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gasol remplace yao...
- manu
- d williams
- duncan
- griffin
- dirk
- westbrook
doubt, tony o love..
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Only Manu deserves to be an all star.
Paul, Bryant, Anthony, Durant, Deron Williams, Westbrook, Ginobili, Gasol, Love, Aldridge, Griffin and Dirk should be the all stars for the western conference.
Duncan deserves a nod as well. Duncan is still a better pick over aldridge. Duncan is top ten in rebounding and blocked shots.
Just to show they're the worst homers in the NBA, the Mavs' announcers seriously think Chandler should be an AS reserve.
As long as Griffin is there I don't give a .
Just to show they're the worst homers in the NBA, the Mavs' announcers seriously think Chandler should be an AS reserve.
As long as Griffin is there I don't give a .I just saw that too
Naw, Aldridge is having a better year man. Duncan should get there off name alone, but he deserves to be in that game as well. Aldridge having a great year.
Chuck put Garnett on his reserves list. Timmy wasn't on his list because he doesn't give Lifetime Achievement Awards, but he gives Garnett the nod? Tim and KG have been playing similar roles all season. Tim's team has a better record and he hasn't missed a game all season unlike KG yet KG deserves to get in anyway.
I don't understand that. Oh well Timmy will probably get voted in anyway.
Traditionally the team with the best record gets multiple all star nods. Recently Boston and Detroit both got 3 players in even though strictly from a statistical standpoint others were having better seasons. I am certain the Spurs will have at least 2 if not 3 players on the team. Although, I kind of hope Tony does not get in. I think his personality would cause him to play with a chip on his shoulder the rest of the season because of it and ultimately be beneficial to the team.
Aldridge, Griffin and Monta need to make it.... ellis is having a better season than any of the other guards
Barkley says that he picked 4 BOS players because of Boston's record yet he has only Manu from the Spurs which has the best record in the league. I think Stern will replace Yao with Duncan.
He does play hard when he feels slighted or against players like Kidd.
I could see the Big 3 of Timmy, Tony, and Manu making it, but I doubt it. I think Manu and Timmy will get voted in. So we're looking at Paul, Bryant, Anthony, Durant, Deron Williams, Westbrook, Ginobili, Timmy, Gasol, Aldridge, Griffin and Dirk.
All three deserve to be and if they had done the same thing they'd done but were on the Celtics or Lakers, there wouldn't even be a discussion.
Inevitably, now that it's in the coaches hands, Duncan will be viewed as a center, because that's what he is at this stage of his career. Looking at West centers, only Gasol is more deserving.
I fully expect Parker to get snubbed.
As for Griffin, I'm a fan like most, but based on how the standards for this have always been, he has no business being selected. Previous standards shouldn't just be thrown out the window because he's exciting and likable. The last rookie to be selected by coaches is Duncan, who at the time was in the midst of spearheading the biggest one season turnaround in league history.
I'll say these seven are selected (not including Gasol, because we all know he'll be named a starter) . . .
F- Aldridge, Griffin, Nowitzki, C- Duncan, G- Ginobili, Westbrook, Williams
All but Aldridge and Griffin are locks. West could get in over either.
That's who I think will be selected. As far as who I think should be, I'd go with six of the seven, but replace Griffin with Parker.
elllis over westbrook!!
Oh, how I do love these AS threads. I like em', I love em', I want some more of em'.
Is it really important?
I don't think that Manu, Parker and Duncan caring too much to be All-Star. They became several times, they all focus on team success instead of personnel stats, they don't have to be labelled as All-star while their contract extension time arrives. They don't care, and also we shouldn't. I'm not watching ASG since 3 or 4 years.
If POP were the only one voting, I think we would say, nahhhh our guys need rest.
I'll take 39-7 everytime if it meant no All-Stars.
OK: Manu and TD
KO: Parker
Oh and 38/7 >>>> ASG
If the 05-06 Pistons desrved 4 all-stars this Spurs team deserves 3
griffin and Ellis are losers
we can see them when they win some games
Griffin is good and he should make it, Monta is just a wanna be A.I he's ing bad.
They were also just talking about this on the ticket and putting Chandler as one of the top 3 big men in the West.Just to show they're the worst homers in the NBA, the Mavs' announcers seriously think Chandler should be an AS reserve.
As long as Griffin is there I don't give a .
http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.c...game-reserves/These should be your All-Star Game reserves
Kurt Helin
The fans have spoken — the 10 NBA All-Star Game starters have been chosen. And as we said before, good on ya. The fans did well this time around.
The way this works is the fans pick the five starters, then the coaches (or more likely an assistant coach, or the video guy, or the team PR guy) pick the next seven. Then David Stern gets one last pick, because he is David Stern.
We’re not sure who the coaches will pick, but here’s who they should pick. Or at least who would be on our ballot if we were a coach (or an assistant coach, or the video guy, or the team PR guy).
Eastern Conference:
Al Horford (Atlanta Hawks, center): Dude is blowing up this season and nobody noticed. He’s still scoring (16.3 per game) but doing it with the best shooting percentage of his career (57 percent). His rebounding is still strong, but his assist percentage is way up while his turnovers are way down. Horford is another guy who exemplifies why the ballot needs to be changed.
Chris Bosh (Miami Heat, forward): Averaging 18.2 points and 8.6 rebounds, and if you don’t think he’s key for Miami you haven’t watched the last couple games with him out.
Kevin Garnett (Boston Celtics, forward): The anchor of the best team in the East so far. He is moving like the old KG this season, and that should scare teams come the playoffs.
Paul Pierce (Boston Celtics, forward): Scoring 19 points a game to lead the Celtics and shooting a better-than-Ray Allen 51.4 percent. This isn’t really even a question, unless you are Josh Smith‘s mom.
Ray Allen (Boston Celtics, guard): Bill Walton was doing the Boston broadcast of last night’s game and said this of Allen’s jumper: “Flawless … like Yosemite Falls coming right through the rim.” Couldn’t have said it better ourselves.
Rajon Rondo (Boston Celtics, guard): I can’t wait to see him throw an ally-oop to LeBron in transition. Maybe the best passing point guard in the game, and he’s improved his game enough to be here easily.
And yes, four Celtics get in.
Carlos Boozer (Chicago Bulls, forward): He’s only played 27 games since returning from a hand injury, and he’s missed games since… and he’s still the best player in the East for the final spot. You can make a case for Joe Johnson or Josh Smith out of Atlanta, there’s a buzz for Raymond Felton. I would not be livid with any of those. But for the guy who has been the best when he played, it’s Boozer for me.
As tough as that last pick was, it’s nothing like choosing the reserves for the…
Western Conference:
Pau Gasol (Los Angeles Lakers, forward): He probably should have been chosen over Carmelo Anthony by the fans, but Gasol should get to start anyway when Gregg Popovich names him to step in for Yao Ming. Gasol still the most fundamentally sound big in the game.
Dirk Nowitzki (Dallas Mavericks, forward): This is another gimmee — until his injury he was in the running for league MVP. Plus, we need someone in this game to shoot a lot of contested long two pointers… wait, forgot we already had ‘Melo.
Kevin Love (Minnesota Timberwolves, forward): The best rebounder in the game. Nifty footwork that gets him good looks. The game should be about rewarding excellence and Love has been that this season, even if it took Kurt Rambis a while to realize it.
Blake Griffin (Los Angeles Clippers, forward): Tough call with LaMarcus Aldridge, Lamar Odom and David West all being very deserving. At the end of the day the All-Star game is an exhibition, and while I might pick West first for a playoff game I’ll take Griffin first in this setting.
Manu Ginobili (San Antonio Spurs, guard): The best player and leading scorer on the best team in the league. Another must from the coaches.
Russell Westbrook (Oklahoma City Thunder, guard): If the Thunder are a better team this season, Westbrook is the reason why. He has taken a leap forward.
Deron Williams (Utah Jazz, guard): He is the Utah Jazz, and the Jazz are pretty good (well, except for the past couple weeks, but we’ll overlook that for these purposes). Debate if he is the best or third best PG in the game, but he is certainly an All-Star.
Yao Ming’s replacement (David Stern will fill this roster spot): Tim Duncan (San Antonio Spurs, center, er, forward): Yes he’s older, the scoring and offense now flow through Ginobili and Parker. Yes, Tyson Chandler is a legitimate consideration here. Duncan still anchors the defense, rebounds and gets key buckets for the league’s best team. He has earned the spot.
That seems about right to me.
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