Watching Team USA always makes me wonder can the current NBA champion defeat it? Obviously, such match is impossible to organise, but why now have the second best thing which is the NBA champion vs the rest of the league.

With the current state of the NBA All-Star game why not simply replace the West vs East game with a NBA champion vs rest of the league game. This can also help to determine how good a team really is against its competition. I think the quality of the game will be much better since players’ egos will be involved. In best case scenario the All-star game can be a sort of “super champion” NBA-like Super Bowl game which players and potential goat candidates can boast in their resumes.

Anyone knows if this has ever been discussed in the NBA?

  • davemoedeeBEnglish
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    2 months ago

    It will still be an exhibition and guys wouldn’t go hard. And the previous season’s champ might not be that good. They might even have drastic roster changes. Imagine Toronto without Leonard.

    The real solution is to just not watch. There is no saving the all star game.

  • Chillaxing416BEnglish
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    2 months ago

    The NHL had the Stanley Cup champs vs All Stars for the first couple decades of its all star game. This was in the 1940s-1960s.

    • TolzkutzOPBEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Thanks for this one. So they had 19 games of All Stars vs Stanley Cup Champions from 1947 to 1965. In those games 9 wins were for the All Stars, 5 for the champs and 5 draws.

      I think it would be pretty similar in today’s NBA, with champions winning being kinda rare because of injuries and the depth of the bench.

  • LeektheGeekBEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Because the champions would lose badly and it wouldn’t be fun to watch.

  • Game_Over_Man69BEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Celtics versus Rest of League isn’t more interesting than previous formats and would be especially bad if they had injuries.

    • TolzkutzOPBEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Really? I think current format is as boring as it can get.

        • TolzkutzOPBEnglish
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          2 months ago

          Yep, because nobody wants to get injured playing in a meaningless game. If you give the game some meaning players will want to compete. Basically, it gives a chance to compare champions between seasons… I think this will be a very big motivation for a lot of stars.

          • neuroticsmurfBEnglish
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            2 months ago

            Professional athletes don’t fear injury as much as you seem to.

  • Aloha1984BEnglish
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    2 months ago

    The nba champs should compete against the other world league champs for a World Basketball Title.