Comments on: Who Got Robbed? 2008 NBA All-Star Snubs

By: Dave T

Dave T — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 01:39:41 +0000

I agree Jeffro. Then again, IMO the All Star Game usually really isn’t that great, and is more of a media hype machine then something that fun to watch. I think the way to go about it is to only watch the 2nd half…that way you get a nice half of flashy dunks/passes, while they are playing harder.

I’d say the 4th quarter was great though…and man, King James threw down one NASTY a** dunk on basically the entire Western Conference team. Great to see Ray shoot the lights out too after only being picked as a replacement.

By: jeffro

jeffro — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 13:27:46 +0000

The all star game was alright, but lacked some excitement, i think it would have been better with some dunks from vince n tracy, not 2 mention kobe who didnt play, put those three in the game and u got an exciting all star game

By: Dannie

Dannie — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 22:48:14 +0000

badasspimpdaddy – Your joking right? T-Mac is having the worst season of his career easily. He has only played in 35 of 50 games thus far, is shooting 43.6% from the field, 69% from the line (worst of his career), 5rpg (worst of his career when playing 30mpg), 21.7ppg (2nd worst of his career when playing 30mpg and worst in the last 8 seasons).

I doubt he makes another All-Star team unless he gets voted in by the 1.3 billion people in China, like he did last year when Melo was clearly the better choice to start!

By: badasspimpdaddy

badasspimpdaddy — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 22:15:22 +0000

WTF!!! No T-Mac, this game is gonna suck balls!!!!!

By: 9nine9

9nine9 — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 00:44:27 +0000

Not only did VC lose his edge somewhere between Toronto and New Jersey, but he lost whatever fraction he still had when he signed the ridiculous contract the Nets offered while they were bidding against, oh, THEMSELVES.

Glad to see Caron Butler and Chris Bosh getting deserved props.

By: Dave T

Dave T — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 19:17:07 +0000

Real BBall fan, I agree with your reply. This is the 2nd time EVER Kobe has really opened up to playing the team game (the 1st time would be the first half of last season before he went on his scoring barage…he looked to pass first and the Lakers were rolling until Odom got hurt). While his game is obviously the best in the L, let’s not jump all over his sack quite yet.

Playoff wise, out of the guys that have been one man offensive juggernauts on teams (Kobe’s Lakers, AI’s Sixers, Pierce’s Celtics, T-Mac’s Magic, Melo’s pre AI Nuggets)…AI by FAR has the lead in that category. Lets not forget AI took our young Sixers squad to TWO 2nd round playoffs before the 01 champ season, and another 2nd round with the underated squad in 03 with K. Van Horn and DC.

If the Nuggets were healthy, then I’d probably be a lot more critical of AI then I am. But…they aren’t. People need to understand that the Nuggets team is built to rely on not AI, not Melo, but the PF position. The PF position is absolutely essential to this team possibly succeeded. Why? Because Melo plays no D, and AI only plays gamble defense, you need to have a 2nd defender in the paint to tag team with Camby in order for the Nuggets to be an effective defensive unit. With Nene constantly hobbled, K-Mart still getting his feet wet again from the microfracture surgery, and bucket and pale Najera injured as well, that is a HUGE gaping hole. The Nuggets could be a GREAT team with a defensive tag team of Camby-Nene/K-Mart…and an offensive tag team of AI/Melo. But, injuries have prevented that.

There is also the fact that, IMO, Melo is the most talented player in the league, WITH a high bball IQ, that regularly squanders his talent to settle for jumpshots, ball hog it, and have horrible decision making. I’ve watched a lot of Nuggets games…to me the blame lies more on Melo then AI. Melo disrupts his own offense and stops the fluidity and chemistry the team could have on O.

By: Dannie

Dannie — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 17:28:03 +0000

9nine9 – You wouldn’t get an argument from me about that one. VC just doesn’t bring it enough anymore for me. He lost that edge he used to have somewhere between Toronto and New Jersey .

By: 9nine9

9nine9 — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 15:05:13 +0000

Dannie, that’s fair. I wouldn’t fight to the death about RJ being one of the 12 best players in the East. I probably would fight to the death about RJ deserving it over half-man, no heart VC, though.

By: A real b-ball fan

A real b-ball fan — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 07:20:28 +0000

I just wanted to wiegh in on this convo. I have to say that while I like Kobe, i’m not so sure that if you put him on the Nuggets they will automatically get a “championship”…or anyother team for that matter. He’s a great player….but to say that he would do better with that team (who has been riddled with injuries) then Iverson to me is just not FACT. Kobe can’t even get his own team out the first round. I’m just saying, let him get the Lakers out the first round before trying to compare him to what Iverson is doing with the Nuggets. Plus, Iverson has been leading teams his entire career and has gotten to the Finals on his own, Kobe hasn’t done a thing without Shaq and just now started playing team ball.

Also, I love CP3 and Steve Nash….but like someone said, Iverson is a SG that got voted in by the fans…not a PG. I feel like his 27 ppg and 7 asst deserves to start just as much as anyone else. Also, people fail to mention that Iversons overrall stats have been better then Kobe’s this year (with the exception of ppg, which I think Kobe is only .2 ahead of Iverson and rebounds) and no one is questioning Kobe. So i’m just saying, lets be fair here. The problem is not with the players, the problem is that the West is so deep with talent, they have about 10 players that could start an All-Star game at any given time. So while Iverson my be playing at the point, its not like he is robbing anyone for that starting spot. He deserves it just like they do. Just my two cents….Nice blog by the way, its my first time visiting.

By: Dannie

Dannie — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 01:53:24 +0000

Mandeep – The ballot has you select two “guards” it’s not broken out by PG or SG so AI and Kobe are voted in as two SGs since AI’s is consider a shooting guard. And only played the point early this year while Carter and Chucky Atkins were injured.

Give me Iverson over Baron Davis all day. Davis barely averages more than 1 assist more than AI and his assist/turnover ratio is a 3 compared to Iversons 2.09. AI is scoring more and shooting better. And if you factor in durability, well everyone knows AI is a “Warrior” and Davis has been injury-prone his entire career.

With that said Baron Davis DiD deserve to be on the team I agree but in no way shape or form did he deserve to be a starter. Did you forget Chris Paul? If anyone got shafted by the fans it was him. I would have been cool with AI off the bench and B. Davis over Brandon Roy. But Roy’s team success and leadership played a bigger part in that selection I believe.

Denver isn’t barely a playoff team they ARE a playoff team and only 1/2 game out of the division lead, which would make them a 4th seed based on playoff structure.

Kobe is the best player in the NBA put him on a lot of teams and they are contenders right away (and please don’t assume anyone just wins a championship that’s just ridiculous that is why they play the games) – what’s your point? I saw not one stat in your entire comment. We aren’t comparing Iverson to Kobe here are we? We are comparing him to Baron Davis who IVERSON is clearly better than over the course of their careers. You just need some other ammo to put AI down because you don’t have enough talking just about Baron Davis. But for anyone that wants real stats here are some AI stats Baron Davis will never come close to reaching: http://reclinergm.wordpress.com/2008/01/07/amazing-irregularity-10-stats-unique-to-ai/