Guest Human Fly Report post Posted February 11, 2003 A lot of people are saying that the NBA should switch to U.S. v. the World since the latest run on intl. talent. What do you guys think? I think that this would be a poor idea. While the World may have a decent starting five, to fill out the roster would require guys who don't even start on their own team. Up against a team consisting of Shaq, Kobe, Duncan, TMac, Kidd, etc. they would just get blown out. Stick with East v. West is my opinion Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Vern Gagne Report post Posted February 11, 2003 The World wouldn't stand a chance. They could probably play the Rookie-Sophmore game. US vs World. Just have a Rookie-Sophmore World team vs Rookie-Soph. U.S team. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest bravesfan Report post Posted February 12, 2003 The US/World option will be there in about 3-4 years. It depends on the talent that comes through the draft, as well as the guidelines for deciding the team. Is it based on birthplace, or something else? The bright stars in the game now... --Duncan (would the Virgin Islands be considered U.S. territory?) --D. Nowinski --P. Gasol --S. Nash ...and the younger foreigners making waves- --N. Hilario --T. Parker --N. Tskitischvili --Y. Ming Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Lethargic Report post Posted February 12, 2003 They could do another game of US vs World during the weekend. Maybe put some of those "snubbed" games in there. But to make the whole All-Star game US vs World is retarded. There simply aren't enough good ones. All Star team is supposed to be about the best players. To make up a world team you'd have to come up with a bunch of guys that don't deserve to be all-stars just to fill out the team. Which would mean a lot of guys that deserve to be on there wouldn't make it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest starvenger Report post Posted February 12, 2003 The World wouldn't stand a chance. They could probably play the Rookie-Sophmore game. US vs World. Just have a Rookie-Sophmore World team vs Rookie-Soph. U.S team. Instead of the Rookie-Sophomore game they should have a "YoungStars" game like they do in hockey. But while hockey uses only guys under 24, the NBA should use guys from years 1-3... And leave the East vs West format. You've got some great foreign stars, but not enough to justify a full squad just yet. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest The Electrifyer Report post Posted February 12, 2003 I like the current format of Rookie and All-Star game. They're fine to me the way they are right now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest razazteca Report post Posted February 12, 2003 Drop the celebrity basketball game and use the World vs USA format or let MTV host the celebrity game again. Was it really necessary to have two celebrity basketball games, one on Friday and Saturday? The whole Friday night events were completely boring as it was nothing other than fluff news stories of legends and a celebrity game. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest kkktookmybabyaway Report post Posted February 12, 2003 East v. West, but it's not like I'll be watching it anyway... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Lethargic Report post Posted February 12, 2003 I thought the Friday night game was a whole lot more fun than the 3 on 3 thing Saturday night. Watching Tim McGraw outplay everybody and Bol block Ice Cube was some of the most entertaining parts of the weekend. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest The Fett Report post Posted February 13, 2003 Neither. East/West is no contest anymore and US/World wouldn't be either. I say just pick the top 24 players regardless of conference, assign team captains, and let them pick their squad. I want to see Kobe vs. Shaq, or Kobe and Mcgrady on the same team. Something different then the same old players against the same old players every season. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest The Electrifyer Report post Posted February 13, 2003 What do you mean no contest? Double OT doesn't count as "no contest" to me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Choken One Report post Posted February 13, 2003 Wait until 2005 to implement this system...and Make it a best of Three "05-07" and that should end the debate and then return to the East/West... However look at the NHL games...They are so much better east/West then NA/World... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Still Fly Report post Posted February 14, 2003 I think its fine the way it is right now. While the foreign born players are good there not better than the American players like Kobe, Iverson, Shaq, KG, TMac and Vince Carter. While it would be very competetive the American players are simply beter and it would a blow out Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Lethargic Report post Posted February 14, 2003 I tried to come up with a mock roster for these two teams if they did it. Here's what I got... US Shaq Duncan Garnett Bryant Kidd Iverson McGrady Pierce Payton Webber B. Wallace Brand World Yao Nowitzki Kirilenko Stojakovic Nash T. Parker Divac Gasol Turkoglu Giricek Radmanovic Kukoc I don't think the world stands a chance. The starting lineups you can come up with are great. But once you get past 7 or 8 guys, the bench is completely empty. Just a bunch of mediocre players that are pretty much interchangable. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest the pinjockey Report post Posted February 14, 2003 A few more years the format might be reasonable due to the increasing use of foreign players. But they arent quite there yet. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
