Not the same thing. When Dame complained about not making the team, he didn't "throw shade" at anyone who did. BNM
I agree. And let's face it, Dame was one of the best 12 players in the west last year and the year before. He should have been there. PG has not played better than Dame this year. It just shows you how classy Westbrook is. No surprise Durant left there.
As I stated in another thread, if Westbrook is so concerned about his teammate making the all Star team, he should make sure he gets more shots. Ironic that it wasn't Damian Lillard that kept Paul George off the all star team, it was Russell Westbrook. Suck on that Russ. Rather than jacking up 21.2 FGA/G on .512 TS%, maybe you should give a few more shots to the guy getting 16.4 FGA/G on .572 TS%. BNM
So when a player comes out and talks about being snubbed twice, and it was pretty apparent not just by Blazer fans but the media as well, its him whining? So basically when anyone talks about something that they wanted but they didnt' get it, its whining. okay got it.
Yes. Who should he have made it over? It's not that he didn't deserve to be an all star, it's that others did to.
Last year, he should have made it over DeAndre Jordan. Jordan was the third best player on his team, but with Blake Griffin and Chris Paul both injured at the all star break, the league felt the Clippers had to have someone represent them at the all star game. You could also have made a case for Dame over Marc Gasol. In 2016, he should have made it over Kobe, but that was the fans's choice. BNM
That's true every year. Dame's comment this year is that it was frustrating that for the past couple of seasons he's been the one who got left off. I expect that Paul George feels the same this year and he's already commented how he appreciates Westbrook having his back. Dame has the stats to back up his All-Star credentials. There's nothing unusual about the fact that Dame shared his feelings about being frustrated. If you want to call it "whining", just be sure to note that Paul George, Drummond and others are doing the same thing this year.
Really?? So talking shit about people WITHOUT naming names... is way less whining than Dame literally giving a truthful answer to a question?
Kobe for one....Klay Thompson for another...there are cases to be made for him getting snubbed for two seasons
Easily. An "If PG isn't an allstar, then nobody is" type comment would suffice. But he had to go out of his way to be disrespectful and insulting about it. So glad RW isn't on my favorite team. The contrast between the class, poise and leadership of Dame and the whateverthefuck Westbrook is, is bigger than the Grand Canyon.
There are no positional requirements for the reserves. Coaches usually try to balance the rosters, but its not a requirement. Just last year, 4 of the 7 Eastern Conference reserves were guards. In fact, all of them were point guards (Isaiah Thomas, Kemba Walker, Kyle Lowry and John Wall). The West only had two guards (Westbrook and Klay Thompson), but had THREE centers among their 7 reserves (Marc Gasol, Demarcus Cousins and DeAndre Jordan). Selecting another guard for the West squad over one of those centers would have actually given the West a more balanced roster. BNM
That's just it. Sure Dame has commented on his disappointment. So do a lot of other guys who don't make it. But it was much more the sports media and Dame's teammates pushing the narrative of Dame being snubbed than Dame himself.
Kobe was a fan vote, so that doesn't count. I couldn't agree more that there was a case for Dame. There is a case for someone every year
