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00:00These guys, they all got a bunch of money in their pockets, so there's no financial incentive.
00:03It has to come organically, and I think the international players will organically apply
00:08pressure and say they're going to start taking it more seriously, or ideally they should.
00:11They do, and then they do a world versus U.S. All-Stars, I guess, NBA All-Stars,
00:17and then those guys have to organically just feel it.
00:19Hey, man, we can't let these guys beat us, kind of like how it was in the Olympics,
00:23and then it slowly starts to morph into a more serious game.
00:27Ultimately, do we care?
00:28As an NBA fan, do I care that it's a serious game or not?
00:30No, not really.
00:31I think about when I was playing baseball and I made it to the All-Star team.
00:34You went out there and you played hard, but at the end of the day,
00:36you knew it was just a game to go out there and get your shine, right?
00:41You're not playing for an All-Star championship, really, right?
00:43So it is what it is in that respect.
00:45Yeah, I mean, yeah, the idea of...
00:49Because now it's about pride, partner.
00:50The idea that Bird and Magic and Jordan competed for 48 minutes at an All-Star game,
01:00that's a joke, Stu.
01:01I mean, Kobe had a broken nose from D-Wade because they were competing,
01:05and I believe they mailed it in for three quarters,
01:08and then if it was close, they competed.
01:11But it was never 170 to 171, you know, like it's been doing.
01:16Don't try to sell me on,
01:19man, guys took it really seriously in the 80s.
01:23No, they didn't.
01:24I mean, they ran up and down for three quarters,
01:29and then it was a close game, and they tried a little bit.
01:31But give me this.
01:32Curry, a couple years ago, and you were awesome, this All-Star week as chef,
01:38but the bottom line is we saw him a couple years ago lay down.
01:41Remember when Giannis was doing something?
01:43It's better than what these guys are doing, Stony.
01:46We've seen guys walking, not even coming down court, man.
01:49So maybe if it's the world and then it becomes country versus your country,
01:54maybe the pride will kick in and we could see some basketball.
01:58But the one takeaway, the positive yesterday,
02:01Wimby got out on Kyrie and tried to shake the big fella,
02:05and Wimby wanted that smoke.
02:07So I just wish we could get more minutes of that.
02:10And I know it's not going to be 48 minutes,
02:12but Kyrie was trying to be Fred Astaire, missed it.
02:15But I was like, man, that's all we asked for.
02:19Yeah, I mean, I don't know.
02:24I mean, I remember, what was the game where,
02:27it must have been back in 90 when Magic had HIV,
02:30but he came back and played the game.
02:32And that game was so freaking boring that he had to
02:37shoot like four three-pointers in the last three minutes to kind of spice it up.
02:41So the all-star game's always been, always had an issue, I think.
02:45But they did a better job back in the past of camouflaging.
02:49Mm, there it is.
02:51Of making it seem like, you know, they were playing harder.
02:53So did the players do that, though?
02:55Were they responsible for camouflaging?
02:57Because that's what's happening.
02:59These guys are just like, I'm out.
03:01And I love me Yoki, Stony.
03:02I love me some Joker.
03:03But if I had an all-star game, you'd just stay home or sit on the bench,
03:07because his style of play is like just watching him yesterday.
03:10If it ain't real, you ain't going to get nothing from me,
03:14and I'll look like I'm loafing.
03:16I mean, that's the way Bird was in that type of game.
03:19I think Bird was the MVP of the all-star game once,
03:22but he kind of just would go there and, you know, he didn't.
03:27That's the other thing.
03:28The guys in the past, they wouldn't just let guys lay it in.
03:33They would at least pretend to defend,
03:35or at least try to keep their body between their man and the basket.
03:40But, I mean, again, don't be getting hurt in this game.
03:45I wonder if this event is Calipari, one and done.
03:49If they actually do something and, you know,
03:52change it and go to the world, which a lot of people are calling for.
03:56Yeah, I don't know.
03:56I don't know.
03:57I, you know, I think people are...
04:00Honestly, I think people take it too seriously.
04:03They're... too many fans are asking for something
04:07or looking for something that just is not there.
04:11And it's competition.
04:12They're not going to get an NBA Finals type atmosphere in the all-star game.
04:17They're just not.
04:17Well, I'll tell you what, man.
04:19You know, the tickets aren't cheaper because of that.
04:21You know what I mean?
04:22You got to pay big money.
04:23Yeah, but the...
04:24Right, but are you really paying big money to see them play?
04:27Or are you paying big money to see them?
04:30I think you're paying big money to see them.
04:34And, I mean, if you're expecting something great from the all-star game...
04:40I mean, how many people...
04:41How many fans at that all-star game yesterday were real fans?
04:48NBA fans?
04:49League Pass type people?
04:51People that watch their teams 50 times a year?
04:56What if I...
04:56Oh, I don't have the numbers to back me up, Stan.
04:58What if I...
04:58I'll go at more than half.
05:00Yeah, I'd say five people in the whole building.
05:02So they're just what you said I was doing Friday at Kenny's party.
05:05Just party, that's all it is.
05:07And it's fine.
05:08Like, that's what I mean.
05:09Like, I am not here to criticize all-star weekend.
05:13But make no mistake, this is a party for the players.
05:19They're catered to all weekend.
05:22The reason they come is because they're treated like royalty.
05:25Okay.
05:25Even the guys who don't have to play, they get to come to that all-star city.
05:31They're put up in nice hotels.
05:32They're invited to all the parties.
05:35That's...
05:36It's for the players.
05:37It just is.
05:39And I just don't expect them to give...
05:43Like, I just don't expect there to be a great all-star game anymore.
05:49I understand why they're not into it.
05:52See, listen.
05:55And when the TNT guys, when they got their flowers, they talked about all four of them.
06:01There's no us without you.
06:03And I've seen you in public when we've been at things for the station.
06:08We always think the fans.
06:10And I'm sorry, Stani.
06:11I know it's about the celebrity of the players.
06:14But it's about the fan experience.
06:16And just to see guys hustle or at least try to fake hustle is better than what we've been
06:22seeing.
06:22And that's why we're where we're at now.
06:24Like, I think it's about...
06:25That's a slap in the face to just say they're here to party.
06:29They are.
06:29You get to see them.
06:30And then the product is what it is now.
06:33Like, to even get to this point is embarrassing.
06:36I mean, hey, Steph, congratulations.
06:40You made the all-star team for the 13th time.
06:42How do you feel, Steph?
06:43I'll tell you what.
06:44We gotta win this year.
06:46We've got to win it this year.
06:48I am sick of being on the short end of the stick in the all...
06:51Like, no, it's like...
06:52I know everything.
06:53Hey, you've just made the all-star team for the 14th year.
06:56It's like, cool.
06:56And now I'm the host.
06:57So I'm going to be out and about during the all-star game.
07:00It's going to be fun.
07:02But it's not...
07:04It's barely an exhibition is all I'm saying.
07:06And which is, again...
07:07Well, that's what it's turned into.
07:09And I think it's kind of always been like that.
07:12I thought...
07:13I think the all-star game in the past, they had a better sense of...
07:17It was more like a showcase.
07:19Yeah.
07:20I like that.
07:20Yeah.
07:22And I'll say this to that.
07:23They never had to think about on Monday morning in the past,
07:27do we need to change the game?
07:30Do we need to come up with cockamamie ways of dividing teams?
07:35I hated that every player wasn't on the court at the same time.
07:38That's just me.
07:39But Stani, you could say what it was then, but they never had to change the format.
07:45East-West.
07:49Well, they did because...
07:50And they may change it again.
07:52Well...
07:52So now you're chasing your tail.
07:54Right.
07:54I mean, it happens in every sport.
07:56I mean, baseball puts a pitch clock in.
07:58You know what I mean?
07:59The all-star game fizzles out.
08:01Now they need to figure something out.
08:04The way the game has been played or the way...
08:06Hey, look.
08:07The way things were, those days are over, man.
08:10Well, you...
08:11Wow.
08:11More power to the younger...
08:12If you're saying that, I don't like hearing that.
08:14More power to the younger players and the younger generation.
08:17It's about them now.
08:20LeBron James is 40 years old?
08:22I couldn't believe that.
08:23I wanted to...
08:25I knew Friday, if you were going to play LeBron, that was a...
08:30I can't believe that.
08:31Of course you can.
08:32Stani, I can't.
08:34Tell us Friday.
08:35No.
08:35Let Booker take his spot.
08:37Let somebody else make the decision.
08:39It's his league still.
08:41See?
08:41Okay.
08:42TJD could have taken his place.
08:43Who?
08:44More pods.
08:46One of the rising stars.
08:48All right.
08:49888-957-9570 is the number.
08:54Look, what do you guys think about All-Star Weekend?
08:57Can it be better?
08:59Do you care that it isn't the greatest weekend of basketball entertainment?
09:04I'm not hating on it.