As the league's oldest player it's safe to say that LeBron James has seen his fair share of NBA basketball. One could argue that his knowledge of the game and years in the business have given the 39-year-old an unmatched ability to sense the situation across the organization, a sort of internal thermometer to heat check the NBA.
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LeBron Feels New All-Star Format Won't Cut It, Says Issue is Deeper
The King was real candid about his thoughts after the league announced the new tournament-style format for this season's All-Star game. During a press conference on Thursday, LeBron James suggested that the league's newest attempt at increasing ratings wouldn't be enough and added that it only scratches the surface of the problem.
"Everyone has their own opinion" James told reporters. "It's different in a sense. But we'll see when we get there.
"I have my ideas of what could possibly work, but I'm not gonna [get into it]... We gotta do something. Obviously the last couple years have not been a great All-Star Game, that Sunday night. But listen, it's a bigger conversation. It's not just the All-Star Game. It's our game in general. Our game, there's a lot of f—ing 3s being shot. So it's a bigger conversation than just the All-Star Game."
Phoenix Suns star forward Kevin Durant wasn't shy in his assessment of the All-Star Game's new format after it was announced on Tuesday.
Three Point Attempts Could Be Ruining the NBA
A frequent point of discussion among those who say the quality of play has declined in the NBA is the number of 3-pointers attempted by teams this season.
The league average is more than 30 3-point shots per game, led by the defending NBA champion Boston Celtics hoisting up 51.1 attempts a night.
Commissioner Adam Silver essentially condemned that rhetoric on Tuesday, saying that the league needed to "look more holistically" at several factors including 3-point attempts per game for a solution.
"We're constantly having discussions about whether there are ways to improve stylistically the game on the floor," he said ahead of the NBA Cup championship.
"Whether there's some tweaks we should make, and my sense is I do think we should take seriously this notion of more diversity in offense. I watch as many games as all of you do, and to the extent that it's not so much a 3-point issue, but that some of the audience, some of the offenses start to look sort of cookie cutter and teams are copying each other. I think that's something we should pay attention to."
