The NBA unveiled a brand new voting platform for the 2016/17 All-Star Game, giving fans 50% of the vote while players and a media panel accounted for 25% each. This was regarded as a breath of fresh air in some respects, as fans previously held a unanimous vote for All-Star Game starters.
The process had its shortcomings, however. As the league’s player voting results reveal, several players appear to have used the opportunity to exclusively vote for their teammates. What’s more, over 100 players neglected to cast a ballot. Warriors coach Steve Kerr used his platform to sound off, chastising certain players for not taking their vote seriously.
“I am very disappointed in the players,” Kerr told Anthony Slater of The Bay Area News Group. “They asked for the vote and a lot of them just made a mockery of it…I saw the list. I saw all the guys who got votes. Were you allowed to vote for yourself? I don’t know. Were guys voting for themselves? There were 50 guys on there that had no business getting votes. But a lot of guys wrote in their buddies for the presidential campaign. So maybe that was their own way of making a statement. But I think if you give the players a vote, they should take it serious.”
While the league’s #NBAVote strategy was a success on social media, some work needs to be done in revitalizing the voting process. So what do you think: should the league continue fan voting in 2017/18? Give the media a higher percentage of the vote? Or do you have a different idea entirely?
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A possible consideration would be to use some basic analytics to limit the list of eligible players to get a much smaller subset. e.g. top 10 eligible players at each position (Frontcourt, Backcourt) for each conference.
e.g. Western Conference FrontCourt
Durant
Kahwi
Gobert
Jordan
Davis
Towns
Green
Gasol
Cousins
Jokic
Fans, Players, Media vote on those top 10 for each group. So 20 players for each conference make the list, 10 frontcourt, 10 backcourt.
take the players vote away
another suggestion is that just let Stephen A Smith decide both rosters even the benches
No. I’ve learned by now that no matter who you put in charge of it, they’re gonna make dumb decisions. Fans vote for their favorites, half the players and coaches have agendas or don’t pay attention past their own team, and unless the media panel is damn small and dedicated then they aren’t all that reliable either (just look at some of the jokers in MLB HoF voting).
Just leave it as is and don’t take “snubs” too seriously because we already know All-Star voting is a joke regardless of who does it.
After the players’ results, you have to take away their votes…or at least reduce the weight given to players’ votes. Tons of players didn’t vote and many of the ones who did, either voted for themselves or voted for guys as a joke. Guys like Sergio Rodriguez got 8 votes. As you can see from the results, tons of guys had no business receiving votes.
link to official.nba.com
The All Star game is a joke in and of itself. Last years game was not much more than a live action dunk contest. No serious defense to speak of because what player wants to get hurt in a meaningless exhibition game.
If they follow the same process as MLB saying that whoever wins the all star game gets home advantage. That’s one process that would turn things around and players would get more serious.
I think MKB just trashed that process.
It’s should be based on 50 percent on personal performance and 50 percent on team performance.
How about just removing the ASG all together and enhance the skills competition…..