OT Is Damian Lillard having the best non-All Star season ever?

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  1. BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94

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    Discuss.
     
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    Yes.
     
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    Who?

    I only follow the stars in the NBA so I'm not sure who you're talking about.
     
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    Damn IS an All Star. The reason why he wasn't chosen as one is the same reason Portland doesn't have the All Star Game or another pro franchise. The short sighted wrong opinions of a few thousand people. Just because that's the opinion of the many doesn't make it RIGHT.


    (Yes. I am one of those individualistic hard asses!) :argument:
     
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    You know, looking at basketball reference revealed two seasons that blew my mind as to why neither player was an all star:

    1 - Shaq in 1998-99. Was he injured that year?
    2 - Dirk in 2000-01. An injury or a snub?
     
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    To be somewhat fair, remember the team was way under .500 in December and Dame didn't go off until after the snub. But, yeah, he was an egregious omission.
     
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    I mean, in terms of his averages, most likely. How many guys are top 6 or 7 in scoring and not in the All-Star game?

    I think if we had been in the playoff picture when the teams were selected, Dame would have made it.
     
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    I wish the all star game would just be eliminated or just have every team have at least one representative. I mean it truly is a bullshit exhibition... Also fan voting kills any legitimacy of who the best players in the NBA are.
     
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    On the one hand I hate that the Pro Bowl is during the Super Bowl. I always though that was stupid.

    On the other, I don't really like that the All-Star teams are picked in the middle of the year.
     
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    1-There was no all-star game that year. 50-game season.
    2-Just his 3rd year in the league, didn't start making ASG's until that next season. Probably still considered a snub given that Sheed and late-career Admiral made it.
     
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    Thanks for the context; that brings it into focus.
     
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    This is the playoff run that ensures Harden never gets into an All Star game while Lillard doesn't.
     
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    Being an all star in the nba is irrelevant in my opinion. Letting fans with biased opinions choose the all star team is ludacrous. If all slots were determined by the coaches, whom have to gameplan for opposing teams on every given night, dame would have been one of the top ten players selected overall. The thing that makes no sense to me is that players have incentives and bonuses built in their contracts for all star appearences. The popularity contest that selects all stars in the current system should not determine financial gain in players contracts. It is a farce, and needs to be changed.
     
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    Yeah too bad k*be and the l*kers were killing it.
     
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    you mean the stars keep you on a short leash
     
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    It's ok...soon enough Adidas will buy add space on Nike Jerseys
     
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