If you can’t fix it, kill it, says Kevin Durant. After a disastrous NBA All-Star weekend that fans, players and pundits seemingly universally despised, Durant is prepared to give the weekend’s events the death penalty even after debuting a new format.
That number is a 13 percent decrease on the 2024 NBA All-Star Game, which drew 5.398 million viewers. And the numbers get even worse than that. It was the second-least-watched game in the event’s history, according to Front Office Sports, barely beating out the 2023 game, which had about 4.6 million people watching.