Rookie-Sophomore Game Rosters announced

[rikesh316]

ROOKIE TEAM ROSTER
Player Team Pos. Ht. Wt. College/Country
Carmelo Anthony Denver F 6-8 230 Syracuse
Chris Bosh Toronto F 6-10 225 Georgia Tech
Udonis Haslem Miami F 6-8 230 Florida
LeBron James Cleveland G 6-8 258 St. Vincent-St. Mary HS
Jarvis Hayes Washington G/F 6-7 220 Georgia
Kirk Hinrich Chicago G 6-3 186 Kansas
Josh Howard Dallas F 6-5 210 Wake Forest
Chris Kaman L.A. Clippers C 7-0 268 Central Michigan
Dwyane Wade Miami G 6-4 212 Marquette

SOPHOMORE TEAM ROSTER
Player Team Pos. Ht. Wt. College/Country
Carlos Boozer Cleveland F 6-8 258 Duke
Mike Dunleavy Golden State F 6-8 230 Duke
Manu Ginobili San Antonio F 6-6 210 Argentina
Marko Jaric L.A. Clippers G 6-7 217 Serbia-Montenegro
Ronald Murray Seattle G 6-3 197 Shaw
Nenê Denver F 6-11 260 Brazil
Tayshaun Prince Detroit F 6-9 215 Kentucky
Amaré Stoudemire Phoenix F 6-10 245 Cypress Creek HS
Yao Ming Houston C 7-5 296 China

[adeelsiddiqui]

WHATTTTTTTTT????????


NO BOKI:mad:





:D

[Matador]

Haslem over Ford is a joke

[Dave2000]

Hinrich over Ford is a TOTAL joke. My cousin, FrancisFan3, and big TJ fanboy is going to pissed.

[Matador]

I think its hilarious that Butler didn't make it after he thought he should have won ROY last year.

[Matador]

Players who were on the rookie team last year but didn't make the sophomore team this year:

Caron Butler
Jay Williams
Drew Gooden
Dejuan Wagner
Gordan Giricek

I'm surprised there are only 4 returning players (Yao, Amare, Booz, and Nene)


http://www.nba.com/allstar2003/rookie_challenge_2003_030123.html

[Dave2000]

To be honest, I dont know why Amare is on the Sophmore team. He has been injured half the season so far and the times he did played, there "eh" numbers. What a fraudass ROY. :o

But then again, I do not know who would be on the team instead of him.

[adeelsiddiqui]

Originally posted by Matador

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Yao wasn' on the team last year, he made it but was in teh ASG :cool:

[peleincubus]

suprised no one has said who they think will win the game...
ill have to go with the rookies. although i think that the sophmores will play a much more controlled game.

[sydmill]

It is a travesty is TJ is not on that team. Can anybody imagine TJ on the break with Carmelo on one wing, Lebron on another, and Bosh trailing? There had better be some way to add him to that squad....

[Dave2000]

Originally posted by sydmill
There had better be some way to add him to that squad....

Get one of the players other than the ones u listed, injured. :D

[JuanValdez]

I think sophomores will win. Their strength is on the interior with Yao, Amare, Nene and Boozer. The strongest players for the rookies play further out for the most part. It could be argued that for a no-defense-playing game like this one, it would give the running and gunnig rookies the advantage, but I still believe in low-post power, where the sophomores definitely are superior.

[pacertom]

For the 2nd-year guys, Mehmet Okur deserved it over Jaric, and would be there if Larry Brown had started using him more earlier in the season than the running-on-fumes Elden Campbell.

TJ Ford ought to be there over Haslem.

[Baqui99]

Originally posted by pacertom
For the 2nd-year guys, Mehmet Okur deserved it over Jaric, and would be there if Larry Brown had started using him more earlier in the season than the running-on-fumes Elden Campbell.

TJ Ford ought to be there over Haslem.

TJ will probably take Dwayne Wade's spot.

[JamesC]

Originally posted by Baqui99
TJ will probably take Dwayne Wade's spot.


Thats what I was thinking. I didnt know Haslem was a rookie last year. I thought he came out earlier than that.

[MacBeth]

My guess at starters:


Rookie:


C) Kayman
PF) Bosh
SF) Anthony
SG) James
PG) Hinrich


Sophomore

C) Yao
PF) Stoudemire
SF) Boozer
SG) Ginobli
PG) Jaric


Sophs are seriously top heavy.

[oliver_67]

Wow, the sophomore team only has two guards! And one center!

Does that mean that Yao has to log in heavy minutes for the sophomore game?

[oliver_67]

BTW, Hinrich has a better year than TJ. Kirk plays better D, and is a much better shooter from outside. His play constantly reminds me of a more athletic version of Steve Nash.

[Matador]

I agree that Okur should have made the sophomore team. Ronald Murray hasn't done jack since Ray Allen came back.

[MacBeth]

Originally posted by oliver_67
BTW, Hinrich has a better year than TJ. Kirk plays better D, and is a much better shooter from outside. His play constantly reminds me of a more athletic version of Steve Nash.

Yeah. TJ has been wonderful, but the Bulls are saying they are Hinrich's team. Skiles held a team meeting and asked all the pleyrs who they wanted to be their leader, and they unanimously chose Hinrich. He's gonna be a star.

[Dave2000]

Hinrich's stats are a tad better than TJ:

Ford
PPG 7.3
RPG 3.4
APG 6.4
SPG 1.26
BPG .07
FG% .378
FT% .827
3P% .263
MPG 27.3

Hinrich
PPG 10.8
RPG 3.1
APG 5.8
SPG 1.08
BPG .25
FG% .403
FT% .739
3P% .384
MPG 33.9

The only stat that stands out that Kirk is better is points, but Ford would have better stats if he played more than 30 mins.

But, TJ's team is playing WAYYY better than the Bulls. Which I have an argument why TJ should be there over Kirk.

[Raven Lunatic]

Pretty big discrepancy between the two in shooting percentages. Hinrich shoots a much higher percentage...albeit still not a very good one for a guard.

[Matador]

http://www.jsonline.com/sports/buck/jan04/203432.asp

NOTEBOOK
STAR SNUB: The Bucks are dumbfounded that point guard T.J. Ford, the assists leader among the league's rookies, was not named to play in the game between the league's top rookies and second-year players during all-star weekend in Los Angeles.

"It's a tragedy," said Porter. "I don't understand it. I don't understand the process. I don't understand why, if this is something that the league, this is supposed to be their weekend, why they would put together a panel that nobody from the league is involved in. They don't leave it up to the ex-players to vote the current players, why would they do that for the rookies?"

The rookie and sophomore teams were selected by an 11-member panel of former coaches and players who are now in the media - Bill Walton, Greg Anthony, Doug Collins, Doc Rivers, Jack Ramsay, Quinn Buckner, Eddie Johnson, Johnny Kerr, Stu Lantz, Steve Mix and Jim Petersen.

Ford shrugged off the fact that he was not named.

"That's out of my control," he said. "They looked at the nine guys that they thought were the best at the time. I feel I should be playing, but it's no problem. Making the playoffs is way much bigger than making the rookie game."

Named to the rookie team were Denver's Carmelo Anthony, Toronto's Chris Bosh, Miami's Udonis Haslem, Washington's Jarvis Hayes, Chicago's Kirk Hinrich, Dallas' Josh Howard, Cleveland's LeBron James, the Los Angeles Clippers' Chris Kaman, and Miami's Dwyane Wade.

In past years, Ford would still have a chance to be added as a replacement if one of the rookies was named to play in the All-Star Game. But since the rookie-sophomore game has been moved from Saturday to Friday this year, players will be allowed to participate in both games.

[bottlerocket]

I can just see these hotshot rookies dunking on Yao.

[JuanValdez]

So what if someone dunks on Yao. He'll probably also get a half-dozen blocks. And, will likely throw down on a couple of guys himself. I don't really foresee him being on the losing end when it comes to play near the basket.

[Bailey]

Originally posted by Baqui99
TJ will probably take Dwayne Wade's spot.

Dwyane Wade isn't playing (yes, that is how you spell his first name)? I thought he played last night for the Heat?

[peleincubus]

Well when i said the rookies would win i was thinking that Yao Ming would not be in the game because of his selection to the allstar game so i now pick the super sophs to bring a win.

[vj23k]

Originally posted by Matador


"...Making the playoffs is way much bigger than making the rookie game."



I love this kid. He needs to work on his jumpshot, but I still think he could become a star. His playmaking ability is outrageous.

[sums41]

Originally posted by adeelsiddiqui
WHATTTTTTTTT????????


NO BOKI:mad:





:D

I know, that dunleavy dude made it, he is bad in a mediocre team, boki is kind of good in a kind of good mediocre team, boki should have made it.

[sydmill]

The thing with Ford is that he is the perfect player for an All-Star team, especially one with Bron and Melo. For those of you who havn't seen him play, TJ is the quintesential (sp?) 1. I dont know how he does it, but he sees that guys are gonna be open before they do and delivers the ball perfectly for them to score. TJ Ford will lead the NBA in assists for years. I dont know their financial situation, but the Bucks are a good post away from contending in the east and they are young.

[adeelsiddiqui]

Originally posted by sums41
I know, that dunleavy dude made it, he is bad in a mediocre team, boki is kind of good in a kind of good mediocre team, boki should have made it.

Mike dunlevy, while not worth the lottery pick, is a pretty decent player. He can stroke the 3, slash, and also get some boards. I would trade Boki for him any day. Hell I would even trade Boki and Piatkowski and a 2nd round pick for him right now, esp with our need for a reliable outside shot.

[sums41]

Originally posted by adeelsiddiqui
Mike dunlevy, while not worth the lottery pick, is a pretty decent player. He can stroke the 3, slash, and also get some boards. I would trade Boki for him any day. Hell I would even trade Boki and Piatkowski and a 2nd round pick for him right now, esp with our need for a reliable outside shot.

Dude, Dunleavy sucks, ok he might be better than boki right now, i will give you that, but there are probably like 10 players that deserve to be in the game before him.

[yipengzhao]

Originally posted by peleincubus
suprised no one has said who they think will win the game...
ill have to go with the rookies. although i think that the sophmores will play a much more controlled game.

hold on ... are you kidding me? the sophomore team is monster! i think the rookie team has no chance.

time for Yao to bounce it off LeBron's head and hit a three when the game is already over!

[Dave2000]

Originally posted by sydmill
The thing with Ford is that he is the perfect player for an All-Star team, especially one with Bron and Melo. For those of you who havn't seen him play, TJ is the quintesential (sp?) 1. I dont know how he does it, but he sees that guys are gonna be open before they do and delivers the ball perfectly for them to score. TJ Ford will lead the NBA in assists for years. I dont know their financial situation, but the Bucks are a good post away from contending in the east and they are young.

Agree with this no doubt. It would be scary if they get someone like Emeka Okafor in June. :eek:

[Life2Def]

I'd rather watch TJ in the playoffs more than a rookie/sophomore game anyday.

[fadeaway]

I think Carmelo Anthony will be the best player on the floor, but the sophomores should win easily.

[FrancisFan3]

Originally posted by Life2Def
I'd rather watch TJ in the playoffs more than a rookie/sophomore game anyday.

agreed