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Ayres should start for the West.
"... I don't care how good your stats are or how well you are playing. but if you are on a losing team you shoudn't be an all-star "
So basically, if you are having a great season but your teammates are super ty, it's your fault
Even so, WTF does the ASG have anything to do with a winning record ?
Ayres should start for the West.
" Ayres is a decent player "
- Upstair
Only pussies & assholes do All Star Games.
Yup
even pussies and assholes who are not playing
This, (ASG) THIS you'll gather round, ruminate & obsess over. I'll never understand it if I live to be a 100.
I hope you live to be 100 tbh
They hated him.
Then he had 2 dunks. Now he has "serious upside"
he's like the Lakers' Josh Powell
It has nothing to do with winning at all. That's Barry's point: it should be about winning, and playing top tier ball on a team that's got a winning record is different than putting up numbers on a team that doesn't play the game right. A lot of people can score points in a gimmicky, losing system. It's hard to be a top producer when the rest of the team is also productive, and when you're playing a winning brand of basketball. Those who can deserve the accolades, but heads like Kevin Love don't deserve it. If you decide to spend your career cashing paychecks and watching the playoffs from your easy chair, you're resigned to being a nobody.
Hypocrit: "silver award" and such
While I agree on your post, I think exceptions need to be made for the Kyrie Irvings, the John Walls, etc. of the league. No matter how good the system, unless you have talent in all 5 spots, plus a decent bench and a semi-capable coach, its hard to produce a consistently winning brand of basketball.
In all honesty the only player with a losing record that I'm really frustrated about starting the ASG is K-Love, not just because of the empty stats, but a player like Lamarcus Aldridge can't seem to catch a break despite the TrailBlazers great season so far.
I don't think they should be automatically excluded, however if players and coaches were voting, they'd consider more than just how many points a guy scores in an offensively deficient system. They'd also consider defense, but no one seems to care about defense these days until the playoffs arrive.
So Kobe shouldn't have been an All Star last year and pre-Gasol years?
He was alright with them Clippers though. CN can chip in tbh.
Only thing I remember about Powell with the Clipps is that he was okay at rebounding off the bench and only played because Paul Davis got hurt.... goddamn, that was a scrubass team
That's an understatement. I still remember the Clipper circus at that time. Baron Davis's super team aspirations with Elton Brand was short lived.Only thing I remember about Powell with the Clipps is that he was okay at rebounding off the bench and only played because Paul Davis got hurt.... goddamn, that was a scrubass team
If they had pulled that off, them Clippers would still be the laughing stock of the NBA and more importantly Los Angeles.
All star game is a popularity contest, move along ol' sports, nothing to see here
if we let baldhead get his way, this year's Eastern team would only feature players from 6 teams imho
and I agree with most of you guys, All-star game is meant to feature players who're fans favorites rather than those whose team win the most games (otherwise you could simply select players from Heat and Pacers, and make a Miami-Inddy United team to represent the east). Many fans would be frustrated (myself included) if we don't get to see the likes of Irving and Dirk playing the all-star game. Just because some teams are playing poor it doesn't mean they don't have any great players imho, but it's indeed a joke that Kevin Hate got elected a starter for the ASG. This guy doesn't really have nothing worth speaking of beyond his empty stats imho.
Garnett and Pierce are popular but fans didnt vote them in because they're play has declined
Yup...thats exactly why Kobe wasnt voted in either.
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