2024 年 NBA 扣籃大賽並沒有得到很好的反響,批評者們也不乏攻擊它的彈藥。 缺乏明星影響力,大多是非原創的扣籃和可疑的判斷,所有這些都導致了周六晚上令人失望的頭條新聞。 週一,我們看到瞭如果事情稍有不同的話可能會發生什麼。
NBA 扣籃大賽官方教練 Chuck Millan 分享了雅各布·托平 (Jacob Toppin) 最初計劃使用的扣籃之一的影片。 扣籃本身就令人難以置信:托平在空中進行了 360 度旋轉,同時向自己傳出一記背後傳球,然後將球扣了下來。
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在一個事件已經成為 令人難以置信的重複 近年來,扣籃作為真正的原創作品脫穎而出。 那為什麼我們在轉播中沒有看到這個灌籃呢? 因為托平將其保留到最後一輪,但他沒有進入。
現在,很容易將此事歸咎於法官。 他們似乎是唯一認為傑倫布朗的前兩次扣籃比托平的扣籃更好的觀看比賽的人。 在一個公正的世界裡,我們會在決賽中看到托平的精彩表演。 但托平一開始就不應該處於他認為需要挽救灌籃的位置。
扣籃大賽的形式基本上是虎頭蛇尾的。 規劃灌籃比賽最有趣的方式就是將最好的灌籃留到最後。 有時會這樣。 選民常常陷入困境,必須決定他們是否能承受這麼長時間的等待。 由於四名扣籃手中的兩人僅在兩次扣籃後就被淘汰,因此扣籃手們會被激勵儘早使用他們最好的扣籃以確保進入最後一輪。
托平沒有這麼做,他很早就被淘汰了。 很容易說他應該早點清空桶,但那樣的話他可能就沒有任何東西可以留給最後一輪了。 想像一下,如果布萊克·格里芬在第一輪就跳過了那輛起亞汽車。 這場比賽失去了一些樂趣,不是嗎?
這裡的解決辦法是調整結構,讓每個扣籃者確切地知道他們在比賽開始之前將有多少次嘗試。 目前的賽制是兩名灌籃者合扣八次,另外兩名灌籃者每人灌籃兩次。 總共扣籃 12 次。
為什麼不完全取消最後一輪的概念,只讓每位參賽者扣籃3次,累計得分最高者獲勝? 是的,這會剝奪我們理論上「優秀」扣籃者的扣籃機會,但它會允許適當的戲劇張力並減輕每個競爭對手的創造性負擔。 三個有趣的扣籃比兩個更容易。
這是一個過於簡單化的說法,但扣籃大賽的目標是展示酷炫的扣籃。 也許這項賽事中計劃最好的扣籃今年沒有播出,這應該向所有相關方發出一個信號,即導致這一結果的結構需要改變。 幸運的是,事實證明,近年來NBA在全明星週末方面具有相當大的可塑性。 比賽的形式已經改變了好幾次,聯盟增加了史蒂芬·庫里和薩布麗娜·約內斯庫之間的一對一三分球大戰,這成為了周末的亮點。 灌籃大賽也需要改變,希望聯盟能看到這一點。
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