2019 West All Stars

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  1. illmatic99

    illmatic99 formerly yuyuza1

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    Derrick Rose being voted in is shameful.

    Here is the east too:



    Wade?

    Carter and Boogie being on the lists also is sickening.
     
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    Rose at #2? He’s been great this year, but that is based off of sentiment and not production.
     
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    I voted for Evan Turner.

    It will make it much easier to trade him if he's an All Star.
     
  4. illmatic99

    illmatic99 formerly yuyuza1

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    Fans are stuck in 2011.
     
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    Or the Blazers will just want to keep him then.
     
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    SlyPokerDog Woof! Staff Member Administrator

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    What's wrong with having another All Star on the team?
     
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    illmatic99 formerly yuyuza1

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    It's clearly not market size. Guys like Steven Adams, George, Westbrook, Jokic, and Kemba, and Rose have more votes than Dame. And they're all inferior. Giannis and AD are better than Dame and have way more votes.

    Maybe the team needs to ramp up its marketing efforts more. I know it doesn't matter in the grand scheme of things and Dame will never get voted in as a starter with Steph and Harden in the same conference, but it has to sting a bit. He's having his best season yet and the team is playing well. I hate this for him.
     
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    The All-Star game would be disbanded and never played again if Evan Turner somehow made the team this year.
     
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    I think its TV time.

    Most of those names you listed I believe are all East of the Rockies. People are still up to watch those games and remember the good players. We are lucky if we get 10% of the east to watch a 730pm Pacific time start to check Dame out.
     
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    I don't think you can compare votes for forwards to guards or between conferences. So the only comparison would be for Dame to other guards in the West. You're right though, the marketing by the Blazers to vote for Dame is pretty poor. It doesn't really matter what the fan votes are though.
     
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    I gave up on voting for these stupid things years ago, and assume much of the Portland fan base has gone the same way.
     
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    illmatic99 formerly yuyuza1

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    You can vote for just one player this year and it's pretty simple if you have a google account. You're not forced to pick every player on the roster. I've voted just for Dame a few times already this year.

    Fan voting needs to die. The average fan in 2018 clearly doesn't watch or give a shit.

    And Blazers/McGowan are lucky Dame is low maintenance. I'd be going apeshit if I were him.
     
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    But that also opens up the voting to trolls and hackers to vote people like Rose into a starting spot.
     
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    To your point though, I don't have twitter nor would I use my page to vote for an All-Star game if I had it so I really don't even know how to vote. I guess I could check on NBA.com but it's not really worth the effort. I've never heard of voting on google either and I watch or go to every game.
     
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    If fans want to see Rose in the ASG then let fans see Rose in the ASG. The ASG is suppose to be for us.
     
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    Kinda the same way your posts receive LIKES on here huh? #BAM
     
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    Do fans really want to see Rose in the All-Star game though or is it just a group of people that have made a mockery of the system?
     
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    Then disallow contract incentives for all star and all nba. And quit considering the number of appearances while voting for HOF. The actual NBA all star game is trash. No one really watches that shit. But when it matters so much for legacy, trolls and hackers shouldn't have even the 50% of the say they currently do.
     
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    People have made a mockery of the voting system for a game that is already a mockery?

    Oh no!
     
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