The All-Star reserves have been named and the line-ups are as follows:
The 2009-2010 Eastern All-Stars
* Allen Iverson
* Dwyane Wade
* LeBron James
* Kevin Garnett
* Dwight Howard
* Chris Bosh
* Rajon Rondo
* Joe Johnson
* Gerald Wallace
* Paul Pierce
* Derrick Rose
* Al Horford
The 2009-2010 Western All-Stars
* Steve Nash
* Kobe Bryant
* Carmelo Anthony
* Tim Duncan
* Amare Stoudemire
* Kevin Durant
* Chris Paul
* Dirk Nowitzki
* Brandon Roy
* Zach Randolph
* Deron Williams
* Pau Gasol
The players I feel who were snubbed are as follows: David Lee, Antawn Jamison, and Andre Iguodala for the East; Billups, Kaman, Gasol (Marc) and Boozer for the West.
Of course each All-Star team has an outstanding bunch--but there will always be the snubs. In this case, I feel like a case should be made for certain players--like David Lee for an example; he leads the Knicks in points and rebounds while being one of the most efficient shooters in the game. I don't think Al Horford should get the spot over him. Lee averages about six more points and two more rebounds over him--not to mention Lee is clearly the Knicks' go-to player while Horford has Johnson, Smith and Crawford that score more points for the team than he does.
Jamison has been playing outstanding this year, he is the Wizards at this point. If any point there is a player that is the franchise--that player must be recognized. I'd rather have star players from a couple of different teams than three from one team (Celtics' Garnett, Rondo, and Pierce--some think Allen got snubbed; yes, maybe the entire Celtics line-up should be playing?).
I also feel that two point guards on the bench (Rondo and Rose) are not needed for the all-star game--sure this is both of their first years being selected, but there are other well-qualified players that should play like Josh Smith!
I don't think there's much to say about the Western snubs, but I definitely feel like they picked the wrong Gasol to play the game. Statistics-wise, Pau averages more points, rebounds and all that good stuff--but Pau has been injured and Marc has been carrying the Grizzlies more than Pau has been carrying the Lakers. I think Marc deserves a lot more credit than he gets because he is strictly a board cleaner--a put-back man. He has made clutch shots in the fourth quarter for Memphis time after time and well Van Gundy said he's the better big man--what else do you need? (sarcasm)
If you don't feel that Marc should've been picked over him, then you can definitely make a case for the new and improved Kaman. He is a beast right now--enough said.
Well there will always be All-star snubs regardless of who is picked, I just wish the players who really deserve it like Lee and Jamison were in--instead of Iverson. Seriously, what were the fans thinking?
1 comment:
good stuff bro. i do agree with lee being snubbed and how horford got selected into the allstar game. but iono what the fans were thinking selecting iverson to start, and I think it was a good idea choosing rondo and rose for the allstar game or else their only PG woulda been iverson, and u have to give rondo credit, hes averaging about 15ppg and about 10 apg. those are awesome stats, and u have to admit those are probably the 2 best point guards in the east right now.
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