A new All-Star tournament, yet the ratings were the second lowest in 25 years’ history! This year’s All-Star Game averaged just 4.7 million viewers across TNT platforms—a 13 percent drop from last year. The problem for Adam Silver keeps on increasing as rumors about adding another contest emerge. But to help out the Commissioner, former Champions Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce have provided two solutions to fix the issue.

The Truth called the weekend “overproduced” and suggested creating a “union of former players.” The aim of it was pretty simple, “Cuz I think we can like really help that situation and some of the current players. So I think if we do that, we can come to like a board where we talk about some ideas and kind of you know, go into a room slice it up and see what we can come up.” However, Kevin Garnett was not on board.

Since The Big Ticket believed the onus was not the former players to lead by example. “I think the NBA needs to take some young guys take them in the room sit them down. ‘Hey man how how y’all want to do the All-Star game?’ You know this is their All-Star game.” The 2004 MVP also sent a message for the players to take All-Star games seriously, not just for on-court action. KG suggested that All-Star Weekend has enough viewership for players to market themselves.

“So, the Three-Point Contest, the Skills Challenge, and the Dunk Contest are great platforms for you to get anything off for free.” Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce previously also suggested adding another contest in the mix to boost the viewership.

How the Celtics duo agreed on one thing for the rumored change

“You know what we need to throw in the All-Star weekend? We need to throw in ones… Put it out there… Fresh [1] million [as the prize money]. Who wants to come out and play for $1 million?” On a previous episode of their podcast, before the ASG, KG wanted the league to introduce the 1v1 tournament.

Paul Peirce wanted to raise the stakes even higher and suggested a $10 million prize for the winner. The 19-year veteran also suggested he would pick the 30 best players from the pool of stars who sign up. After the viewership declined this year, reports of the NBA entertaining the idea of introducing the one-on-one tournament emerged. It will reportedly be part of the 2026 All-Star weekend, and the players will have a chance to win even $1 million.

Many players like Anthony Edwards, James Harden, and Giannis Antetokounmpo gave thumbs up to the idea. Kevin Garnett already knows his winner if the addition is official. So, let’s see if Adam Silver signs on it and also takes into consideration the previous suggestion from the Big Ticket and The Truth.