Kevin Durant blasts new NBA All-Star Game format, calls for return to East-West game: 'I absolutely hate it'

The NBA's new All-Star Game format features a mini tournament of four teams

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NBA announces All-Star tournament plan for this season: 4 teams, 3 games, 1 night

The NBA’s All-Star Game is going to be an All-Star tournament this season, with the league announcing that it has finalized plans to use a different format for the upcoming midseason showcase in ...
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‘I hate it’: NBA players skeptical of new one-day All-Star Game tournament

NBA announces All-Star tournament plan for February Novel format: four teams, three games in one night Four teams, three games, one night. That’s the plan for the 2025 NBA All-Star Game in San ...
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NBA announces that 2025 All-Star Game will be a 3-game tournament on Feb. 16

NBA announces that 2025 All-Star Game will be a 3-game tournament on Feb. 16
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NBA adopts pickup style tournament to replace All-Star game: Will it revive the league's beleagured All-Star weekend?

One perennial All-Star has already weighed in on the NBA's latest effort to revive its beleaguered All-Star weekend: 'I hate it.'
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NBA All-Star Game format: Here's how league's mini-tournament will work -- and who will pick the teams

The NBA is making major changes to its All-Star Game in 2025
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Analysis: As NBA prepares new All-Star format, the stars taking a wait-and-see approach

Milwaukee Bucks guard Damian Lillard is the reigning NBA All-Star Game MVP, after scoring 39 points last February in the highest-scoring game the league has ever seen
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Kevin Durant injury update: Suns star could return from sprained ankle as soon as Friday, per report

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Suns star Kevin Durant to miss 1-2 weeks with ankle sprain just games after return from calf injury

Kevin Durant missed seven games due to a calf injury last month, and the team went just 1-6 without him during that stretch.
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Kevin Durant blasts new NBA All-Star Game format, calls for return to East-West game: 'I absolutely hate it'

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