It's a good thing all star games aren't known for their defense, but when your best defenders are Durant and Harden, that west starting lineup is a straight up apocalypse. He really dislikes Dwight though, Hibbert? lol, Hibbert is the reason they abandoned the C spot in All star.
Can't say I agree with his list, I am tracking players with another matrix I call RV (Relative Value) - here's my calculations up till around 8 Dec 2013 (yeah, it's pretty slow analyzing at the individual players level).... I put RV in brackets after the player's names. In general, any players with RV below 1300 isn't really deserving to be an all-star for this year (Notable Ommissions - R. Westbrook (1312), C. Paul (1424) probably due to injuries, J. Holiday (1297), E. Bledsoe (1336), D. West (1303), N. Vucevic (1304), V. Oladipo (1334), A. Horford (1313) WESTERN CONFERENCE Starters G James Harden, Houston Rockets (1311) G Stephen Curry, Golden State Warriors (1382) FC Kevin Durant, Oklahoma City Thunder (1309) FC Kevin Love, Minnesota Timberwolves (1401) FC LaMarcus Aldridge, Portland Trail Blazers (1370) Reserves G Tony Parker, San Antonio Spurs (1251) G Damian Lillard, Portland Trail Blazers (1300) FC Blake Griffin, Los Angeles Clippers (1373) FC Dirk Nowitzki, Dallas Mavericks (1207) FC Dwight Howard, Houston Rockets (1324) WC Anthony Davis, New Orleans Pelicans (1362) WC DeMarcus Cousins, Sacramento Kings (1337) Toughest omissions: Serge Ibaka (1282), Conley (1263), Dragic (1318), Ty Lawson (1261), Tim Duncan (1295), Manu Ginobili (Not tracked), Isaiah Thomas (not tracked), Nikola Pekovic (1196), David Lee (1296), Andrew Bogut (1181), Zach Randolph (1207), Chandler Parsons (1251), Monta Ellis (1292). EASTERN CONFERENCE Starters G Kyle Lowry, Toronto Raptors (1253) G John Wall, Washington Wizards (1323) FC LeBron James, Miami Heat (1304) FC Paul George, Indiana Pacers (1332) FC Roy Hibbert, Indiana Pacers (1330) Reserves G Dwyane Wade, Miami Heat (1342) G Arron Afflalo, Orlando Magic (1247) FC Carmelo Anthony, New York Knicks (1347) FC Chris Bosh, Miami Heat (1234) FC Joakim Noah, Chicago Bulls (1223) WC Paul Millsap, Atlanta Hawks (1313) WC Mike Conley, Memphis Grizzlies/Goran Dragic, Phoenix Suns2 (but really Kyrie Irving, Cleveland Cavaliers (1287) Toughest omissions: DeRozan (1264), Greg Monroe (1255), Thaddeus Young (1230), Drummond (1285), Luol Deng (1295), Kemba Walker (1315), Al Jefferson (1326), Michael Carter-Williams (1299), Stephenson (1260), Jeff Teague (1291), Joe Johnson (1192), Anderson Varejao (1188).
How exactly is Henson a bubble player? Henson has been outstanding this season. I remember seeing his defensive stats, and they were up there with Hibbert, etc
