On the 2005 All Star Ballot representing the Utah Jazz. Forwards Andrei Kirilenko Carlos Boozer Guards Matt Harpring Carlos Arroyo Do you think these guys are worthy of been on the ballot and will they get your vote?
Can we please be realistic here? I suppose Aroyo has a chance, because like Yao has he another country voting for him. But even so I don't think he's well known enough. Depending on the Jazz's record both of these players have a chance to make the team. I think it is likely that one of them will get snubbed though, as they are not anyhere near being the most popular forwards in the L.
Yeah, I'd like to see AK47 in the All-Star game. I'm not a huge Boozer fan, but he's playing well enough, also. But, you have to consider Tim Duncan, Kevin Garnett, Dirk Nowitzki, Amare Stoudemire, Corey Maggette, Shawn Marion, Pau Gasol, Carmelo Anthony...it's going to be tough. As for Arroyo and Harpring, no chance.
I don't expect any of the Jazzmen on the ballot to get voted in, although Arroyo has a country behind him in Puerto Rico. They just don't have the fan base. Although I think either Carlos Boozer or Andrei Kirilenko could well get on the bench through the coaches choices. Both have been playing well, and AK47 made it in last season.
If the Jazz have a really good record mid-way through the season, I think there's a good chance that Kirilenko and Boozer will get chosen. Man, it's amazing how loaded the West is at the 4-spot. Every team except the Sonics, Warriors, and my Rockets have an all-star caliber player at power-forward. Boozer, Garnett, Randolph, Martin, Stoudemire, Brand, Webber, Duncan, Nowitski, Gasol, Odom, Magloire. We should send out an all-star team of just power forwards.
