All-Stars Thread

Dirk will probably get Yao's starting spot when Stern announces the reserves and replacements.

(SUNS KEEP THEIR FOREIGNERS)

He's arguably the best player of his era, and he's incredibly media-friendly. Not that odd.

-- ryan (augustuscaesar2...), January 26th, 2007 1:41 PM. (ryan) (later) (link)

not true. i know tons of people outside dallas that love dirk, myself included.

People hate free throw shooters.

-- David R. (quoteidio...), January 26th, 2007 3:10 PM. (popshots75`) (later) (link)

umm... dwayne wade is a free throw maniac and ppl still love him.

Right, and he won't play in the All-Star game either. It's a moot point.

I don't know, I would have liked to see Michael Jordan even in his old days, when he didn't deserve to be there, more than I wanted to see the sixth best guard in the East. Obviously he didn't deserve to be there, but I don't begrudge the fans for wanting to see him. Dude is entertaining.

Anyway, I don't begrudge the people who want to see the dude play.

No, fans of basketball, fans of the NBA are, but the majority of people who show up to games and vote, aren't.

The Raptors are leading their division, and have won 9 of the last 11. People need to wake up and realize that this kid is a serious MVP candidate.

lebron and wade, for example, both play in the east.

xp

WHEN the Raptors make the playoffs. When.

They beat the Lakers last night, and Bosh had 29 points compared to Kobe's 25.

They lost by a single point to the Mavericks a couple weeks ago, and by just two to the Suns early in January. That was only because Nash exploded and scored 13 of his 15 points in the 4th quarter.

They can play with the best teams in either conference. Their record is still somewhat misleading.

F*CK the Haterz!

i'm indicisive about west center candidates. biedris? camby? yao? THE_REAL_SHAQ? al jefferson?! duncan is listed as a forward

biedrins would be dope in the all star game i think - vote for him

there isn't much difference b/w the warriors style of play and playing in the all star game

^this is a good point

i voted for

west
dirk
duncan
paul
biedrins
roy

east
lebron
bosh
dwight
harris
dwyade

CAMBY

THE_REAL_SHAQ deserves it this year, at least as a backup, imo

Also it will be criminal if Devin Harris isn't on the easts bench

Yao has been really good this year! Apparently *Chris Paul* is like number 8 guard in the West after like T-Mac etc which whatever, okay.

lol, yi is still apparently 3rd in east forward voting. leads bosh by A LOT.
http://www.insidehoops.com/all-star-voting-results.shtml

ban fan voting for all all-star events 4eva

All-Star games in every sport are just featherweight exhibitions put on for the star-struck fans. Watching one is only entertaining in a freak show kind of way.

However, getting named to a team used to be an honor from one's peers. Now it is mostly a reflection of fan ignorance. Consequently, the honor has depreciated a lot, but the "stars" have to pretend otherwise.

^ real talk

wtf it's always been for fans and if fans want to see Yi then wth can blame them, besides you doofii.

Anyway I'll be over here voting a million times each for Biedrins and Azubuike.

doofii

if fans want to see Yi then wth can blame them

I voted for a dancing bear for all-star power forward in the East. Too late I thought of voting for a boxing kangaroo.

The ASG is an exhibition! The long and short of its ontological purpose is to showcase ridiculous spectacle with the occasional human interest narrative, not some valuation of worth as determined by pure rationalism. Or would you like the ASG to determine which conference gets home-court in the finals?

haha, leee, are you actually butthurt by the fact that american fans don't want to see a below average nba player in the allstar game on the basis of there being a fucking ton of chinese people voting for him?

Whatevs, chum, I don't have any particular Yen to see Yi, even if we're from the same tribe, it's the tardo complaining about merits for an exhibition that has all the weight and importance of the dingleberries hanging from my buttox. I mean, if you want to complain about something meaningful, make it MLB's ASG.

the game doesn't mean anything in and of itself, but having the label of "all star" gives a player a certain cache and the fans voting in jokers mucks it all up.

wtf it's always been for fans and if fans want to see Yi then wth can blame them, besides you doofii.

Had honestly never thought of this, kind of agree now!

So 1.6 billion fans suddenly can't bestow this cachet on a player because they somehow don't count?

so who IS on our side

six hundred million screaming chinamen

i thought there were a billion screaming chinamen

THERE WERE!!!!

i agree w/leee btw

*splashes alcohol on campfire*

What if there was an Indian guy who was a benchwarmer and he was an all-star starter, would you be okay with that.

So 1.6 billion fans suddenly can't bestow this cachet on a player because they somehow don't count?

"somehow" like it's a big mystery why their votes should mean even less than a normal casual fan's popularity-based vote. I mean at least the casual fan's vote has SOME basis in basketball skill/performance reality. If the fans want to see Yi, fine yeah, they should get to see him. The title of "All Star" holds even less worth as a consequence is all.

What if there was an Indian guy who was a benchwarmer and he was an all-star starter, would you be okay with that.

Yes! I love freak shows, and that's the dirty name for All-Star Games.

The title of "All Star" holds even less worth as a consequence is all.

*splashes alcohol on campfire*

― ﾞ（ﾟ､ ｡ ７ (cankles), Saturday, January 10, 2009 6:31 PM

lol watching this now on spike

"AVENGE MEEEEEEE"

arguing about AS worth like it means anything is retardo montalbon

Right. It doesn't. You're so post modern. Nothing means anything. If only someday I can reach your level of enlightenment.

c'mon he's not exactly forwarding a radical idea here - ppl have been lmaoing at the asg/asg selections for years now

lol watching this now on spike

― eman, Sunday, January 11, 2009 1:01 AM (9 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

"AVENGE MEEEEEEE"

― eman, Sunday, January 11, 2009 1:04 AM (9 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest

^^^^U&K

There is very little I argue about on the Internet that is actually *worth* arguing about. Arguing is fun.

That's it I quit ILH forever, you fun-hating mopes.

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