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Report: NBA considering big change to All-Star Game

Adam Silver speaking

Jun 2, 2022; San Francisco, California, USA; NBA commissioner Adam Silver talks to media before game one of the 2022 NBA Finals between the Golden State Warriors and the Boston Celtics at Chase Center. Mandatory Credit: Darren Yamashita-USA TODAY Sports

The NBA realizes that the All-Star Game is not much of a spectacle, and apparently the league is looking into ways to potentially change it.

The league is considering doing away with the current player draft and returning to the former Eastern Conference-Western Conference format, according to Shams Charania of The Athletic. The idea is one the league is considering to try to make the game more competitive going forward.

The All-Star draft has made for some funny moments, but it hasn’t exactly made the game better. The 2023 edition was widely panned, with even some of the involved players offering a rather scathing assessment of the quality of play.

It is not really clear how returning to conference-based rosters would actually move the league closer to its goal of a more contested game. It might not hurt, but it probably wouldn’t be enough by itself.

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