They just showed video of Love hearing the news from Rambis. Not a single player budged even an inch toward him to congratulate him, and the guy next to him turned his head back toward whoever he was talking to before Love even sat down.
I'm sure he appreciates it. None of his teammates walked up to him to say that, so I'll relay the news that someone cares. LOL
Ellis averaged more points, more steals, more assists, more rebounds, the same number of blocks and was better from 3. Monta was worse than Roy via PER though, but it was about the same difference that Love has over LaMarcus. Minutes? 37 vs 41. Not a huge difference in minutes as Love (37) vs LaMarcus (39) either.
Ellis had a lower PER than Roy in that situation. He was also a lot more inefficient than Roy. Aldridge has a lower PER than Love in this situation. 4 minutes is definitely a big deal.
Then I guess ZBO should have made that year in Portland when he averaged 20/10. What was the reason given that he didn't? The W/L record.
ZBO was not nearly as statistically dominant as Love. I'm not going to bother arguing this any further. I would have been fine with Aldridge or Love. There's no point getting sour over something that doesn't even matter.
lol at you making a body language assessment of the situation. RT @jonahballow Rambis told the #Twolves & @KevinLove during pregame b/f tonight's game. All his teammates cheered & Rambis gave him a hug You are wrong. His teammates don't hate him like you suggest.
Can we please not make this a racial issue. Love is putting up stats that NO ONE has put up in 28 years.
This is exactly right. Regardless of their record, his personality, his race, his defense or his damn religion, he is putting up historic numbers. He deserves to be in the game over Aldridge.
The point is Stern is full of shit. He only cares about marketing. I said weeks ago that LMA only chance was the coaches. Stern's choice was obvious.
It's a racial issue, at least to me. Love plays on a team that has been historically bad since he joined it. His stats have gone up, and the team has gotten worse. That's not a "star" to me.
No. If a black guy recorded a 30/30 game, averaged 20/15 and was about to break the consecutive games with a double-double streak I think he'd get voted in as well. Regardless of how shitty his teammates and his coach are.
I don't know if this is a racial issue, but look at who Stern picked last year as injury replacement players for the All-Star game: David Lee in place of the injured Iverson. Kaman in place of Roy. And who gets in this year by Stern's vote: Kevin Love. So there is some basis/justification on this being a race issue. But who the hell knows how Stern picks 'em?
The all star and his team just lost to an injury ravaged Raptor team by double digits. Toronto came into this game with a 13 game losing streak.
Fantastic post. Repped, and I'm not backing down from race playing a factor in Kevin Love being picked to the AS team.
But Love had 20/15! Of course, Amir Johnson had 19/12 (on 10 shots) with 6 assists, 3 steals, 2 blocks, and 0 turnovers, but that ain't Love's fault! Of course, Bargnani had 30 points as well.
Ten years from now, Love's season might still be memorable. Aldridge's will not. Love is doing things that few other players are able to do, and I think that he deserves it. Randolph arguably deserves it just as much as Love and Aldridge, too... the West is just stacked at the 4. Ed O.
