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No real surprises here:

C Dwight Howard, Orlando Magic (top vote-getter)
F LeBron James, Miami Heat
F Carmelo Anthony, New York Knicks
G Dwayne Wade, Miami Heat
G Derrick Rose, Chicago Bulls

It's hard to argue with those choices; it's the West where it gets a little funky. Thoughts on this lineup, and talk of Eastern Conference reserves?



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#2 Posted on | Instant Rating: 6.33
    Originally posted by ekedolphin
    It's hard to argue with those choices

But I'll try.

Carmelo has been having a terrible year by his standards and is leading the Knicks, who should have been an easy #3 seed, to a below-.500 record. As much as I would have hated to see an EVEN BIGGER South Beach presence, I would have rather seen Chris Bosh get his spot.



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For a team that's doing very well this year for a change, it's a bit irritating that no Pacers have gotten any love from the All-Star voters.

But then, less TV visibility, smaller market, et cetera, et cetera.

I would like to see the NBA make a greater effort to make sure every team's involved in All-Star Weekend in some way, shape or form, however. Be it through the mixed-triples competition (a team of Reggie Miller, Danny Granger and Tamika Catchings would be amazing for Indiana), the skills competitions, Slam-Dunk contest, three-point shootout or what have you.

Give a fan of every team some reason to watch, nawmean?



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I'll be interested in the reserves, to see if someone like Luol Deng finally gets his due. Surely the Celtics don't send 4 like they did last year, which should give some deserving East players their shot at being an All-Star.








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#5 Posted on | Instant Rating: 1.22
    Originally posted by It's False
      Originally posted by ekedolphin
      It's hard to argue with those choices

    But I'll try.

    Carmelo has been having a terrible year by his standards and is leading the Knicks, who should have been an easy #3 seed, to a below-.500 record. As much as I would have hated to see an EVEN BIGGER South Beach presence, I would have rather seen Chris Bosh get his spot.


Meh. I thought the Knicks would be a playoff team but not an easy 3 seed.

My picks for reserves:

PG-Deron Williams
SG-Joe Johnson
SF-Danny Granger
PF-Chris Bosh
C-Roy Hibbert
Reserves- Rajon Rondo, Amare Stoudamire



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#6 Posted on | Instant Rating: 7.47
    Originally posted by It's False
      Originally posted by ekedolphin
      It's hard to argue with those choices

    But I'll try.

    Carmelo has been having a terrible year by his standards and is leading the Knicks, who should have been an easy #3 seed, to a below-.500 record. As much as I would have hated to see an EVEN BIGGER South Beach presence, I would have rather seen Chris Bosh get his spot.


Carmelo hasn't been terrible even by his standards, he's just been playing his role as the next T-Mac. He shouldn't be a point-forward and the injured wrist has made his shot very spotty. He should be rebounding more though.

Amare has been terrible by his standards. The only way he should be a reserve is if they want star power over performance.

... and I liked the Amare Knicks better than the new Carmelo Knicks



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Prefacing it by, as the older I get the less of a fan of all-star games I become, but, in this condensed season with few off days, is there an advantage to not having your players make the All Star Game?
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#8 Posted on | Instant Rating: 1.82
    Originally posted by BOSsportsfan34

    C-Roy Hibbert



BWHAHAHAHAHA. Him and Darko Milcic can go at it.... Coin flip on the biggest NBA flop.

I just don't understand it with Hibbert, he's got an NBA body, runs the court well, but he's a fouling machine with zero offense. Go figure...
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#9 Posted on | Instant Rating: 3.12
    Originally posted by shawnpatrick
      Originally posted by BOSsportsfan34

      C-Roy Hibbert



    BWHAHAHAHAHA. Him and Darko Milcic can go at it.... Coin flip on the biggest NBA flop.

    I just don't understand it with Hibbert, he's got an NBA body, runs the court well, but he's a fouling machine with zero offense. Go figure...


Well, I'd agree with you if you were right. (Incidentally, I'd put Sam Bowie way, WAY ahead of Darko Milcic on the all-time flops list. Or most of the people drafted the same year Len Bias was).

Anyway, here's the official list of Eastern Conference All-Star reserves, and Hibbert is on it, thank you very much:

F Chris Bosh, Miami Heat
F Luol Deng, Chicago Bulls
C Roy Hibbert, Indiana Pacers
F Joe Johnson, Atlanta Hawks
F Andre Iguodala, Philadelphia 76ers
G/F Joe Johnson, Atlanta Hawks
F Paul Pierce, Boston Celtics
G Deron Williams, New Jersey Nets



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#10 Posted on | Instant Rating: 1.82
My apologies, I mistook Roy Hibbert for Hasheem Thabeet. Roy is 100 times the player Hasheem is. I had a bald moment.

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#11 Posted on | Instant Rating: 3.12
    Originally posted by shawnpatrick
    My apologies, I mistook Roy Hibbert for Hasheem Thabeet. Roy is 100 times the player Hasheem is. I had a bald moment.




'Bout to say! (And I'll agree with you 100% on Thabeet).



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#12 Posted on | Instant Rating: 5.54
    Originally posted by ekedolphin
    Anyway, here's the official list of Eastern Conference All-Star reserves, and Hibbert is on it, thank you very much:

    F Chris Bosh, Miami Heat
    F Luol Deng, Chicago Bulls
    C Roy Hibbert, Indiana Pacers
    F Joe Johnson, Atlanta Hawks
    F Andre Iguodala, Philadelphia 76ers
    G/F Joe Johnson, Atlanta Hawks
    F Paul Pierce, Boston Celtics
    G Deron Williams, New Jersey Nets

I was about to say that Joe Johnson has been mediocre this year, but apparently he was good enough to get TWO All-Star spots. Wow!

Meanwhile, Josh Smith gets screwed yet again. Unbelievable.

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Gotta go with Gordon too...not just because it's a homer pick...but the dude leads the league in 4th Qtr scoring as a rookie, and is one of the key pieces to the Bulls resurgance, and a reason why they are in the playoffs..
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