Golden State Warriors point guard Stephen Curry was honored with the opportunity to be one of the team captains for this year's All-Star Game.
As the leading vote-getter in the Western Conference, he'll get to pick whatever player he wants from a pool of 12, regardless of conference. It's an interesting tweak concocted by the NBA to somehow make the game itself more interesting for fans to watch.
Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James will get to do the same as the player from the Eastern Conference who got the most votes.
There has been some controversy over the NBA deciding not to televise or at least publicize the order of the players chosen by Curry and James. Many believe it would make the team captain thing more fun if the fans got to see it actually go down.
But there's a sense that players don't really want that, and Curry is one of those players, per Connor Letourneau of the San Francisco Chronicle.
Curry said he thinks it’s a good idea to not televise the All-Star Game draft this year. Thinks the league should have a year to figure things out before it’s put on TV.
— Connor Letourneau (@Con_Chron) January 20, 2018
Curry's position is somewhat understandable. It may be a bit unfair to expect the league to get something perfect when it's the first time it's trying something new.
But this seems like a no-brainer from the NBA's perspective. If the goal is to create as much hype around the actual All-Star Game on that Sunday, the NBA would want the fans to follow the storylines of Curry picking certain players, or James picking or not picking Kyrie Irving.
It doesn't feel like televising the draft would need a trial run. They already do it when teams draft college players into the NBA. Let's get this done, NBA.
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