By Isaac Kushner

The 2024 All Star weekend in Indianapolis this past weekend left many fans disappointed. These most recent all star games and events have definitely got less competitive and boring to watch. Starting off with the skills competition there were people shooting with their off hand, walking through the event, and just no energy being put into the players performance. The skills competition is made up of three different challenges and could be more depending on tiebreakers. This weekend there were only three starting with the first where players had to make a pass through a ring, dribble to the other side of the court and make a floater, make a corner three on that side, then dribble back to the other side and finish with a layup or dunk. This was the worst event by far and it didn’t get much better as the night went on. 

The dunk contest was the worst it’s been in recent years. It’s not much of the players’ faults, the fans are used to seeing people like Michael Jordan and Vince Carter compete, so seeing two players from the G League competing is a little disappointing. The judges don’t help much either. They don’t give some dunks the rating they deserve and they kind of ruined the contest this year. An easy fix to the dunk contest is to make bigger name players compete. Faces of franchises instead of G League players would be much more exciting. 

The three point contest is hard to mess up. That was the most entertaining event this whole weekend. This year they added on a Steph Curry vs Sabrina Ionescu three point competition. The whole point was to end the debate vs the two of them on who is the better shooter. Sabrina even shot from the NBA three point line and she only lost by one shot. Her score tied with Damian Lillard who won the actual three point contest. All Star weekend has been on a downfall and the NBA needs to do something about it.