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NBA commissioner Adam Silver said in an interview with Stephen A. Smith on ESPN’s “First Take” that the league is considering going back to the East vs. West format in the All-Star Game this season, after having the top vote-getters in each conference serve as captains for the past several seasons.
“We’re looking at some potential changes in format in Indianapolis this year,” Silver said about the 2024 All-Star Game at Gainbridge Fieldhouse. “Maybe a return to something more traditional in terms of how the teams are presented. We went to sort of this captain and draft notion, but clearly historically it was East vs. West. So that’s maybe something we are looking at.”
Silver’s comments came after Joe Dumars, the NBA’s head of basketball operations, said last week that reviving interest in the All-Star Game and All-Stars playing harder are priorities for the league.
