NBA eyeing 2026 All-Star Game modeled on NHL’s 4 Nations
"Of course we took note of the great success the NHL had with their national team competition as their All-Star festivities."
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Tom Brady rips media for pitting NBA and NHL against each other
"The talking heads were talking their heads off."
Charles Barkley: NBA players complaining ‘does nothing good for our product’
"We don’t have to televise that thing anymore. I’m not even upset."
Brian Windhorst doesn’t think success of NHL’s 4 Nations Face-Off should reflect poorly on NBA
"The idea that the NBA is getting put down and denigrated because of what the NHL did. I don't get it."
P.K. Subban ‘sick’ of athletes being celebrated when they ‘aren’t the best examples’
"You got to show up. You got to take that on. I’m sick and tired of making athletes greats, all-time greats, that aren’t the best examples!"
2025 NBA All-Star Game viewership down 13 percent from previous year
It's the second least-watched NBA All-Star Game of all-time, trailing only 2023's event.
Nick Wright calls Draymond Green ‘unprofessional’ for bashing NBA All-Star game on TNT broadcast
"...as often happens with Draymond, while being correct, his delivery of the information is so poorly done that it's lost."
Jaylen Brown says ‘Inside the NBA’ tribute took ‘gas out of’ All-Star Game
"That kind of took the gas out of everything for a little bit"
Michelle Beadle calls out Draymond Green’s hypocrisy: ‘You don’t really give two sh*ts about the All-Star Game’
"Don't cry about something that you had a hand in making happen in the first place."
Kevin Durant on ‘miserable’ NBA All-Star Game conversations: ‘It’s more fun to complain than to actually watch’
"Cancel All-Star weekend and let’s just give everybody a break since we’re so miserable around this time."
![Feb 13, 2025; Montreal, Quebec, CAN; [Imagn Images direct customers only] Team USA forward Matthew Tkachuk (19) celebrates with Team USA forward Auston Matthews (34) his goal against Team Finland in the third period during a 4 Nations Face-Off ice hockey game at Bell Centre.](https://cdn1.thecomeback.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/94/2025/02/USATSI_25413107-scaled-e1739832120471.jpg)
‘Pardon My Take’ applauds NHL’s 4 Nations Face-Off format: ‘Knocked this out of the park’
"It was the complete opposite of the NBA All-Star Game."
Draymond Green’s Warriors championship promise made Steph Curry chuckle
"I love expectations and having something to play for, so he's lighting a fire for sure."
LeBron James superfan Shannon Sharpe slams last-minute All-Star snub: ‘He’s not bigger than the game’
"You know you're not gonna play; why do you block somebody else from playing?"
Stephen A. Smith lays blame squarely on NBA Players for All-Star Game mess
"That is the egregious part of all of this — the fact that it was necessary."
The NBA All-Star Game is an abomination that is beyond fixing
TNT stopped All-Star Game tournament to eulogize ‘Inside the NBA,’ which will continue next year
"Please take a moment to tell the people how it feels to know you're going home and to know that it's over."
NBA All-Star Game’s ‘Mr. Beast Challenge’ didn’t go over well with sports media
"Who is all this weird NBA All-Star Game stuff FOR?"
Charles Barkley takes Draymond Green to task over All-Star Game gripes: ‘His generation messed the game up’
"Don't act like he's mad that they trying to use rookies... we're doing every type of trick to make this weekend exciting."
TNT’s Draymond Green trashes ‘absurd’ presence of Rising Stars team in All-Star Game
"Because ratings are down, because the game's bad, we're bringing in Rising Stars? That's not a fix."
TNT broadcasters bash LeBron James over late All-Star Game scratch: ‘He took a roster spot from somebody’
"I think Bron coulda helped somebody else out and said this earlier."
Ernie Johnson closes NBA All-Star Game’s TNT chapter with farewell poem
"For 40 years, each game, each show has been a sheer delight."
Mac McClung’s NBA Slam Dunk win makes Ja Morant, Giannis consider event
"Mac might make me decide to dunk."
NBA’s Thompson twins prank Taylor Rooks during All-Star Weekend interview
"They're refusing to tell me which is which."
Skip Bayless wonders why he wasn’t invited to NBA All-Star Celebrity Game
"As I watch the embarrassing shooting in tonight’s Celebrity Game, I wonder again why I was never asked to participate."
NBA, union reportedly urging players to ‘put out more of a fight’ in All-Star Game
Will the new format make a difference?
