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Amare shouldn't be a starter, it should probably be Dirk with Pau a very close second.
But both guys are pretty much a lock as the reserves.
I'm surprised Pau doesn't have more Spanish voters.
Gasol Casts All-Star Votes for Himself
By Brett Pollakoff
Even with the Lakers having the best record in the league, the team is going to have a tough time getting any of their players besides Kobe Bryant into the starting lineup for the Western Conference All-Star team. That's because the starters are voted on by the fans, and that means that they can put anyone they want on their ballot, whether there are more deserving candidates out there or not. But that hasn't stopped Pau Gasol from casting a few votes for himself, in hopes of making it to the big game in Phoenix on February 15th.
“Once or twice, just to give me a couple of extra votes,” Gasol said, smiling.
Unfortunately for Gasol, one or two votes aren't going to cut it. He's currently sixth among Western Conference forwards, and trails the leading vote-getter (Tim Duncan) by over 600,000 votes.
The voting thing only applies to the players that will start the game however, so Gasol still has a shot to be selected, and a good one at that. The reserves are chosen by the head coaches in each conference, and when you look at the numbers, Gasol should be a lock.
Tim Duncan and Amare Stoudemire are currently in line to start, and the rest of the players ahead of Gasol in the voting are Carmelo Anthony, Dirk Nowitzki, and Ron Artest. Anthony's going to be out for the next three weeks with a broken hand, and Artest's numbers don't stack up to Gasol's 17 points and almost nine rebounds a game.
Unless something really crazy happens over the next couple of weeks, Nowitzki and Gasol are pretty much guaranteed to be your Western Conference All-Star reserves at the forward spot. So stuffing the ballot box, at this point, really isn't necessary.
Amare shouldn't be a starter, it should probably be Dirk with Pau a very close second.
But both guys are pretty much a lock as the reserves.
I'm surprised Pau doesn't have more Spanish voters.
what a
Why not Amare?
Dirk and Pau have more impact on a game than Amare.
Pau has been way better than Amare
Because Dirk, Duncan, Gasol, and Durant have all been better.
his ballot ranking is even more overrated than his real level. IMHO Gasol is hardly worth the top 6 forwards in the east, though he is a spanish guy. Gasol is pretty good a roster and has equiped himself to the lakers team perfectly, but his personal abilities are not well matched up with his own fame and his team's. Amare/TD/Scola/Boozer/Dirk/D West are all above him, not to mention those remarkable SFs like Melo and Artest. Gasol is pretty good but still slightly below all-star level.
The way David West shat all over him today makes me want to see West in the All-star.
West deserves it much more than Gasol. BTW Gasol is freaking soft.
I agree. Dirk should start over Amare.
The Giant Leprechaun is just voting the votes he's supposed to vote.
Gasol should and will be an All-Star id say. Even after todays torching by West.
The only way for Gasol to be a starter is that the Lakers trade him for T-Mac
exactly, but no way should lakers trade Pau for him unless Morey abducts Phil Jackson's families.
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