The 2025 edition of the NBA All-Star Game was not well-received and many are now giving their opinions on how to fix it. Giannis Antetokounmpo and Damian Lillard both got an idea.
The league introduced a new format for the annual festivities wherein the All-Star selections were divided into three teams, around 7-8 players each, and have them play against each other together with the winners of the Rising Stars challenge.
The change did not produce its intended results, however, with players, fans, and press members calling it among the worst editions of the ASG. This time though, it is not the players who are being blamed but the format itself.
Oklahoma City Thunder’s Jaylen Williams who was part of the rising stars complained, too, about how short the game was.
The NBA really got together and said “okay how could we make AllStar weekend better?”
And then made it 10x worse.
It’s been 75 minutes and we’ve had like 15 minutes of actual basketball. pic.twitter.com/qwrehnggwR
— EverythingKnicks (@EverythinKnicks) February 17, 2025
The NBA All-Star game this year:
– 2:30 hours of Advertisements
– 50 minutes of ceremonies25 minutes of ACTUAL BASKETBALL.
Adam Silver, ladies and gentleman. pic.twitter.com/Q0FIZJ0BNX
— CelticsUnite (@CelticsUnite18) February 17, 2025
This is actually the worst All-Star game ever and it had nothing to do with the players this time.
— ᵂᴵᴸᴸ (@BiasedHouston) February 17, 2025
Giannis Antetokounmpo, Damian Lillard on how to fix ASG
The Greek Freak did not participate in the court action but he was there for media hours. Lillard’s squad – Team OG – ended up as the champions.
Although they have different levels of participation in the ASG, both of them agree that something’s gotta change.
For Antetokounmpo, he only repeated what he has been thinking in the past years – Team USA vs Team World.
“I would love that. I think it’d be the most interesting & most exciting format…I think that would give me a little more extra juice,” he told reporters after the game.
Lillard wants to go back to the old format but with a little bit of twist. He wants to raise the stakes.
“Dame Lillard wants to go back to an East-West All-Star game, says her be fine with home court in the Finals being on the line. Alternately, he says if this format stays, maybe an “all Snub” team would be better as the 4th team instead of the Rising Stars,” Lillard was quoted as saying by Rachel Nicols.
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