<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>NEW YORK, Feb. 10, 2008 ?€“ Detroit Pistons forward Rasheed Wallace has been named by NBA Commissioner David Stern to replace injured East All-Star Kevin Garnett (abdominal muscle strain) of the Boston Celtics for the 2008 NBA All-Star Game on Sunday, Feb. 17 in New Orleans. Wallace will be making his fourth NBA All-Star appearance. East All-Star head coach Doc Rivers will determine which player on his roster will replace Garnett in the starting line-up. The NBA All-Star Game on Sunday, Feb. 17, will air live on TNT and ESPN Radio beginning at 8 p.m. EST. The game will also be telecast in over 200 countries and broadcast on NBA.com.</div> http://www.nba.com/allstar2008/news/wallace_20080210.html What...the...f***. the 13 point, 7 rebound, 2 assist wonder who's half the player he used to be. No Hedo???!?! No Allen??!! This is complete bullshit. Stern and the coaches really fucked up on this one. I don't think I'm even gonna watch the All-Star game, now.
obviously the reason they picked sheed was because they were looking for a big man. Detroit has been killing so far and who else would you have picked as a big man in the east? Turkoglu doesn't represent a big man, neither does Calderon. Zach Randolph? Big Z? Bogut? Wallace was as good of a choice as any.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (JFizzleRaider @ Feb 10 2008, 06:00 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>obviously the reason they picked sheed was because they were looking for a big man. Detroit has been killing so far and who else would you have picked as a big man in the east? Turkoglu doesn't represent a big man, neither does Calderon. Zach Randolph? Big Z? Bogut? Wallace was as good of a choice as any.</div> Who gives a shit if it's a big man? I mean, honestly. Hedo's 6-10, that's just as tall as Chris Bosh. And he's not even that good. He is not an all-star level player any more. Hedo, on the other hand, is having his best overall season yet. And Ray Allen is a deserving all-star, on the best team in the league! And I don't buy into that, one bit. The All-Star game is something for the best and most deserving players in the league (and, if you're thinking about the fan voting, most popular). In no way, shape, or form should Sheed have ever been selected. The most obvious choices were disreguarded (twice). How the hell they fucked this one up is beyond me.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (pegs @ Feb 10 2008, 06:17 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (JFizzleRaider @ Feb 10 2008, 06:00 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>obviously the reason they picked sheed was because they were looking for a big man. Detroit has been killing so far and who else would you have picked as a big man in the east? Turkoglu doesn't represent a big man, neither does Calderon. Zach Randolph? Big Z? Bogut? Wallace was as good of a choice as any.</div> Who gives a shit if it's a big man? I mean, honestly. Hedo's 6-10, that's just as tall as Chris Bosh. And he's not even that good. He is not an all-star level player any more. Hedo, on the other hand, is having his best overall season yet. And Ray Allen is a deserving all-star, on the best team in the league! And I don't buy into that, one bit. The All-Star game is something for the best and most deserving players in the league (and, if you're thinking about the fan voting, most popular). In no way, shape, or form should Sheed have ever been selected. The most obvious choices were disreguarded (twice). How the hell they fucked this one up is beyond me. </div> Well, yeah! What, they need another center for the matchups? LOL. There is no justification for this. Thank God Shaq wasn't available.
wahhh wahh wahh Who gives a shit if so and so didnt make it. Like OMG its a travesty! Whether you want to watch it or not, it will still go on and I'll be one of millions watching it regardless of if someone got "snubbed" It's all a matter of opinion
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (JFizzleRaider @ Feb 10 2008, 06:38 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>wahhh wahh wahh Who gives a shit if so and so didnt make it. Like OMG its a travesty! Whether you want to watch it or not, it will still go on and I'll be one of millions watching it regardless of if someone got "snubbed" It's all a matter of opinion</div> Why so emotional? People can't be upset the coaches for picking an undeserving player over a deserving one? The NBA should be happy anyone cares enough at this point to even notice.
Sheed has been picked on the basis he is a pretty big fan favourite.... duh Do you really think the average fan would be wanting to wear a Wallace or a Turkeyslapyomamawithsomeuhuglue jersey? Its a typical Stern move to be honest. If anything the guy who was robbed was Gerald Wallace. That guy is intense.
There are so many more deserving players than 'Sheed. Hedo, Josh Smith, Ray Allen, just to name a few, all should have been on there before him.
So, I'm not sure if anyone else watched PTI today, but they were talking about this. Apparently, 'Sheed doesn't even want to go to the ASG. He already had plans for the weekend. Does anyone think this might affect this choice? Maybe if he speaks up about it, he might not end up going since he apparently doesn't want to be there.
