lol when your job is at stake you use a proxy...jeez people lighten up I just thought you all would like the early info.
It reminds me of the 1999-2000 season, when the Blazers were 38-11 at the All-Star break, and only Rasheed Wallace made the AS team. Rasheed was the best player on that team, and the Blazers not having an AS would have been a shame, just as the Spurs not getting an AS would be this year. Since Ginobli was already in, I have to assume that Duncan was a legacy vote based on record. If that is the case, then Pippen should have been an AS in 99-00, because it was a two team Western Conference race between the Blazers and the Lakers.
I can see that, but, sometimes, the best team maybe doesn't have a deserving all star. And that's ok. The sum being greater than the parts and all that. Garnett doesn't deserve to be there. That's a joke also. But, it's the All Star Game. I don't cafre all that much, would have liked to see LA make it, but am happy he will get some rest.
johnhollinger Tough choice for Stern. Nash, Love, Z-Bo, Aldridge, West, Parker all in play. I'd go Love or Nash. He may go for Ws with West or Park
KG definitely deserves to be there. His stats are good enough (21.5 PER) and he has the best defensive rating in the whole league.
15 and 9 are AS numbers? And yay for his DRTG. Boozer is a very mediocre defender, and he sports a 97 DRTG.
points and rebounds are stats that people who have no clue what they are talking about look at to determine how good a player is. Top 20 in the NBA in PER, with excellent defense and the best record in the East = NBA All-Star
From Quick: Initial reaction of LaMarcus Aldridge upon hearing he was not an All-Star: "I told you so. Didn't I say that from the start?'' Question for you guys: Is LA's comment just being realistic, or is it more along the lines of having a defeatist mentality?
In recent years LMA got much better at the 2nd half of the year. I suspect he is going to be just fine and going to have plenty of big-scoring games to finish the year. I suspect it is also a care of him knowing his start of the year was not as good as some (like Griffin). I personally think he is being realistic
You really think little Napoleon gives a damn what Pops thinks? Stern is all about image and marketing and right now K-Love is media darling, and Nash is a former MVP and has a game tailor made for the all-star game. I'll be floored if Stern picks LMA.
The NBA wants to have as much Hollywood royalty at the game, no matter how long ago they were important (Dianne Cannon, Jack Nicholson, the majority of "famous" Laker fans), as possible. And having Brian Wilson's cousins nephew on the team gives them one more shot at highlighting just how freaking awesome Los Angeles is, and how the rest of us suck for not living there. 10 bucks says if Love makes it, they'll make a dated "Good Vibrations" remark, or something similarly stupid.
