LeBron James calls LaMarcus Aldridge the "biggest snub in All-Star history."

And that was before the game and before LMA dominated the Heat last night!

http://twitter.com/IraHeatBeat/statuses/45264284921503744

We needed another thread regarding King James, since we toppled the Heat.

 

Aldridge started playing at a high level much too late to be noticed. A half-month or month of good showings didn't entitle him to the All-Star Game. If he keeps it up, he'll get in next time.

Speaking of the All-Star Game, Gerald Wallace sure gets a lot of credit for having made it one time. When someone makes it in once, but doesn't make a habit of it, it may have been an error, like Magloire.

 

Or that they played on a mediocre team in a small market city, like, well, Wallace.

 

Maybe so, but even after dominating Bosh and the Heat last night he got no notice. So it goes on the NBA island of the NW. I sure hope another team moves up here ASAP,three LA teams is Ridiculous.

 

I think its time we all move on and forget about LMA being snubbed. Lets focus our attention on the Most Improved award or Playoff MVP.

Bosh has got to be one of the most over paid players in the league.

 

what a jerk that LaBron is

I'm sticking with my prediction that LA makes an All-NBA team this year

STOMP

 

la got screwed no doubt

 

To me it read: "This is my attempt to get Aldridge to force a trade here since Bosh turned into Cherokee Parks"

 

Yet one-half a season of putting up big numbers on a BAD BAD BAD team is deserving of the slot in Aldridge's place?

Regardless of everyone saying Aldridge didn't "deserve" to be an All-Star, Love should not have got named over him at the time. Losers shouldn't play in the All-Star game.

 

I don't know if he's the biggest of all-time, but he's definitely one of the biggest snubs.

 

Love had half a season of big numbers on a bad team. Then all star voting occurred. A couple of weeks before voting ended, Aldridge began getting big numbers on a middle team. Too late.

No, Love was not more deserving, but he was more noticeable, because there was enough lead time. Aldridge was not snubbed, but Roy may have been. If an injured Yao (or Magic after he retired from HIV) can be voted in, then Roy could have been, too.

 

Why does everyone always turn this into LA v Love?

Duncan shouldn't have even been there.

 

All-Star voting began around the 41 game mark? Mid-December was a couple weeks before voting ended?

I think you have the All-Star voting calendar wrong, because your timeline has voting ending before it begins.

 

I didn't think Roy had ever been voted in by the fans like Magic and Yao. I think he's always been a coaches choice. Am I imagining that? Yes, voting in Magic and Yao is a joke but we always get stupid starter picks coming out of the fan vote.

 

It wasn't about "fan voting" anyway. The coaches pick the reserves and they had until just a few days before the All Star break. And then of course Stern got to pick a replacement. LaMarcus was definitely a huge snub!

 

Two corrections, Aldridge started putting up big numbers on 12/15 - over two months before the all-star game.

This has nothing to do with fan voting, or when the voting ended. Love was selected as a replacement player by David Stern in early February. By then, Aldridge had been putting up big numbers - and leading his team to wins, for a little under two months. That's what makes this a big snub. Aldridge getting overlooked by the fans is to be expected. Aldridge getting overlooked by the coaches was a snub, Getting overlooked by Stern was a marketing choice. Stern desperately wants a new white American superstar - and until he gets one, Kevin Love will have to do.

BNM

 

Crap, beat me to the punch by one minute.

BNM

 

I think the main thing is he didn't do it all year. Why go with a player that had done well for part of the season compare to a player that has done it all season? Of course Duncan is another matter.

 

Did you watch NBA TV after the Blazers beat the Heat last night? Rick Kamla, Kevin McHale and Chris Webber were ALL heaping praise on LaMarcus, then they had him on for an interview, and continued to give him glowing praise after the interview. It was pretty much a 20 minute LaMarcus love fest. Aldridge is definitely starting to get noticed in the national media, especially be people who actually watch the games.

Winning POTM helps. And, if he finishes the year starting, he should be a favorite to win Most Improved.

BNM

 

Funny, I just watched a recording of that. I liked the LA interview. Nice they had him explain the change and his work this off season and the reason for it. Good interview.