Draymond Green criticized the new NBA All-Star format as 'ridiculous' on Sunday night when the League debuted the new system with abbreviated games.
Unlike previous years, when two All-Star teams have faced themselves in a complete game, this year he saw the All-Stars divided into three teams.
A team recruited by Kenny Smith faced one recruited by his colleague TNT Charles Barkley, while one chose for Shaquille O'Neal played 'Candace (Parker)' S Stars', the winning team of the rising star game on Friday ( The O'Neals team then beat Barkley in the final after both his first game).
And in addition to eight not all stars competing in the star game for the stars, the games only ran until a team reached 40 points.
Green, a four times All-Star, attacked the format while talking on TNT.
“You work all year to be an all star and you can play up to 40 and then you finished,” he began. 'This is so unfair to Victor Wembanyama, who only took this game really seriously, Shai Gilgous-Alexander, who only took this game really seriously.
Draymond Green criticized the new All-Star game format as 'ridiculous' on Sunday night
Green, 34, has made the star game four times, more recently in the 2021-22 season
Not all stars like Dalton Knecht, on the left, represented the rising stars on Sunday night
'When you talk about pursuing the records of the points:' Melo, Kobe and all these types that had great nights of annotation. They do not have the opportunity to do that with this game, all so that we can see some rising stars, “he continued.
'Now we have the pleasure of seeing an Olympic team play against a U19 team. Come on … What are we doing? This is ridiculous.
Green added that the “stinks” format, a feeling that was not alone when expressing.
Former NBA star Ron Harper wrote in x'They are making a weekend joke there sure that it is not the players, it is all the entertainment garbage! Return to the East West game.
Cavs All-Star Darius Garland saying I wanted the format to return to two teams.
And Dallas Morning News Sports Tim Cowlishaw columnist of brand The game and the 'old bad variety program'.
To make things worse, several of the largest stars in the League did not even participate in the festivities on Sunday night.
Anthony Davis, Luka Doncic and Anthony Edwards sat down, while LeBron James surprised fans by announcing that he was not playing about an hour before the notice.
The Lakers star was criticized for her late announcement, since a replacement could have been chosen for him if she had indicated that she was sitting before.