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Glenn 02-07-2006, 08:14 AM And LB says he's voting for all of the Pistons starters because they got snubbed.
http://www.nypost.com/sports/nets/59813.htm
STAR SEARCH IS ON
By Peter Vecsey
February 7, 2006 -- With the NBA set to announce the remainder of the All-Star rosters the day after tomorrow, it's time for our annual game of Reserve Judgment.
I've always had three simple rules when it comes to nominations to my bench:
1) Players from losing outfits need not apply;
2) Make up for the miscarriage of justice accorded Pistons;
3) Ted Kennedy has to hate you.
Evidently, a billion Chinese ignored my policy, giving starting nods to a pair of Rockettes (Yao Ming and Tracy McGrady) whose team is slated for Secaucus. Even if that should not happen, I submit, look for Pat Riley to succeed Jeff Van Gundy.
Allen Iverson and Kobe Bryant (both 24-23 at the beginning of the week), as well as Jermaine O'Neal (23-22) got voted in as starters but barely pass the smell test.
That means Kevin (21-25) Garnett, an All-Star every season there was a game since sophomore year, is hereby flatlined from the festivities. Sorry, KG, I don't make the rules. Oh, wait. Yes, I do.
Gilbert (World's Most Famous) Arenas, at 22-23, also gets a weekend pass. As do double your pleasure Dwight Howard (league's leading rebounder) and Chris Bosh (a legit franchise player in the making), as much as it grieves me.
As for those I'd invite to Houston to backup Yao, Tim Duncan, McGrady, Kobe and Steve Nash in the West . . .
Carmelo Anthony: With eight wins in the last dozen games during the midst of a mini-mutiny being waged by Kenyon Martin against George Karl, the Nuggets are showing longer flashes of last season, when they finished by winning 32 of their final 40. Mellow Yellow has led Denver in scoring in the last 14 games, once tied with Earl Boykins. Plus, he's passing more (eight assists to go along with 33 points last Saturday against Portland and the coaching staff and his teammates are enjoying it more.
Elton Brand: A large part of why my Paper Clips are in rarified air is because of his MVP-type donation. He's 11th in scoring (25.1) — no one ahead of him is shooting close to his 52.6 from the field — and is sixth in boarding (10.3). Bulls managing partner Jerry Reinsdorf might want to re-hire Jerry Krause just so he can re-fire him again.
Shawn Marion: Career-best 21.5 ppg and 51.4 FG pct. It's impossible to imagine his defense against all comers at all positions being any better this year than it's been in the past.
Dirk Nowitzki: Might very well be the NBA' s most efficient scorer per shot; 7-foot layer forward is definitely one of its toughest defensive assignments. Mavericks entered the week having won 11 in a row chiefly because he's ninth in scoring (25.4).
Pau Gasol: Came thisclose to getting berth a year ago. This season he's become a genuine go-to-guy and is enjoying career stats (19.7 ppg, 9.2 rpg). Since Grizzlies have neither won a playoff game nor had an All-Star in their 11-year history, this could be the biggest thing to happen to Spain since the Inquisition.
Chris Paul: Rules requiring a second center may prohibit him from making the squad (Marcus Camby certainly has done nothing to disqualify himself other than breaking a finger) and that would be a shame for anyone who hasn't caught his enthralling act. Leads all plebes in scoring (16.6), assists (7.7) and double-doubles (14), among other achievements. Is, by far, the biggest reason the Hornets have become relevant in a year, mind you, everyone expected them to compete for the league's worst record. Why not just save time and give him rookie honors hardware during All-Star weekend?
Tony Parker: A point guard who's an unheard-of second in the league in field goal pct at 54.8. You got to be kidding. Life-best 19.4 ppg and he gets to date Ms. Longoria. Talk about a score!
In view of the fans' snub of the Pistons when choosing Shaq, LeBron, Jermaine, Iverson and Dwyane Wade, Next Town Brown said he's voting for all five Detroit starters as All-Star reinforcements. As I've always said, if it works for Larry, then 80 percent of it works for me.
David Stern is almost certain to replace the injured Jermaine with Rasheed Wallace, whereas Chauncey Billups, Rip Hamilton and Ben Wallace easily qualify in my world. On the other hand, as much as I appreciate everything Tayshaun Prince contributes to the success of Detroit, neither he nor Epiphanny Prince deserve an all-expense-paid invite in my world.
Vince Carter: Owns a 51-point game at Miami and a 42-pointer at his former mailing address, Air Canada Centre. Would have received more support, but fans were convinced All-Star voting wasn't as warm and fuzzy as Corzine-Forrester.
Michael Redd: Bucks are six games better than a season ago. I suspect there's a correlation between that and his career-best 25.2. Also, he's the first guy on record to take big money from a senator, instead of the other way around.
Jason Kidd: He's shooting just 42.3 pct from field, and that's his best figure since '99. Regardless, he's sixth in the league in both assists (7.9) and steals (1.96) while hovering around his usual 15 points per. Moreover, even Joumana is having a better season than Stephon Marbury.
Zydrunas Ilgauskas: Putting up solid numbers (16.0 ppg, 7.4 rpg) and has missed but one game in first 46. For the fourth consecutive season, his feet are happy. Z's health can't help but tied to LeBron's decision whether or not to extend with the Cavaliers at the end of this season.
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Say this much for Madison Square Garden: The building has everything — basketball action, hockey action and class action.
With eight wins in the last dozen games during the midst of a mini-mutiny being waged by Kenyon Martin against George Karl
What's this about?
MoTown 02-07-2006, 09:36 AM I'm pretty sure that Stern won't give 'Sheed the All-Star nod. We all know their feelings towards each other. Unless Stern wants to punish him and make him go.
It's good that Flip will be coaching. I'm sure he's smart enough to only play his guys a tiny bit so they can nurse their injuries, especially Chauncey.
WTFchris 02-07-2006, 09:39 AM I think Stern will send Sheed. Stern's a suckup to the fans. He'll want to go along with the voters. I can't believe this guy wants big Z over Bosh or Howard though.
Glenn 02-07-2006, 09:43 AM "This guy" is Vecsey. It's just his opinion, but he stresses in the article that players on losing teams shouldn't get the opportunity to be All-Stars.
Varsity 02-08-2006, 09:30 AM Excerpt from the NY Daily News:
Brown voted for all five Pistons starters to make the East All-Star team and at least three - Chauncey Billups, Richard Hamilton and Ben Wallace - made it as reserves, according to a league source. It is unclear if Rasheed Wallace will join them. Toronto's Chris Bosh made the cut while the Nets' Jason Kidd and Washington's Gilbert Arenas did not make it, according to the source. Kidd or Arenas could be chosen by NBA commissioner David Stern as a replacement for Indiana's Jermaine O'Neal, who was voted a starter by the fans but will not play because of a groin injury.
I hope that Stern bring's Sheed. Has a team ever had 4 all stars at the same time?
WTFchris 02-08-2006, 09:34 AM I hope that Stern bring's Sheed. Has a team ever had 4 all stars at the same time?
Twice.
The Lakers in 1998 (Shaq, Kobe, Eddie Jones and NVE)
The Sixers in 1983 (Dr J, Moses Malone, Mo Cheeks, Andrew Toney)
Varsity 02-08-2006, 09:42 AM I should have known the Sixers one, I think someone mentioned it before...did not know the Lakers one, interesting. Was that team even close to winning anything?
PS. Thanks for the edit of my post above...to whoever did it
Anthony 02-08-2006, 01:25 PM WDFN is reporting that sources are saying that Ben, RIP, and Chauncey are locks.
Also, some NY paper is reporting that LB did in fact vote for all 5 piston starters.
Itasca 02-09-2006, 07:24 AM EAST ALL-STAR RESERVES REVEALED
By PETER VECSEY
February 9, 2006 -- The Nets' Vince Carter and four Pistons are among the seven Eastern All-Star reserves to be officially announced today, The Post has learned.
But in a huge surprise, the Wizards' Gilbert Arenas, the fifth-leading scorer in the league, was left off the reserve squad in voting by Eastern coaches.
That could be remedied, however, when Commissioner David Stern personally selects the replacement for injured starter Jermaine O'Neal of the Pacers.
Carter joins Pistons Rasheed Wallace, Ben Wallace, Chauncey Billups and Rip Hamilton as reserves.
Tayshaun Prince is the only Piston starter not selected.
Also on the East's reserve squad are two surprises, from struggling teams — Paul Pierce of the Celtics and Chris Bosh of the Raptors.
Besides O'Neal, fans voted as East starters: Shaquille O'Neal and Dwyane Wade of the Heat, LeBron James of the Cavs and Allen Iverson of the Sixers.
The West starters are Houston's Yao Ming and Tracy McGrady, Kobe Bryant of the Lakers, Tim Duncan of the Spurs and Steve Nash of the Suns.
The West reserves were not available.
HOLY SHIT WHERE'S STEVE FRANCHISE §§??? [smilie=arrgh.jpg]
Glenn 02-09-2006, 08:09 AM [smilie=reporter.gi:
Uh oh.
If they name Arenas as the replacement for O'Neal, I'm going to be really concerned.
Look how small the East squad is. Ben & Sheed will need to log big minutes, which is the last thing we need.
I'm seeing 4 bigs. Shaq (you know he can't play big mins), Bosh, Sheed and Ben. Flip is going to have to play Bosh a ton, because overusing Shaq is going to make it look like he's trying to sabotage the Heat.
On the bright side, I bet Flip plays all 4 Pistons at once, which will be really cool. I wonder who the 5th guy on the floor will be, LeBron? Sounds like a wet dream to me.
nice.
maybe this'll motivate Tayshaun to start stepping up his game to gain some more recognition. an aggressive Tay is a good Tay.
Sheed was voted in by the coaches? I wasn't expecting that.
Cross 02-09-2006, 09:13 AM This is from the NY Post, which isnt very reliable, hopefully its true
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060209/SPORTS03/602090548/1051
BY KRISTA LATHAM
FREE PRESS SPORTS WRITER
Related articles:
The official NBA All-Star reserve voting results are announced tonight, but Wednesday, the rumors started flying.
The New York Daily News, quoting an anonymous league source, reported that Chauncey Billups, Richard Hamilton and Ben Wallace were all voted in. The source didn't know whether power forward Rasheed Wallace would get onto the team via commissioner David Stern's extra pick as the fill-in for injured starter Jermaine O'Neal.
The reserves will be made public tonight during TNT's 7 p.m. pregame show.
The paper also said Larry Brown, the New York Knicks coach who spent the last two seasons with Detroit, voted for all five Detroit starters on his ballot.
It's that kind of sentiment that has Pistons coach Flip Saunders convinced that three of his guys -- at least -- are in.
"I think from talking to a lot of coaches, I'd say there's a pretty good chance of three going and a possibility of four," Saunders said. "Just from talking to coaches. But you've had a lot of coaches say they would vote for five. Whether five could make it would be tough. Even if four makes it -- even three -- when you don't have any of them voted in by the fans, that's pretty unbelievable."
And hey, Tayshaun Prince isn't out of the picture yet, either. If he doesn't get voted in, Stern could also tap him for the extra spot. Rasheed Wallace did say last month that he wanted to go on vacation during All-Star weekend.
"He's still a young guy," Saunders said of Prince. "He's going to be an All-Star (one day). Who knows? Maybe he'll still get voted in. We'll have to see what happens."
Tonight's announcement will answer a nearly season-long question that Saunders said might have caused some anxiety in the last few weeks as the starters waited for word that they were in or out.
"The dog days are always the 10 days prior to All-Star break," Saunders said. "That's always a tough time. You see a lot of teams get upset because guys say, 'OK, I've got a week off, I'm going somewhere for All-Star break.' Multiply that on top of our situation of guys wondering, 'Well, am I going to be an All-Star or not?' There's always that anxiety of wondering."
of course, that might not be up to date....probably from last night.
Glenn 02-09-2006, 10:43 AM Glenn = pwn3d
So what's new?
Actually I don't understand why I've been pwn3d this time, can you 'splain?
Is it because I was late on the draw with the Latham article from yesterday?
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I don't see this as the Pistons getting respect as much as I see other teams using the AS game as a strategy to beat us. The two things this team needs most is rest and a chip on their shoulder, by putting them in the all-star game they don't get rest and they finally get accolaides, knocking that chip off their shoulder.
Glenn = pwn3d
So what's new?
Actually I don't understand why I've been pwn3d this time, can you 'splain?
Is it because I was late on the draw with the Latham article from yesterday?
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Indeed. He took your honey pot from right under your nose.
http://www.1polly.nl/polly204/l-bkpooha.jpg
Glenn 02-09-2006, 11:12 AM That tramp sure does get around.
WTFchris 02-09-2006, 11:12 AM I don't see this as the Pistons getting respect as much as I see other teams using the AS game as a strategy to beat us. The two things this team needs most is rest and a chip on their shoulder, by putting them in the all-star game they don't get rest and they finally get accolaides, knocking that chip off their shoulder.
I really don't think they care (chip wise) about accolades like all star games. The Chips they have on their shoulder are from the Spurs for beating them and for everyone saying LB got them the title. They want to beat the spurs, and prove the players were the reason they won, and not LB.
I really think the chip card gets overblown now.
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Anthony 02-09-2006, 12:44 PM Sweet.
Fuck, just wait tonight for the official word.
Heavy minutes? It's the all-star game, everyone's going to stand around for the first half and show off their and1 skills until the 4th quarter where they're somewhat serious.
Mikey 02-09-2006, 03:34 PM I hope they all decline. This team needs to REST UP if they want to have HCA throughout the entire playoffs.
WTFchris 02-09-2006, 03:50 PM I hope they all decline. This team needs to REST UP if they want to have HCA throughout the entire playoffs.
Why? Flip can play them 15 minutes and that's it. If anything I think it will recharge their batteries joking on the bench.
Mikey 02-09-2006, 03:57 PM Knowing Flip, he'll play all 4 of them 45 minutes.
any chance Flip plays all 4 Pistons on the floor at the same time?
how about a lineup of Chauncey, Rip, LeBron, Sheed, and Ben? how sick would that be? that lineup could take any lineup in the West, imo.
I definitely think that Flip will play all four Pistons together and I think it would be a neat message to King James should he ever look to get out of Cleveland...
WTFchris 02-09-2006, 04:17 PM any chance Flip plays all 4 Pistons on the floor at the same time?
how about a lineup of Chauncey, Rip, LeBron, Sheed, and Ben? how sick would that be? that lineup could take any lineup in the West, imo.
I'd like to see Sheed at SF, with Shaq out there with the Pistons. That way fatty will soak up Yao or whatever center is out there and Sheed will match up with KG or TD or Dirk since the west is taller.
Glenn 02-09-2006, 04:25 PM On the bright side, I bet Flip plays all 4 Pistons at once, which will be really cool. I wonder who the 5th guy on the floor will be, LeBron? Sounds like a wet dream to me.
What am I, invisible?
WTFchris 02-09-2006, 04:42 PM Don't nothing include Gene Rayburn.
On the bright side, I bet Flip plays all 4 Pistons at once, which will be really cool. I wonder who the 5th guy on the floor will be, LeBron? Sounds like a wet dream to me.
What am I, invisible?
man, i think this is the second time i posted the exact same comment as someone else did. i guess i should read, more [smilie=anxious.gif]
[smilie=a.gif] PTI has reported that Ben, Sheed, Chauncy, and Rip will be reserves. Were only an hour away from the official announcement, but that seems to be the answer. I bet we see all 4 on the court with Lebron at some point in time. [smilie=2thumbsup.g:
Anthony 02-09-2006, 06:19 PM [smilie=a.gif] PTI has reported that Ben, Sheed, Chauncy, and Rip will be reserves. Were only an hour away from the official announcement, but that seems to be the answer. I bet we see all 4 on the court with Lebron at some point in time. [smilie=2thumbsup.g:
psssst......http://wtfdetroit.com/viewtopic.php?t=1081
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who stickys stuff like that at the top? lol instead i read all the way down the forum as to not make a new post [smilie=angel.gif]
Anthony 02-09-2006, 06:26 PM Its cool, you'll get used to it. We're up on things over here on wtf.
darkobetterthanmelo 02-09-2006, 06:53 PM Guys what if all 4 Pistons are on the floor at the same time! Has anyone come up with this idea yet?
the wrath of diddy 02-09-2006, 06:57 PM On the bright side, I bet Flip plays all 4 Pistons at once, which will be really cool. I wonder who the 5th guy on the floor will be, LeBron? Sounds like a wet dream to me.
What am I, invisible?
If the 5th guy is Wade I'll puke.
metr0man 02-09-2006, 07:15 PM I definitely think that Flip will play all four Pistons together and I think it would be a neat message to King James should he ever look to get out of Cleveland...
That would be the most evil and brilliant example of "tampering" in NBA history. I love it!
Atticus771 02-09-2006, 08:06 PM Flip said that he will indeed play all four Pistons at once.
On who he will chose as the starter in place of Jermaine O'Neal:
“I haven't really thought about that yet, but it probably won't be one of our guys. The first time they step on the floor, we will have them step on the floor together."
http://www.nba.com/pistons/news/allstar_reserves_060209.html
Artis Gilmore 02-09-2006, 08:39 PM West Reserves
Parker
Allen
Dirk
KG
Brand
Gasol
No Melo.
Fuck that.
Atticus771 02-09-2006, 08:49 PM I just had a thought: any chance that Tayshaun will be named as a replacement by David Stern?
I know it's a longshot, but that would be amazing.
UncleCliffy 02-09-2006, 08:55 PM NO MEMO OKUR!
shags 02-09-2006, 09:08 PM I just had a thought: any chance that Tayshaun will be named as a replacement by David Stern?
I know it's a longshot, but that would be amazing.
The TNT guys were advocating for that during the pregame.
And no Piston may start, but Sheed and Chauncey will be part of the crunch time team, no question, with Shaq, Wade, and LeBron.
Anthony 02-09-2006, 09:41 PM I could really care less about Chauncey, Sheed, or Ben making, i'm most happy for RIP. All season long people wanna talk about Billups, but RIP has been a top 5 2guard in the NBA, easy. 50% for a jump shooter? Dayum.
Anthony 02-09-2006, 09:43 PM NO MEMO OKUR!
LMAO!
H1Man 02-09-2006, 10:00 PM How the fuck did Chris Paul not make the team?
I could understand Melo because his team is 1 game out of the 10th spot. I could understand Camby because he missed so many games. But how the fuck did Paul not make the team over Ray Allen?
AK 47 and Memo are other notables that are missing but given the quality big men in the West I can live with those.
Paul will already be playing in the rook/soph game and is taking part in the skills competition. I don't mind them giving the nod to the vet over the rook. What rook would have had to be added if Paul was in the AS game?? Allen is still a very solid player...
this will be the first All Star game in a LONG time that i'm eagerly anticipating.
I love the idea of none of the Pistons starting, however subbing them in all at once. That will be sorta cool to watch. Too bad Prince wasn't there - hopefully they all wear armbands or something with his number on it.
I wonder if Stern would have been more open to naming Prince had we not gone on our recent skid as we would have been on an historic pace sorta deal...
kdawg32086 02-10-2006, 12:13 AM Word is that Bosh is expected to start at PF. I guess Flip wants the 4 Pistons to come in together as one unit. Imagine this showdown.
Nash, Kobe, TMac, KG, Duncan
vs.
Chauncey, Rip, Bron, Sheed, Big Ben
Muteboy 02-10-2006, 08:23 AM I could really care less about Chauncey, Sheed, or Ben making, i'm most happy for RIP.
Sorry to be one of those annoying fucks that pulls people up for grammar and shit but this mistake really bugs me for some reason....
http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/care.html
It's couldn't care less!
Glenn 02-10-2006, 09:07 AM Anybody else see the John Thompson interview with our 5 starters?
Might be the first piece of decent TV ever by Coach Marblemouth.
Rip: (paraphrase) "We were good before we got Sheed, but once we got him, we were great. He was just what we needed."
Sheed: (in a trembling voice) "You 4 were just what I needed".
I honestly thought Sheed was going to start crying.
Anybody else see the John Thompson interview with our 5 starters?
Might be the first piece of decent TV ever by Coach Marblemouth.
Rip: (paraphrase) "We were good before we got Sheed, but once we got him, we were great. He was just what we needed."
Sheed: (in a trembling voice) "You 4 were just what I needed".
I honestly thought Sheed was going to start crying.
ah, i missed that....i hope there's a vidcap of that somewhere (doubt it, though).
JackTalkThai 02-10-2006, 10:51 AM I don't think I will ever more closely follow a NBA All Star game than I will with this year's version in Houston. This is going to be pretty fucking fun to see who Flip lines up along side the guys.
Rip and Chauncey in their first All Star appearances. Flip head coaching. Sheed and Ben patrolling the paint.
This is going to be BAD ASS. [smilie=2thumbsup.g:
WTFchris 02-10-2006, 10:58 AM Flip was on the radio last night. He said he would probably bring them all off the bench at the same time, because that is how they deserve to come on the floor, as a team.
They didn't ask who he'd leave out there. I think Lebron, as mentioned above, would be a solid choice.
If only the Cavs had bought into the Darko hype, we could have been watching that every night.
Sad thing is that the East is going to get mauled terribly. AS games are played up tempo, which means Shaq will be useless. And looking at the reserves, the West isn't bringing another center, and Ben is going to look like trash out there as he has no offensive game and Sheed won't be able to cheat in and double down KG or Dirk with Ben, because he'll have his own worries to defend.
WTFchris 02-10-2006, 11:42 AM Legler would leave off KG? Rediculous. Notice how he complains about Arenas and Redd, but doesn't bother to say who he'd leave off.
A few choice comments By Tim Legler
ESPN Insider
Where are Gilbert Arenas and Michael Redd?
Hey, this list is missing Marcus Camby, Carmelo Anthony and Chris Paul.
The All-Star rosters are out, and two great scorers from the East are not on it. And I expected the latter trio to be on the West team. I disagree with those omissions for the Sunday, Feb. 19 showcase in Houston. I thought those five should have been among those announced Thursday for the midseason game.
Arenas and Redd aren't out of the picture yet. Commissioner David Stern still has one pick to make to fill the spot of injured Pacers forward Jermaine O'Neal. Pistons forward Rasheed Wallace made it on the East team. He's the one player not on my original picks whose selection I don't have a problem with. The Pistons are having a dream season.
But Washington guard Arenas is the fourth-leading scorer (28.2 ppg) and HAS to be an All-Star. Arenas puts up huge numbers night in and night out and is one of the toughest individual matchups for any guard in this league defensively. For all that Washington has underachieved, the team is 24-23 and only one-half game out of the fifth seed in the East.
Milwaukee guard Redd's steady offensive onslaught (25 ppg, 45 percent FG) has propelled the Bucks to the current sixth-seed in the East. He is one of the best five shooters in the NBA and is a vastly underrated ball handler and creator.
My initial West choices included Camby, who lost out to Pau Gasol for the center spot. It was either Camby or Mehmet Okur. I gave the nod to Camby, despite missing a large chunk of action due to injury, because he impacts the game (15.2 ppg, 12.5 rpg, 3.0 bpg) in more ways than Okur and his team leads the same division.
And there's no Anthony. 'Melo has had a breakout year in terms of consistency and efficiency. His scoring (25.7 ppg) has peaked because he takes better shots and has been feasting at the free throw line. Putting up these kind of numbers is significant on a first-place team.
The Hornets' standout rookie guard Paul didn't make it. I didn't want to put a rookie on the team when there are other big name guards out there, but I thought the kid simply couldn't be ignored. He should be a unanimous choice for Rookie of the Year (if not, there ought to be an investigation) and is the next truly great point guard in the NBA. Even more impressive, the Hornets are over .500 in February and have a legit shot at the postseason.
The three West picks now ticketed for Houston whom I would have removed are these three: Gasol, Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen. Allen's the world's best shooter, and is still putting up numbers (24.9 ppg, 4.2 rpg, 3.4 apg) but he hasn't been able to carry the Sonics above mediocrity. Last season's surprise story (50 wins) has been a major disappointment and that has hurt Allen's chances.
As for Garnett, I chose to leave off a guy averaging 21.8 ppg, 11.3 rpg, 4.4 apg, 1.2 spg, 1.3 bpg, and shooting 54 percent from the field. The forward position in the West is the toughest deal going. The T-Wolves looked listless most of the first half and I thought KG hadn't been dominant enough to beat out 'Melo, Gasol, Dirk, Elton Brand and the Matrix. I was wrong.
Gasol's ability to get 19 and 9 every night without looking as if he is exerting much energy didn't work against him. Maybe it's the fact his team is the most underrated in basketball. Maybe it's the beard. I don't really know. He is too basic for his own good. But he's going to Houston.
Now, just have to wait for the Commish's choice. It should be an entertaining game.
East Snubs:
If they're going to reward individual effort/reputation, Dwight is #1 is rebounding, Arenas is #4 in scoring, Redd #11 in scoring.
We got lucky to get 4 in, but ehh. Stern better pick GA, he's seriously under the radar for being an "Eastern Kobe".
H1Man 02-10-2006, 06:23 PM I hope that Stern bring's Sheed. Has a team ever had 4 all stars at the same time?
Twice.
The Lakers in 1998 (Shaq, Kobe, Eddie Jones and NVE)
The Sixers in 1983 (Dr J, Moses Malone, Mo Cheeks, Andrew Toney)
Just saw this on SC.
There have been 7 teams with 4 All-Stars in one season.
Cross 02-10-2006, 10:34 PM Arenas named as replacement for Jerm.
H1Man 02-11-2006, 06:35 AM http://www.nba.com/media/detroit_400_060210.jpg
They look like they hate being all-stars.
MOLA1 02-11-2006, 08:16 AM hahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!
DrRay11 02-11-2006, 09:48 AM http://www.nba.com/media/detroit_400_060210.jpg
Pimpin'.
metr0man 02-11-2006, 01:27 PM poor Tayshaun. :(
poor Tayshaun. :(
nah, if anything i'm thinking this'll give Tayshaun motivation to step his game up and prove himself.
Black Dynamite 02-11-2006, 03:23 PM poor Tayshaun. :(
nah, if anything i'm thinking this'll give Tayshaun motivation to step his game up and prove himself.
or the motivation to get high. [smilie=anxious.gif]
poor Tayshaun. :(
nah, if anything i'm thinking this'll give Tayshaun motivation to step his game up and prove himself.
Or he'll defer to them even more and not see himself as an equal.
Koolaid 02-12-2006, 10:13 AM Remember when homers used to ask questions like who wins in a game? The Pistons or the all-stars?
Well we're about to find out how big of a homer they really were.
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