Breaking: Kwame Brown Blames Stephen Curry for All-star Game’s Downfall
Kwame Brown has gone after an NBA great again, but this time it’s Stephen Curry, not LeBron James. Brown stated on his Bust Life show that he did not enjoy the 2025 All-Star Game and he believes the Golden State Warriors star is the one who has ruined the event.
“We saw the game and I couldn’t help but be disgusted,” Brown said. “The NBA All-Star Game is over as we know it. It is definitely over. I thought the competition of the NBA went down but watching that All-Star Game, where you’re supposed to have the best of the best and the best of the best come together and they put together that performance?
“That was terrible,” Brown continued. “To break it up into four teams going to 40 points, like what is this? The Big damn 3? This don’t make any sense whatsover… I’m going to apologize to all the old-school players that ever played. Steph Curry created this version of the All-Star game. No wonder it’s a Soy Boy a** All-Star game. Sorry Steph Curry, that s*** was terrible.”
Brown did not offer an explanation for this take but he might be referring to the fact that Curry had a part to play in the new format that was used this year. During an interview with Tim Kawakami of The San Francisco Standard, the 11-time All-Star revealed NBA commissioner Adam Silver had asked for his input on what changes could be made to the game this past offseason.
“My advice was: It’s not a bad thing to change it up entirely and try something new, knowing that you could always come back to the traditional format if whatever you decide doesn’t work,” Curry said. “And then spitballing a bunch of different ideas to try to shorten the game a little bit. Create a different kind of scenario where you can try to inspire some competition.
“Obviously, it comes down to the players, whether you play or not,” Curry added. “But I like where it’s at. It’s going to be different. It’s going to be critiqued. And that’s kind of what you want.”
Well, it got critiqued a lot, although, for once, most of it was not directed at the players. Sure, they could have played harder but they weren’t helped by the fact that there were too many stoppages. Neither the players nor the fans liked that and the NBA definitely needs to reduce them if they persist with this format in 2026.
You can’t be too hard on Curry for this format not working out, though. The 36-year-old was not pressuring the league to go with his suggestion, and you’d think he’d have never suggested it in the first place if he had known there would be so many stoppages.
Curry did just fine despite the interruptions, though. He helped Shaq’s OG’s win the mini-tournament and was named MVP as well. While Curry would have been pleased by that, he’d have shifted his focus to the games that matter soon enough. He and the 28-27 Warriors will be in action next against the Sacramento Kings at Golden 1 Center on Friday at 10 PM ET.
