Draymond Green passed critical remarks about how he thought the new All-Star Game was “ridiculous.” To his advantage, he wasn’t the only one complaining. A few outrageous things did take place. Mr. Beast on an NBA legacy event? Give me a damn break.

Green’s comments did open an old can of worms regarding the players’ attitude toward the annual tradition! From fans to analysts, everyone had something to say about the biggest of hoopsters taking the All-Star Weekend lightly. Many agreed with Dray, while others flat-out disagreed. Run It Back’s Michelle Beadle is the latest dissenter to the Warrior and part-time hoops analyst’s words.

Beadle shared Draymond’s opinion that the revamp format wasn’t the right move. However, she was quick to point out that it was these players themselves who were to blame for the NBA needing to change up the format.

“Here’s my problem with it, Draymond. Why the hell is the league having to do somersaults to try and fix and change anything at all? Oh, that’s right. Because you and your colleagues years ago had decided that you don’t really give two s—s about the All-Star game,” she said.

Michelle ranted that the NBA folks still wanted their All-Star appearances to add to their legacies even if they didn’t really show up during the games, literally and figuratively!

“You don’t get to wreck the car and then b—h about the car being in bad shape. YOU DID THIS.” Beadle reiterated the players had lost the right to protest the new format because of this. “I love the idea of change to make things better across the board of anything that we’re talking about. But don’t cry about something that you had a hand in making happen in the first place,” she concluded.

It’s clear that even though Beadle isn’t a fan of the new format, she’s even less tolerant of such comments by players. Especially when the players are the ones to blame. But what did Draymond Green say that sparked such an intense reaction?

Well, Green was an analyst on TNT’s broadcast of the All-Star game. “I had to work so hard to play on Sunday night of All-Star Weekend, and, because ratings are down & the game is bad, we’re bringing in Rising Stars. That’s not a fix. I didn’t play in the Rising Stars game, and these guys get to touch the All-Star game?… those guys did not make the All-Star game. To be playing in the All-Star game [when] you didn’t make the All-Star team is absurd,” he said during the broadcast. 

Don’t get triggered.

This is one of many transcripts of the Dray’s words on the grand day. His comments, while sensible to a degree, do come off as bitter. And Michelle Beadle hit it on the head with her assessment and critique. After all, if you didn’t care about something when you had it, you shouldn’t be upset when someone else gets it. Another person who shared a similar sentiment to Beadle’s is First Take’s Stephen A. Smith. So let’s find out what he said.

Stephen A. Smith agrees with Draymond Green but there’s a caveat…

Stephen A. Smith, known for his wild takes, also has moments when he makes great points. And his analysis of Draymond Green’s comments was one such instance. And Smith agrees that this revamped All-Star Game format was not the way to go for the NBA.

“I think they [Green’s comments] were fair from the standpoint that it’s not the answer. But I think that there’s a level of culpability. A strong level of culpability if not complete level of culpability that the players themselves have. They brought this on themselves,” said Stephen A. Smith.

Smith added that changing the format probably wasn’t the route Adam Silver and the league wanted to take. Which seems believable. But players not caring about the game forced their hand, SAS argued.

Smith brought up the fact that their predecessors, the likes of Kobe Bryant and MJ, didn’t do this. And he’s right, since they both gave it their all during All-Star games, especially Kobe. Look no further than the All-Star MVP trophy being named after him for proof!

A few weeks ago, even Dwayne Wade seemed skeptical about the All-Star schedule and lineup. He attempted to throw some light on the glamor part of the game that’s slowly beginning to take over. Brand-deal obligations, media interviews, and exclusive marketing campaigns seem to have gotten in the way of the actual bouncing of a basketball.

“By the time you get to that game, you’re so tired… it’s too much going on,” D-Wade said pretty frankly if you’d ask me.

At the end of the day, whether you fully agree with Green or only partially like Smith and Beadle, there’s no denying that the All-Star game has fallen off. BIG TIME. Even the great Kobe Bryant lamented the game’s downfall in the years before his passing. And it’s been over half a decade of deterioration since then. The players need to start reflecting on what they can do to improve the All-Star game.

But what do you think? Is Draymond Green right and the new format’s just flat-out bad? Let us know!