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LOL, nice try.
where's the link?
True battle of good (Mavs) vs evil (rest of NBA and you haters). Not smart to upset the Mavs and the little general. Be afraid...very afraid
Josh Howard
"Motivation, that's all I need," he said of the snub by coaches. "They don't want me to be an All-Star? I'm going to show them. I've been an underdog my whole life. This is just another step to prove everybody who didn't vote for me wrong."
Avery Johnson
"We all know he's playing at an All-Star level," coach Avery Johnson said. "What kind of words? Disappointed? Disgrace?
"Last year when Detroit sent four guys, guys were playing at an All-Star level and their team was being rewarded for having a good record. We didn't get rewarded."
Josh Howard said, "It just makes me stronger. I had a lot of family and friends call and say I was their all-star regardless. We [the Mavs] still got a lot to prove. They still don't think too much about us. We're going to be all right."
"It's like they're punishing us for being the Mavericks," Howard said.
LOL, nice try.
where's the link?
Mav's snub: Addition by omission?
01:31 AM CST on Saturday, February 3, 2007
By EDDIE SEFKO / The Dallas Morning News
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Josh Howard had a feeling he was going to get the short end of the All-Star stick. And he has a few words of advice to all the Western Conference coaches who think he's not worthy.
Mainly, that they may be sorry they omitted him from their ballot.
Howard returned to Dallas on Friday wearing the big smile that only new fathers know. His son came into the world Wednesday night, less than 24 hours before Howard was left off of the All-Star reserves.
"I knew that was going to happen," Howard said. "I've been saying for a long time that the All-Star Game is overrated. I still have an opportunity because of those two guys who are hurt, but it's a long shot to me. So I'm looking forward to spending that time with my son."
Howard could still be in Las Vegas on Feb. 18, but it will require commissioner David Stern replacing one of the injured Western Conference stars, Carlos Boozer or Yao Ming, with Howard. Even if that happens, it's still a bit hollow because the coaches didn't vote him in.
Regardless, Howard will concentrate on the business at hand, which is keeping the Mavericks atop the NBA.
"Motivation, that's all I need," he said of the snub by coaches. "They don't want me to be an All-Star? I'm going to show them. I've been an underdog my whole life. This is just another step to prove everybody who didn't vote for me wrong."
Howard, in his fourth season, has plenty of good years ahead of him and he is likely to be an All-Star before his career is done. But nobody can take away the joy he had on Wednesday when, at 9:38 p.m., his first child was born.
"It's an amazing feeling being able to bring somebody else into this world," he said. "Last night [Thursday] was the first night I actually cried. I'm still stunned about it. All I could do was stare at him."
Howard didn't arrive back in Dallas until after Friday's practice, but teammates and coaches couldn't believe Howard didn't get the call for his first All-Star Game.
"We all know he's playing at an All-Star level," coach Avery Johnson said. "What kind of words? Disappointed? Disgrace?
"Last year when Detroit sent four guys, guys were playing at an All-Star level and their team was being rewarded for having a good record. We didn't get rewarded."
Why not?
"It's hard to figure out," he said. "But Josh is a team player and he'll try to make it next year. We got bigger fish to fry, but it's still disappointing."
As Dirk Nowitzki added, being an All-Star is not why he plays. But Howard is going through a proving process that Nowitzki also endured early in his career.
"I probably deserved to be on one before I made it the first time, so I guess it happens," he said. "You just have to keep working and keep showing the coaches you deserve it."
The Mavericks also felt that a double standard was at work in picking the teams. One argument made for Washington's Caron Butler making the Eastern Conference reserves was that he was averaging 20 points and eight rebounds and wasn't even his team's first option offensively.
Howard's numbers are virtually identical and neither is he the Mavericks' first option. And his team has the league's best record.
"It's like they're punishing us for being the Mavericks," Howard said.
Six teams with poorer records than the Mavericks placed at least two players in the All-Star Game.
"You couldn't help but notice that," said Jason Terry. "The Suns have three players, San Antone has two, but what can you do. You just go on about your business."
Howard said, "It just makes me stronger. I had a lot of family and friends call and say I was their all-star regardless. We [the Mavs] still got a lot to prove. They still don't think too much about us. We're going to be all right."
You gotta be serious right? Until the Mavs can win a le, then...............
I doubt the coaches forgot his timeout fiasco.
Wow, talk about sour grapes.
I thought all that mattered to the Mavs this season was winning a championship anyways. Why whine so much about this?
"It's like they're punishing us for being the Mavericks," Howard said.
They're saying these things in trying to justify the snub. They'll get over it. In the grand scheme, it's not a big deal. Maybe Josh was hyped up by all the talk in the weeks leading up the naming of the reserves and had almost assumed he was in. Avery will keep them focused on the big prize. I just hope Josh doesn't try to do too much and have another game like he did in Chicago last week.
^^^Exactly. That's what would worry me if I were a Mavs fan. Howard's playing at a superb level, individually and within the team system. No need for him to get distracted and try to prove something.
I dont think any Mavs fans are worried about Josh Howard. The people that should be worried about Josh Howard is the rest of the league.
Howard said, "It just makes me stronger. I had a lot of family and friends call and say I was their all-star regardless. We [the Mavs] still got a lot to prove. They still don't think too much about us. We're going to be all right."
Players are snubbed each year for all star and it's not big deal.
why does amarelooms still post here
Who are you? Go to the QUeens forum and off please
If the old ass Spurs start shaking in their nikes they might injury themselves and pull a hamstring lol
Mavs vs. the world! LOOOL
The idea that the coaches "didn't want" Howard on the All-Star team is absolute nonsense. The fact that Howard didn't get enough votes and that the voting seems odd to some people, on the other hand, is fairly easy to explain, as John Hollinger has with a convincing hypothesis:
How to improve All-Star reserve selection process
By John Hollinger
Blame the system.
It's easy to think that the Western Conference coaches are fools for taking three guards on the All-Star team when the conference is dominated by forwards. It gets even easier when one realizes the league's leading scorer was among the omissions.
But the result of any vote is only as good as the system it uses, and in this case the All-Star voting process has a fairly obscure flaw that can lead to results like the ones we saw Thursday. The way it's set up, it's possible for multiple players at a position with weak compe ion to make the squad ahead of better players at a very strong position, even if that's a result that none of the coaches intended.
Let me construct a model of the vote and walk you through it so you can see what I mean. The system requires the coaches to choose two guards, two forwards, a center and two "wild cards" from any position. The league then tallies up everybody's votes and announces the winners.
We'll begin with the Western Conference guards. One of the choices was obvious: Steve Nash. Presumably he was on every ballot except Mike D'Antoni's (coaches can't vote for their own players). But at the other guard spot, suppose that the coaches were evenly split between Tony Parker and Allen Iverson as the second guard, and that no other candidate drew a vote. Additionally, suppose that D'Antoni would vote for both since he can't select Nash. In this example, it's possible that each would end up with eight votes from the 15 coaches.
Now move on to the forwards. Again, there were two fairly obvious choices: Dirk Nowitzki and Carlos Boozer. Dirk was probably unanimous except for his own coach, and Boozer may have been, as well (the votes were cast before the extent of Boozer's knee injury was known).
At center, Amare Stoudemire was also probably a near-unanimous choice (though it doesn't affect the discussion any if Marcus Camby got a few votes.)
Here's where it gets tricky. The coaches can also select two wild cards at any position to fill out their roster. Presumably they all went for forwards, given the strength of the position in the West. But if they all went for different forwards, there's a real problem. Suppose that among the four primary candidates at forward -- Shawn Marion, Josh Howard and Elton Brand -- Marion pulled down 11 votes while the other three got seven apiece.
In that case, when the league tallied up the votes, the final result would be:
Nowitzki -- 14
Nash -- 14
Boozer -- 14
Stoudemire -- 14
Marion -- 11
Parker -- 8
Iverson -- 8
Anthony -- 7
Brand -- 7
Howard -- 7
So Parker and Iverson would make it ahead of the three forwards, even though no coach (except D'Antoni, who had to) put both players on their ballot. Which is a striking outcome, because it produces three guards on the team even if every coach wanted only two.
And the more muddled the forward picture gets, the more likely this scenario is to happen. For instance, if Zach Randolph had pinched a few votes from the other three at the bottom, the margin between the two guards and the forward would be even greater. In fact, in extreme cases it's possible to end up with four guards and two forwards on the team even if the coaches wanted four forwards and two guards.
We can't know whether this is what happened because the league doesn't announce the voting results, but it's the most logical explanation. And if it is the cause, this probably isn't the first time. For instance, the Eastern Conference had a few weird years at the start of the decade when two centers made it as reserves even though the league was dominated by guards -- this model shows why.
Is there an easy way to fix it? Sure.
Have the coaches vote for the five subs at each position first. Then have them vote for the two "wild cards" at any position from the players that are left. It would take a little longer and wouldn't produce a tidy little announcement of all seven players at once. But if that system were in place, the Western Conference would have four forwards and two guards on the squad like everybody intended, rather than an All-Star team nobody would have selected on his own.
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Of course, the problem with applying rational thought to something like this is that it immediately takes away the "disrespected" card, while depriving fans of having something to whine about.
ill go there if you go back to the troll forumWho are you? Go to the QUeens forum and off please
btw, you forgot that to be a good troll you atleast have to be a little funny
WGAS what you think...you will not get another response from me...later bagill go there if you go back to the troll forum
btw, you forgot that to be a good troll you atleast have to be a little funny
WGAS what you think...you will not get another response from me...later bag
Is that you Ponky?
Is that you Ponky?
actually ponky posts here as ponky
Howard is not the only worthy snub. How about Kidd and Carter whose team is not even winning in the anic division going over Ben Gordon or Rip Hamilton?
LMFAO, uh I think he IS serious and I think you meant "You can't be serious, right?"
it's one interview that focused on the all-star game for maybe a minute total...i don't think he'll continue whining about it on and on and on and on.....like after a spurs regular season loss, when the whine just keeps flowingWow, talk about sour grapes.
I thought all that mattered to the Mavs this season was winning a championship anyways. Why whine so much about this?
"It's like they're punishing us for being the Mavericks," Howard said.
I know that, just giving her a bad time!
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