1993 asg

[sbw19]

30 years later..





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Exhibition doesn't preclude competition. No game, only gimmicks. Today's fans deserve better..

[elementally morale]

Wow

This is... wow.

[mr4speed]

30 years later..





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Exhibition doesn't preclude competition. No game, only gimmicks. Today's fans deserve better..

Totally agree. 30 years ago = a great game and entertainment for all the fans. Today's version = a complete waste of time and an insult to the league and the fans.

[RRR3]

Players don't want to risk injury, that's why.

[Wardell Curry]

1 - There's a lot more money at stake now. Even adjusting for inflation the difference is quite extreme.

2 - Social media has changed a lot in the way that normal people behave, never mind heavily scrutinized multi-million dollar athletes. They get criticized about everything. Imagine getting injured during an All-Star game, that being the end of your season, and you being judged by millions of silly people about your all time greatness because you couldn't play or you were hobbled for the rest of the season due to some stupid injury you suffered in what is tantamount to a pickup game.

And yes, the same type of silly stuff was probably said about athletes back then as well but the difference today is that people feed off of each other's silliness because the internet allows to re-live the same stupid opinions over as these communications are now there in black and white print.

Imagine Giannis gets injured in the 2024 game with the Bucks having the best record in the league at the time and they play .500 the rest of the way and get bounced in the first round. Just imagine the stupidity here coming from fans and the backlash that the entire Bucks organization would face.

[Wardell Curry]

The left column is their salaries at the time. The right column is their salaries adjusted for inflation.

[Wardell Curry]

Oh and of course almost everyone can shoot threes now. Maybe this is not to be overstated. This might be the biggest thing. Do you think those guys in 1993 would be going hard on closeouts on three point shots up and down the floor every time? I doubt it. This has the potential to have a cascading impact on the effort of the entire game.

Do you think today's guys would be constantly allowing uncontested mid range jumpers? Probably not.

They also look older in physical appearance/in the face than today's participants.

Man, there's a lot going on here and I don't think it's just any one thing. I would love if someone could prove what the difference is, from a factual perspective rather than a speculative one.

[Indian guy]

The players collectively decided by the mid 2010's to basically not compete in the AS game. It has been unwatchable since. Who the F wants to see 30 footers, layups and dunks with 0 defense being played. Absolutely nobody. Get rid of the game.

[FKAri]

Wow

This is... wow.

30 years ago... clueless children doing what they know best. Compete in basketball.

Now.. clueless children that have been programmed by their handlers/agents and other suits about how to act, how to think and what's good for their career. For better and for worse.

I know some are mentioning social media. And that does affect the current generation in ways but not in matters regarding cautious resting, coasting, and rings are everything culture.

[FultzNationRISE]

1 - There's a lot more money at stake now. Even adjusting for inflation the difference is quite extreme.

Which is exactly why fans should be that much more adamant dudes at least play hard and play to win, for that kind of money.

Instead these players get paid a hundred million to spit on cuck fans and go hit the strip club

[Soundwave]

1988-1993 I think was peak NBA.

The mid-late 90s got bogged down too much in low scoring defensive basketball and that carried on through the first half of the 2000s.

Later 2000s was a bit better, but by that time the intense competition in the league had dialed down a bit.

Not to knock modern players but I'd much rather go into a time machine and watch '92 or '93, and the stars, I'd rather watch Magic, Bird, Jordan, pre-fatness Shaq than today's stars.

[Kblaze8855]

1 - There's a lot more money at stake now. Even adjusting for inflation the difference is quite extreme.

2 - Social media has changed a lot in the way that normal people behave, never mind heavily scrutinized multi-million dollar athletes. They get criticized about everything. Imagine getting injured during an All-Star game, that being the end of your season, and you being judged by millions of silly people about your all time greatness because you couldn't play or you were hobbled for the rest of the season due to some stupid injury you suffered in what is tantamount to a pickup game.

And yes, the same type of silly stuff was probably said about athletes back then as well but the difference today is that people feed off of each other's silliness because the internet allows to re-live the same stupid opinions over as these communications are now there in black and white print.

Imagine Giannis gets injured in the 2024 game with the Bucks having the best record in the league at the time and they play .500 the rest of the way and get bounced in the first round. Just imagine the stupidity here coming from fans and the backlash that the entire Bucks organization would face.

They play harder in summer workout games and practice than the all star game. It isn’t injury. It’s not giving a ****.

[Axe]

Speaking of all-star games, arvydas sabonis also played in one of them bt.

[tomtucker]

And notice how clean the screen is, no cluttering with a huge score bug at the bottom and big network logo at the top... the score only shows up once in a while, when you need it.

Today we have the score, stats, betting stats, and scores form others games and leagues taking up half the screen!

Bring the clean experience back!

[GimmeThat]

you can really tell whose headed for a divorce here