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Calls grow for the NBA to cancel or revamp the All-Star game after this weekend’s All-Star drew the lowest ratings in NBA history.

The All-Star game was a ratings bonanza until the NBA decided to change the format from East vs. West to LeBron James’s team vs everyone else.

On Friday, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver met with the All-Stars to stress the importance of taking the game seriously.

Desperate to increase the ratings for the game, officials asked WNBA superstar Caitlin Clark to participate in the three-point shootout — even though she said “no” months ago.

Fox Sports said Clark “is the biggest star in professional basketball; bigger than LeBron, bigger than Steph, bigger than Giannis, bigger than Wemby. What she does affects everybody. She moves the needle more than anybody in the NBA does.”

That was the last straw for some NBA players, the media and fans.

No longer the center of attention, LeBron faked an injury to skip the All-Star game for the first time in 20 consecutive years.

TNT hosts heavily criticized LeBron for his late decision to sit out the game.

“I think ‘Bron coulda helped somebody else out and said this earlier,” Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green said, according to Awful Announcing.

“Worst All-Star ‘Game’ EVER,” tweeted Kevin O’Connor of Yahoo! Sports.

“The magic of the All-Star game is gone,” Forbes NBA writer Evan Sidery wrote on X.

5X NBA champion Ron Harper wrote: “They’re making a joke out of the all star weekend for sure. It’s not about the players it’s all [about] the entertainment TRASH!!! Go back to EAST WEST GAME @NBAonTNT @NBA.”

A fed up fan on a manosphere board wrote: “Bruh growing up my favorite sport to watch was basketball… It’s really a shame what’s happened to the NBA… These guys have all the power and can literally coast to 100 million dollar contracts. There’s no incentive for them to get better and none of them are students of the game.”