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Kornet Kontest and the Wemby Wall?

Opposing offenses are trembling…

Welcome to San Antonio, Luke Kornet!

Do you like this idea?

Perhaps the 3-win margin needs to be slightly higher or lower.

Comment below!

Is this solution perfect? Absolutely not.

But it addresses two of the NBA’s biggest problems:

— the All-Star Game sucks
— conference strength inequality

Adding these small stakes will make the All-Star Game matter again, and it’ll be a better product for fans.

Point 3:

If a conference is winning every year, that means that the conference is more talented, and thus the path to the Finals is harder, so the victor of the conference should be rewarded.

This would only help to address conference inequality!

Point 2:

Fair, but the NBA is so talented that lower-tier all-stars who are playing harder will beat superstars who aren’t trying. Also, this will even itself out over the years, and most years this tiebreaker won’t even matter.

Point 1:

The coach of the 1 seed in each conference will care about this rule, and will bench players who aren’t trying.

Also, there is so much parody in today’s NBA, and players are delusional about their chances to win it all, so this really wouldn’t apply to most players.

Addressing likely counter-arguments:

1. Stars on bad teams wouldn’t care and still wouldn’t try

2. It’s potentially unfair if a bunch of stars from one conference happen to be hurt around the All-Star Game

3. The West would win every year

Here are my rebuttals:

We don’t want the All-Star Game to feel like a playoff game where players are risking injury…

The stakes always dictate the intensity of the game.

These stakes are enough to get the players to try just *a little* harder and for fans to care a little more. That’s all we need!

Essentially, the All-Star Game acts as a proxy for conference strength when the difference in records is marginal.

In most seasons, this won’t end up mattering.

But it COULD matter, which is enough to make players try harder.

And that’s why it works better than the MLB’s solution.

So if a 62-win team plays against a 50-win team in the Finals, they’d get home court.

But if a 62-win team plays a 60-win team, the difference is marginal and could be a result of playing in an easier conference, so the All-Star Game would decide home court.

MY IDEA:

If the regular season records of the teams in the Finals are within 3 games of each other, the winning conference of the All-Star Game gets home court advantage in the Finals.

Stay with me ⬇️

The solution: the winning conference of the All-Star Game received home court advantage in the World Series.

This made players care, but fans complained that the stakes were too high, so the idea was abandoned in 2016.

Is there a way to tweak this idea and make it work?

The current problem is simple: the players just don’t care enough.

In the midst of a long season, why risk injury for a meaningless game?

The MLB had a similar issue in the early 2000s… let’s take a look at their solution ⬇️

The All-Star game sucks. So here’s a solution for how to fix it while returning it to the West vs. East format we all love.

How to fix the All-Star Game:

(A THREAD)

A glass-half-full view of the Wemby situation:

— He’s expected to make a full recovery
— Spurs will now have two lottery picks
— Extra-motivated Wemby next season

This is devastating news, and I’m sure Wemby is gutted to not be able to finish the season, but he’ll be back 👽

Victor Wembanyama this season:

— 24.3 PPG
— 11.0 RPG
— 3.7 APG
— 3.8 BPG
— 1.1 SPG
— 3.1 3PM
— 48/35/84%

His special sophomore season is cut short.

Wemby plays basketball today!

Predict his stat line at the All-Star Game.

In their one matchup last season:

Wemby — Porzingis —
21 PTS 14 PTS
7 REB 9 REB
3 AST 2 AST
1 BLK 2 BLK
24 MINS 30 MINS

The alien and the unicorn face off again tomorrow.

Area 51 last night:

Wemby — Castle —
31 PTS 16 PTS
15 REB 3 STL
4 AST 7/9 FG
12/21 FG

Another great night for the young stars.

Wemby vs. the Wizards this season:

31 PTS | 15 REB | 4 AST | 5 3PM
50 PTS | 6 REB | 3 BLK | 8 3PM

81 points and 13 threes in two games.

Spurs new dynamic duo last night:

Wemby — Fox —
31 PTS 30 PTS
15 REB 4 REB
4 AST 6 AST
2 BLK 15/18 FT

First game all year two players have scored 30+ for the Spurs.

In their careers vs. the Hawks:

Wemby — Fox —
29.7 PPG 21.9 PPG
10.3 RPG 4.6 RPG
3.0 APG 5.8 APG
4.3 BPG 1.6 SPG
59/36/80% 48/39/77%

The duo debuts tomorrow.

Wemby is playing tonight!

He was questionable with an illness.

Spurs Record When Wemby Has 25+ Points This Season | StatMuse Victor Wembanyama is 13-4 with the Spurs when scoring 25+ points this season.

Wemby this season:

In wins — In losses —
28.8 PPG 21.1 PPG
54/41/84% 42/29/93%

The Spurs are 13-4 this season when Wemby scores 25+ points.
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In their four head-to-head matchups:

Wemby — LeBron —
22.0 PPG 21.0 PPG
12.3 RPG 10.0 RPG
5.0 APG 11.5 APG
3.0 BPG 0.3 BPG
2.5 SPG 1.3 SPG

Don’t take this matchup for granted.

Wemby Vs The East This Season | StatMuse Victor Wembanyama has averaged 33.7 points, 10.0 rebounds and 5.5 blocks in 6 games against the Eastern Conference this season.

Wemby vs. the East this season:

— 33.7 PPG
— 10.0 RPG
— 3.8 APG
— 5.5 BPG
— 51/44/77%

Hopefully he stays hot in Milwaukee tonight.
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Career games with 8+ blocks:

8 — Victor Wembanyama
7 — Tim Duncan

Wemby has played in 102 games. Duncan played in 1392 games.

Victor Wembanyama tonight:

— 23 PTS
— 14 REB
— 8 BLK
— 4 AST

Spurs blow a 19 point lead.

Wemby’s last 20 games:

— +149 plus-minus (21st in NBA)
— only 5 games with a negative +/-
— higher +/- than Brunson, Jarrett Allen

Playing winning basketball.