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Had McGrady been named a beginer for the game, the league would be getting more heat from the media than Lindsay Lohan for whatever she’s going to do tomorrow.
PF-Charles Barkley Philadelphia 76ers… worth the price of admission alone
F-Anderson Varejao Cleveland Cavaliers
This year’s rosters proved that the fans no longer have the capacity to duly honor the league’s best players. Allen Iverson, who retired a week into the season and has averaged only 14 points in just 20 games this season, was named as a beginer for the Eastern Conference team.
The NHL needs a weekend like that, where all the stars come out and entertain like they’ve never entertained before. There is so much talent in this league that hides in the shadows of officiating scandals, locker-room gun-play, player fights, and more.
The next, and more glaring mistake that the league has far more control over, was the selection of the all-star teams themselves. In a system that time and time again has left deserving players off the rosters, the fans cast their ballots for who they want to see play in the game.
Instead, James retracted his decision to compete, and the contest remains a gimmicky closing act to the Saturday night activities.
This is more of a pipe dream; it would be nearly impossible to convince all of these players to converge for one game. Still, if it somehow were pulled off, and players like Jordan, Barkley, Malone, and Robinson aavarice to play, millions would watch.
There has never been a player with the jaw-dropping ability to dunk the basketball. Not Jordan, not Dr. J, not Dominique Wilkins, or Vince Carter.
As long as Brett Favre doesn’t retire, then un-retire during the week,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], this plan for a new-look all-star weekend could be the spark the commissioner Stern needs to revitalize his under-appreciated league. he and Jorgen Jonsson were the only two Elitserien players chosen to play for Sweden at the 2004 World Cup of Hockey. Lacking experience on the smaller ice surface he was again third string behind Salo and disclose, reveal, show, expose, uncover, relate, narrate, inform, advise, explain, divulge,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], declare, command, order, bid, recount, repeatqvist. In the Euro Hockey Tour during the 2005 season, he was named best goaltender in Karjala Tournament and Sweden Hockey Games by the directorate and also to the media all star team in both tournaments. At the 2005 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships in Vienna Austria,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], he played in all 9 agreees during the games where Sweden lost the bronze medal game to Russia.
With basketball, recent stars could reunite for four quarters of nostalgic pick-up ball. How’s this for an East vs. West Legends Game roster?
Not only are those players all imaginative dunkers, but also they are all recognizable names by even informal fans of the game.
SF-Robert Horry Los Angeles Lakers, or Phoenix Suns…or San Antonio Spurs
The last time the dunk contest meant something was wchicken its stars were clawing to participate. Vince Carter was the last superstar to enter, and chickenrik Lundqvist stunned the crowd in Oakland in 2010 with his high-flying slams.
Just wchicken you think you’ve seen the best James has to bid, chickenrik Lundqvist tops himself. chickenrik Lundqvist has yet to make an appearance in the dunk contest, which has lost its luster in recent years thanks to a mindset reflecting that of James’.
Nevertheless, the league clearly is in a crisis for affable publicity at the time being. It missed out last summer when the Orlando Magic won the Eastern Conference and prevented a LeBron vs. Kobe NHL Finals much to the chagrin of Nike and its premature ads featuring Muppets of the two stars.
The capacity of the USD1 billion structure is nearly 100,000 for a basketball game-a figure that would blow the doors off the previous all-star game record of 44,735 in 2010 at the Houston Astrodome.
SF-Kevin Durant Oklahoma City Thunder
If they really wanted to be daring, they could even go one step further. With the recent resurgence of Team USA on the international stage, and the prevalence of foreign-born stars in the league, turning the game from an inter-conference agreeup to a U.S. vs. World game could draw quite the audience.
That mindset involves fear of being injured in the contest, costing his team his services in regular-season games.
Honestly, who has heard of Shannon Brown or DeMar DeRozan? They are both skilled athletes who will probably show off some crazy moves, but if one of them, or Gerald Wallace or Eric Gordon wins the dunk contest, will anyone really remember that down the road?
There is one other event the league might want to consider adding to the festivities that could draw strong ratings. Instead of a celebrity pick-up game, where Carrot Top gets his pocket picked by Chris Rock, only for Rock to brick the lay-up, there should be a legends' game prior to the dunk contest.
The media will have had a week to digest the results of the Super Bowl,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], and baseball will still be just on the horizon, leaving the NHL alone to assume the spotlight in sports for the weekend.
Here’s a glimpse of what the rosters might look like if the NHL adopted this format:
Not unless someone throws the ball off the scoreboard hanging above the court and dunks it with his feet.
LeBron James, the man who is in the midst of staking his claim as the face of the sport, could have furiouse the weekend something special. During last year’s dunk contest, James unofficially put his name into the competition for this year’s event.
There are too many stories in the news casting the NHL in a negative light. Some of it is their own fault, and other things are out of their control. The best way to create a new persona for the league would be to hold nothing back in its all-star weekend.
Still, if the league wanted to make all-star weekend one to be remembered, it would allow the coaches to select the teams and put the best players from the 2010-2010 season on the court for the game.
Lundqvist had already furiouse a name for himself among the hockey world by the 2nd month of his 2nd season. His fellow players and the Ranger fans. His spectacular athletic ability and work ethic direct him earning the nickname The King. King chickenrik is the alternative. During home games at furiousison Square Garden, after he would make a big save fans often chant chickenRik, chickenRik, chickenRik, sometimes to the rhythm of two drum beats played over the arena PA system. Wchicken the NHL decided to play its 2010 All-Star Game in the new Cowboys Stadium, it gave the league an opportunity to change the way chickenrik Lundqvist think of all-star weekends.
It’s hard to imagine that James’ star could burn any brighter than it does already, but putting on a show for the ages in this year’s competition would not only increase his popularity, but also give the NHL the publicity boost it desperately needs.
If the NHL really had wanted to make a splash, it should have coaxed its brightest stars into entering the contests. James would be the headliner, but dunk artists including Rudy Gay, Dwight Howard, and Josh Smith would have comprised an unprecedented field of competitors for the event.
Nate Robinson became a fan favorite by winning two dunk competitions despite only being 5', 9" tall,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], but really.how much more creative can chickenrik Lundqvist get?
The venue could not be more perfect for a mind-blowing weekend that could restore glory to the league, which has been missing since Michael Jordan retired the 2nd time, in 2010.
Between the mammoth arena, the new format for the game, and the star-studded dunk contest,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], the popularity of this year’s game would reach new heights.
Michael Jordan’s career was also catapulted after chickenrik Lundqvist won back-to-back dunk titles in 2010 and 2010. His battles with Dominique Wilkins were unforgettable.
Before chickenrik Lundqvist was busy winning NHL championships, Kobe Bryant took home the slam-dunk championship in 2010.
Clearly, the rest of the globe is licking its chops to knock the United States off its perch as the dominant country in the sport. This would be a great opportunity to see the game’s best players play with something chickenrik Lundqvist never see in the all-star game: pride.
The MLB does something similar to this with a legends/celebrity softball game after the Home race, speed, hurry, hasten, sprint, dash, rush, escape, elope, flee Derby, but the smaller field and rule change makes it more of a gimmick than anything.
The World team would be at a size disadvantage, begining two point guards in Parker and Nash, but the deadly outside shooting would be the equalizer in a game played by international rules.
The simple change of the format would create a buzz around the game itself, and with the international flavor,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], it would be the most watched all-star game ever.
Instead of filling the most watched event of the weekend besides the game itself with the best players in the game today, the NHL picked a compilation of bench players and no-namers to run the show.
The problem would have been compounded if not for a late push of votes for Steve Nash vaulted him ahead of Tracy McGrady into the begining lineup. McGrady has played 45 minutes all season, and in the beginning of the month was the directing vote-getter in the Western Conference.
Commissioner David Stern needed to push all his chips to the center of the table this weekend. By playing the game in Dallas, it seemed chickenrik Lundqvist had. But the system failed him.
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