Tony Parker @tonyparker
What a great honor to go back to the All Star Game ! Thank you everybody, my teamates... Go Spurs Go !!!!
All Star is a popularity contest, that doesn't change a lot when it comes time to pick the reserves.
Would have preferred none of them making it and it lighting a fire under their asses. With the exception of a couple of contusions here and there, Parker's only excuse for his regression this season can be the effort he expended over the summer on the French National team. This nod eliminates the only time he was going to get a decent amount of rest in.
It was a pity selection because the Spurs have a pretty good record. Parker's playing the worst defense of his career.
Now he can rest from the spurs and play good ball... then come fresh to the team and show us some new hero moves.
TD should've been there over Dirk, tbh...
Congrats Tony
Dirk deserved it, tbh, he's having a great year..
Anthony Davis, Dragic and Lowry getting snubbed is ing embarrassing, tbh..
A Davis is a beast
I am glad he got selected to it but Tony needs some rest so I'd love it if he came down with a mysterious illness so he would have to sit it out.
Stfu got
This selection sucks anyway, spurs should shut him down one week before and after asg tbh... It is what it is tho
Dragic is the biggest snub. The Suns are a playoff team and he didn't get recognized?
On the contrary, I think Tim is widely considered one of the greatest players of all time, and in the top 2 of his generation if not number 1. At the same time, he's gotten his respectful consideration by coaches over the years in seasons where he wasn't voted in. It ends eventually. I don't think a "just short of retirement" guy should necessarily be selected, especially considering the beast he was last year garnering All NBA accolades and to follow that up with a dismal 1st half of the season. Had Tim had just a few better games early on or had the Spurs actually beaten some good teams with Duncan's clutch performances, I'm sure he'd be there. Right now he's just a face.
Or Lebron. Love has always put up gawdy numbers. Now that LA is hurting and wants Love to come over, they are no doubt voting for him, plus there's no LA fan favorite at that spot.Davis - Not yet an established All-Star and on a team with a losing record. This has always a death knell, unless you're Love, then you get a free pass. Wonder why . . .
True, but he's a beast in the game. He suffers from being on one of 4 California teams and not the favorite ones. Also, Shaq being part owner probably cost the team some LA votes seeing how they throw everyone but Kobe under the bus.Cousins - In addition to not being an established All-Star and on a team with a terrible record, has a well deserved terrible reputation. Players with less bad reputations have been burned by this (Anthony, early in his career and Josh Smith repeatedly over the years) in the past.
East being so terrible makes West teams look better, plus the Suns have been struggling for a few seasons. It's right that someone there get some notice for their marked improvement this season.Dragic, Conley, Lawson and Lowry - Flat out not considered All-Star type names and in the case of the West trio, all on fringe playoff teams and up until maybe recently, it was difficult to pick one out of the bunch.
I think Lowry spent too many years as a role player. I have no idea what the dude sounds like on a microphone. Do you? He's basically unknown by fans other than by name.Lowry doesn't have a great reputation, but when you consider the compe ion in the West, he's by far the biggest snub. The fact that DeRozan and especially Johnson, made it over him (as I correctly predicted, in both cases), is beyond comprehension and shows you just how much politics are involved.
Anthony Davis should have made it over D12
In retrospect, I thought this was off topic, so I moved it to the NBA forum.
Fair enough, but just know, if one of Diaw or Leonard snare a rebound that was in their hands, they're champions, he's probably Finals MVP and virtually no amount of individual or team drop off in first half would have prevented him from being an All-Star (look no further than Nowitzki). He didn't even have a hand in that play and yet, in an indirect way, it's held against him.
James was in the much weaker East and was clearly a top five player of all-time in the making. Gaudy traditional numbers didn't help Abdur-Rahim, Ellis, Jamison, Randolph (in his Trail Blazer days) or myriad others over the years. Yes, Love's advanced stats blow theirs away, but if advanced stats mattered, Johnson wouldn't have had a hope in of making it.
None of what you said had anything to do with Cousins not making it.
Dragic was competing with Parker and Lillard. Parker has been a top five MVP candidate two years running, was arguably a play away from being the Finals MVP and is (wrongly) regarded as the undisputed best player on the second best team in the West, while Lillard is on a top three team in the West and has hit numerous clutch shots. This was in line with the usual politics, so it made sense.
I do know what Lowry sounds like. You're right though, he's not famous enough, which obviously didn't help him.
That says nothing about whether or not he deserves it and speaks more toward pressure from fans to award it. You'd have a hard time not awarding it to a Finals MVP from the previous year. Otherwise, that was last year and this is not. If Kevin Love's team played better, he's lock every year.
James was hyped up by the media. It's like how Arnold won the office in California with no resume whatsoever. It's about popularity.
James was in the much weaker East and was clearly a top five player of all-time in the making. Gaudy traditional numbers didn't help Abdur-Rahim, Ellis, Jamison, Randolph (in his Trail Blazer days) or myriad others over the years. Yes, Love's advanced stats blow theirs away, but if advanced stats mattered, Johnson wouldn't have had a hope in of making it.
So people not voting for Cousins had nothing to do with him not making it? If he played for LA, even with his at ude, he's a starter.None of what you said had anything to do with Cousins not making it.
Tony and Tim can't both be a play away from being the Finals MVP. Pick one or the other, not both.Dragic was competing with Parker and Lillard. Parker has been a top five MVP candidate two years running, was arguably a play away from being the Finals MVP and is (wrongly) regarded as the undisputed best player on the second best team in the West, while Lillard is on a top three team in the West and has hit numerous clutch shots. This was in line with the usual politics, so it made sense.
Boiled down, it's a popularity contest. Fans aren't looking for solid passing and good defense. They want a newer version of the Globetrotters and to see dunkers doing in game dunks. It's a personality fest, and the league personalities will always be there (Kobe being a fine example). Tim has no personality to speak of, at least nothing he's shown to the public. Coaches feel pressure to put certain guys on the squad, and it's not as cut and dry as their performances.I do know what Lowry sounds like. You're right though, he's not famous enough, which obviously didn't help him.
Lol Chuck saying Leonard should be an all star over Timmy. And then saying Leonard being out is the reason we lost 3 straight when we have 3 other players out.
Don't be so butthurt. Dragic and Davis deserved the spot much more than TP. Parker's played half-ass bball this season outside of a select few games.
Chuck isn't the brightest bulb. Even the greatest player ever has ty basketball takes and doesn't know the game outside of playing it himself.
Not wanting to wade through all of this, but did TD not make it?
TP deserves it but Goran, Curry, Lillard, Ellis have been far more impactfull for their teams than Tony this year tbh.
Also, lol at lowry not making it.
It's good that they Got dirk in the all-star though.
def, one spur had to be picked
Sux for Tim but i dont think KoMe should be credited for an All-Star apperance/selection!
We're 1-12 or 13.
No Spur deserved to make it and I'm pissed Tony is in. Wrong message is being sent.
Tim Duncan is one of the greatest players of all-time and my absolute favorite...but he can just barely move. It's not his fault that he's old, but that's what the reality is. Tony Parker has been a career Spur...but not so great this year.
We hang their jerseys the second their retirement papers are received, of course, but they just shouldn't be on the All-Star team in a year when they can't will us to victories against anybody decent. It's not their fault. It's no one's fault (except Pop's), but the Spurs shouldn't have an All-Star with the way they play against quality compe ion.
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