to check off on a player's resume/legacy. Whenever the conversation comes up about how good a player is, the number of all star appearances seems to play a small part. Although inconsequential considering what else a great player can accomplish over the span of his career, the distinction is still a somewhat reputable benchmark for just how well they performed.Josh Bracketthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15302742856601406572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5263326907517488329.post-44098191627028172642013-02-19T16:15:10.291-05:002013-02-19T16:15:10.291-05:00Right on point Doug Muder.Right on point Doug Muder.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5263326907517488329.post-25719369719915598822013-02-19T15:27:34.137-05:002013-02-19T15:27:34.137-05:00All-star games in general are relics from a differ...All-star games in general are relics from a different era, when only a few games were televised, salaries were much lower, and (in baseball) there was no interleague play. So if you lived in an American League city, who was this Roberto Clemente guy from Pittsburgh? You wouldn't see him any other way.<br /><br />Low salaries meant that the players cared about the difference between a winner's share and a loser's share. And no interleague play meant that fans debated all year about which league was better. Could Bob Feller strike out Stan Musial? Who was faster, Willie Mays or Mickey Mantle? Plus, in that first generation after Jackie Robinson, you had great players who still felt like they needed to prove something<br /><br />Now, in every sport, nobody cares who wins. The players don't need the money and don't want to get hurt. The managers make sure everybody gets to play. The interleague record is a much better measure of league strength. And besides, any player you want to see has highlights on SportsCenter and plays a game on national cable at least every two weeks. I don't even watch the all-star games any more.Doug Muderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04666144843949850394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5263326907517488329.post-14358327366463264252013-02-19T15:02:09.593-05:002013-02-19T15:02:09.593-05:00I wish we could go back a couple of years to when ...I wish we could go back a couple of years to when i actually enjoyed watching the all star break. Every year the dunks in my opinion get worse and worse. I get that after a while it is hard to think of new original dunks because everything has been done but at least have the best dunkers perform. To this day I do not understand why we can't see Lebron dunk in the dunk contest or see Blake Griffin one more time (even though I thought his car dunk was completely overrated). I think I had more fun watching the friday night games then the saturday night competitions.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03532173152906198600noreply@blogger.com