Did the USA team have too many LEastern Conference Players

No offense, but I think you're looking into the situation too much. The players out there, with the exception of Pierce, are not the Eastern (or, for that matter, the Western) Conference's best players.

The East is guard and small forward heavy; the West is heavy with big men. If you want to draw any conclusion, it's that the East's big men don't matchup well compared to the West's big men - but that's pretty much common fact.

 

It's not about the East or West, it was about our best players scratching their asses instead of signing up for a national duty.

 

lol good point , i bet if we picked players of the same postion but from the west we would go undefeated.

 

Quick...jot down a list of the players you would send.

Western Conference laden isn't it? But I agree, they are scratchin' their hind quarters.

 

mfclark -

IMHO, the WC supremacy extends well beyond C's & PF's.

Other than Kidd who has only been in the EC for one season, is there a PG in the EC better than Payton? (Please don't tell me it's Iverson ).

Is there a better SG in the EC than Kobe? Is there a better SF in the East than Garnett?

FWIW, the 2002 WC All Stars (without Shaq) beat the East by 15.

By the way...given the state of the C's and PF's in the EC (if Doc can motivate him) Kemp may clean up big time for ya'all!!

 

GATER...

At the top, the West's best may be better than the East's best in the backcourt. However, the East is deeper or as deep at those positions, especially at SG and SF.

After Kobe, who else does the West have at SG/SF? Peja, Finley, and Szczerbiak. The East has Pierce, McGrady, Carter, Iverson, Allen, even Jordan if you want to include him.

Kidd and Payton are probably at a relatively equal level, though I admit the West may have an advantage at the top there with Nash and Francis over Baron Davis.

Don't forget the East won the 2001 All-Star Game, though!

And I'm optimistic about Kemp for the Magic. Everywhere he's had the chance to start - even with his weight over 300lbs and his explosiveness gone - he's put up numbers right around 18 and 9. He'll get the chance to start at center for the Magic and, though he's about 20lb heavier than the Magic would like right now (~300lb vs ~280lb), he's probably still capable of putting up 15 and 7. For a minimum salaried player, that's well worth the risk.

Who knows, maybe he'll be an all-star in the East!

 

The usa team lacked of teamwork. They all are top players but they gotta have teamwork to win....

 

What a loser. Those Western Conference players don't even want to play. So get off of their nuts.

 

Wow, you really shot down this theory. Nice job.

I don't buy into the East being so bad. In fact the East is loaded with good talent. I think this was a case of bad coaching and players being young and inexperienced.

 

How are you going to include Szczerbiatch and not Cuttino? I am tired of people claiming Wally World is a good player. He aint crap without KG. He couldn't create his own shot if his life depended on it. Cuttino is way better offensively and probably a little better defensively.

 

his point was that he wouldn't include either of them. so chill. he was sayin that the east had better sg/sf's.

 

Wally made the all-star game last year (albeit undeservedly), so he's the first one I included. In either case - whether Cuttino is included or not - the East's shooting guards and small forwards are vastly superior to the West's collection.