As the years passed, steadily fewer players relative to the size of the league made the All-Star Game. Nowadays, on a purely mathematical basis, it's almost four times as difficult to get there as it was when the game was founded. The purpose of the All-Star Game, on a broad level, has always been to celebrate the league's best talent. There just happens to be more of it now than ever. The competition to reach the All-Star Game in , with two-way players expanding rosters to 17, is now stiffer than ever.
Yet the All-Star Game hasn't adjusted to compensate. It's time to correct that injustice. It's time to expand All-Star rosters from 12 players to 15 players. You could probably justify higher numbers. For example, if you wanted to maintain the percentage used for the All-Star Game, widely considered to be one of the most exciting ever played, you'd get 17 slots apiece.
That is also the number of roster spots a typical NBA team has, including two-way selections. But 15 works on a number of levels.
Most simply, it is the number of full-time NBA players each team is able to employ, not including two-way contracts. It would also create a nice bit of symmetry with the league's All-NBA system, which honors 15 players. Sort by: Most popular Recent Most upvotes. Login to post your comment. Show More Comments. No thanks Delete. Cancel Update. Login to reply. Cancel Reply.
Drummond stuffs Achiuwa for 1,th career block. Nightly Notable: VanVleet lifts Raptors over 76ers. George scores 27 to propel Clippers over Heat. Maxey goes off for career-high 33 vs. Batum meets Herro at the rim for big rejection. Adebayo converts pair of wild shots against Clippers. Conley tosses perfect alley-oop to Gobert. Adebayo scores 19 1st-quarter points vs.
Nothing but net for Seth Curry from 28 feet out. Clarkson drops slick no-look over-the-shoulder pass. Turner denies alley-oop with block on Whiteside.
All ball: Drummond's huge rejection at the rim. Maxey hits sweet running hook over Achiuwa. Best of Phantom: Slam Dunk Contest.
Curry shoots 3-pointer, turns his back for the swish. Lillard, Curry show off insane range at ASG. Lillard hits game-winner in Phantom Cam. Because the available pool of basketball talent has widely expanded. It is astronomically harder to be an NBA player than it ever was 20 years ago, let alone 70 years ago. What I propose is a modest change: player All-Star rosters for each conference. That also would mean an average of exactly one All-Star per team.
Ah, symmetry. Seems like the perfect amount.
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