NBA All-Star Starters Announced

[BIGGIEsmalls 23]

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/1...phen-curry-earn-first-all-star-starting-spots

East

Kyrie Irving
Dwayne Wade
Lebron James
Paul George
Carmelo Anthony


West

Stephen Curry
Kobe Bryant
Kevin Durant
Blake Griffin
Kevin Love

The reserves will be announced next Thursday. Head coaches in each conference will vote for two guards, three frontcourt players and two players regardless of position.

 

[BNB]

3 SF's for the East hahaha

 

[BIGGIEsmalls 23]

3 SF's for the East hahaha

LOL.....true.

The starters should be selected by position....PG, SG, SF, PF, C

Then the reserves can be chosen by any position.....Best Player Available.

BTW, Kobe should not have been voted in. It reminds me of all those years Yao Ming was voted in over Shaq.

 

[ChiSoxCity]

You can thank commissioner Stern for making the Center position irrelevant.

He thinks fans just want to see SFs shooting 3s and flopping every time someone touches them like Euro style.

 

[Bear Pride]

I kinda thought DJ Augustin outplayed Kyrie Irving the other night. :shrug:

 

[BIGGIEsmalls 23]

Kobe Bryant appreciates All-Star votes but has no desire to play

Thanks for the All-Star votes, Kobe Bryant wanted his fans to know, but, uh, don't expect him to play in the game.

When Bryant was announced Thursday as a starter in the Feb. 16 game, he said it was "always a tremendous honor" but had no desire to play in New Orleans that weekend.

"No, I don't think so," he said flatly.

How come?

"With all due respect to the fans who voted me in, and I certainly appreciate that ... but you've got to do the right thing as well. My feeling is you've got to reward these young guys for the work that they've been putting in," Bryant said.

Cognizant he played only six games this season because of injuries, Bryant lobbied twice this month for younger Western Conference guards to get the starting nod, specifically Portland's Damian Lillard.

http://www.latimes.com/sports/baske...rs-fyi-20140124,0,5226870.story#ixzz2rK79imbs

:clap: Good call, Kobe.

 

[Saluki]

D. Wade? Has he played half the games this season? Though with Kobe "starting" for the West i guess i shouldnt be suprised.

 

[JosMin]

Can somebody explain to me why Fisch isn't starting for the East....

 

[houheffna]

LOL.....true.

The starters should be selected by position....PG, SG, SF, PF, C

Then the reserves can be chosen by any position.....Best Player Available.

BTW, Kobe should not have been voted in. It reminds me of all those years Yao Ming was voted in over Shaq.

No they shouldn't, because GMs don't put teams together that way anymore. Plus Melo and Lebron have both played power forward.

 

[Scoot26]

LOL.....true.

The starters should be selected by position....PG, SG, SF, PF, C

Then the reserves can be chosen by any position.....Best Player Available.

BTW, Kobe should not have been voted in. It reminds me of all those years Yao Ming was voted in over Shaq.

NBA really needs to fix the voting and make it more structured..like how the NFL is. The votes are divided. This prevents washed up players/injured players from getting starting nods.

 

[BIGGIEsmalls 23]

No they shouldn't, because GMs don't put teams together that way anymore. Plus Melo and Lebron have both played power forward.

Well, there's no point in having defined positions anymore. They need to remove "positions" from the high school & college ranks, then.

 

[Crystallas]

From a schematic, positions have evolved. There are more combo guards playing the point, than point guards, more power forwards playing center, than centers, and who knows what a small forward is anymore. The only reason any of us know what each other is talking about when it comes to position, is when we associate common players as a reference. Which means it's just based on perception more than anything else.

 

[RoseMVP1]

I'm really surprised Kevin Love got the starting nod. He was quite a bit away from Dwight in terms of votes not to long ago.

 

[Axl Rose]

I'm really surprised Kevin Love got the starting nod. He was quite a bit away from Dwight in terms of votes not to long ago.

laker fans, magic fans and ppl that dont like dwight

the dwightmare turned allot of ppl against him

 

[clonetrooper264]

laker fans, magic fans and ppl that dont like dwight

the dwightmare turned allot of ppl against him

nba.com says Minnesota did a huge social media advocacy thing right before the voting closed. Might've had a hand in it as well.

 

[clonetrooper264]

From a schematic, positions have evolved. There are more combo guards playing the point, than point guards, more power forwards playing center, than centers, and who knows what a small forward is anymore. The only reason any of us know what each other is talking about when it comes to position, is when we associate common players as a reference. Which means it's just based on perception more than anything else.

JIMMY BUTLER IS A SMALL FORWARD NOT A SHOOTING GUARD!!!!!!!!!

 

[clonetrooper264]

How the heck did Kyrie get in over Wall? Guess it doesn't matter since they both would've gotten in anyway. Wade's selection is a joke. Kobe's is pure popularity, Lillard should take his spot in the actual game though...he's been balling.

I'm curious to see whether Noah will make it back in this year. Imo it's a no brainer with the candidates that the East has. Hibbert, Bosh, Noah, Drummond, Wall, Stephenson, and Derozan is probably what it'll end up being.

The West should be a lot more interesting, especially if Westbrook and CP3 both have to miss. I think it should be Parker, Harden, and Thompson in the backcourt if they're both out and Dwight, Aldridge, Cousins, and Davis in the frontcourt.

 

[Crystallas]

At least Iverson isn't winning these votes anymore.