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[ASG 3rd Returns] McGrady hold less than 50K lead over Iverson. Please vote T-Mac!

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by Matador, Jan 5, 2007.

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  1. two-sandwiches

    two-sandwiches Member

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    I'm sick of the popularity BS in regards to the all star game and I think there are other guys deserving of those spots to be truthful.....
     
    #41 two-sandwiches, Jan 5, 2007
  2. MrRolo

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    All-Star = popularity
    All-NBA teams = deserve

    where is everyone getting this "deserve to be an all-star" mumbo jumbo :confused:
     
    #42 MrRolo, Jan 5, 2007
  3. tigermission1

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    Man, I would love for Yao to pull a Penny Hardaway and come back to start for the West just to keep that snotty a-hole Stoudamire from starting. It would be cool if T-Mac and Yao do another special dance.

    It just wouldn't feel the same if Yao is not there, I really hope he's healthy enough to walk up that stage and take his rightful place under the spotlight as the baddest big man alive. :cool:
     
    #43 tigermission1, Jan 5, 2007
  4. BigM

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    i know you didn't mean it this way but in light of yao's recent rash of injuries lets hope he never ever pulls a penny hardaway...
     
    #44 BigM, Jan 5, 2007
  5. shaggylambda

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    You've got to be IGNORANT to to err on the side of caution. Let's review my post. Missing the all-star game is to prevent injury for a meaningless game. Kobe must have been clueless to sit out of the olympics to avoid injury. Pau Gosal's broken foot in the world championschips is one of the reasons the Grizzlies season is in the crapper.

    And I'm sorry for not realizing how mentally soft T-mac is. Watch the last three games along with tonight's game. Does he look like he is lacking confidence?
     
    #45 shaggylambda, Jan 5, 2007
  6. Yodels

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    When healthy I like Tmac over Kobe, Carmello, Wade, Arenas & James.

    The players I mentioned above are all in the same elite category offensively.

    Range: Arenas, Tmac, Kobe, Wade, James, Carmello
    Post: Carmello, Kobe, Tmac, James, Wade, Arenas
    Vision: James, Tmac, Kobe, Wade, Arenas, Carmello
    Penetration: Wade, Arenas, Kobe, James, Tmac, Carmello
    Decision Making: Tmac, Wade, Kobe, James, Arenas, Carmello
    And 1 layups: James, Kobe, Wade, Tmac, Carmello, Arenas
    Layup Creativity: Kobe, Wade, Arenas, Tmac, James, Carmello
    Handles: Arenas, Wade, Tmac, Kobe, James, Carmello
    Offensive Energy: Wade, Arenas, Kobe, James, Tmac, Carmello
    Clutchness: Wade, Arenas, Tmac, Kobe, Carmello, James
    Orchestrating a 5 man offense: Wade, Tmac, James, Arenas, Kobe, Carmello
     
    #46 Yodels, Jan 5, 2007
  7. twoface723

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    I voted for T Mac and Yao.They both deserve it in my opinion...
     
    #47 twoface723, Jan 5, 2007
  8. ferrarif1286

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    vote for Tmac... he has earned that spot from his late run!!
     
    #48 ferrarif1286, Jan 5, 2007
  9. blazer_ben

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    Where is the Idiot who said AI is better then tracy?.. wow mac is the best. mac> AI, Kobe
     
    #49 blazer_ben, Jan 5, 2007
  10. BattiersBaby

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    Also, Shane is currently fourth among Western forward candidates... please vote for him! Go, Rockets!

    BattiersBaby.
     
    #50 BattiersBaby, Jan 5, 2007
  11. JeopardE

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    I'm taking the names of all you haters who continue to say T-Mac does not deserve to be in the ASG.

    He delivers another kick to the mouth of the doubters tonight with a 44/9 performance.
     
    #51 JeopardE, Jan 5, 2007
  12. bbjai

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    his been playing like an all star this week
     
    #52 bbjai, Jan 5, 2007
  13. macfan

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    LIKE and All Star?

    You mean on the the Luc Longley level? :p
     
    #53 macfan, Jan 5, 2007
  14. tigermission1

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    He's not an all-star, he's a superstar.

    Different pedigree altogether...
     
    #54 tigermission1, Jan 5, 2007
  15. BattiersBaby

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    In regards to *any* sport's All-Star game... I agree with that line of thinking.

    BattiersBaby.
     
    #55 BattiersBaby, Jan 5, 2007
  16. Nice Rollin

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    AI has/had two cities voting for him....he's gonna win
     
    #56 Nice Rollin, Jan 5, 2007
  17. Shroopy2

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    McGrady (until recently) hasn't played this season up to his usual All-Star standards. If he's to not get a vote it should be cuz he's undeserving of a spot, more than it being for keeping him healthy. If his numbers now were at, say 25-7-7, then he'd deserve to go even if his back was about to break in half. Not counting the post-injury comeback McGrady, pre-injury he deserved to stay home cuz his performance sucked.
     
    #57 Shroopy2, Jan 6, 2007
  18. slickrick

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    my thought s exactly meanigless game and anything can happen
     
    #58 slickrick, Jan 6, 2007
  19. krayziefl

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    I'm already voting almost everyday. Í'm gonna vote right after this message. And by the way to some of the fools if you vote t-mac don't vote Iverson and don't vote kobe. AND VOTE for Arenas on the east F a lebron.
     
    #59 krayziefl, Jan 6, 2007
  20. Matador

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    Well it lloks like another city is going to be voting for AI. :mad: :rolleyes: :cool:

    C'mon and keep voting for T-Mac! Go Rockets!

    http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/...s/MYSA01052007.WEBnbainsider.en.106046cd.html

    NBA Insider: Parker, Ginobili long shots to make All-Star squad

    Web Posted: 01/05/2007 08:59 PM CST

    Mike Monroe
    Express-News Staff Writer

    If Spurs fans want to see either Tony Parker or Manu Ginobili in the All-Star Game on Feb. 18, they need to start stuffing the ballot box – for Allen Iverson.

    Two things happened when Iverson was traded from the 76ers to the Nuggets: He was electronically switched from the Eastern Conference to the Western Conference and all the votes he already had received as an Eastern Conference candidate went with him.

    The league could not change the millions of ballots it already had printed and distributed, but in the online age, the change in online voting could be made with a few computer key strokes.

    As a result, as of Friday afternoon Iverson stands third in the West in results of fan voting released by the NBA on Thursday. Lakers great Kobe Bryant is the top vote-getter among Western guards, with 1,386,477. Houston’s Tracy McGrady is second, with 1,205,510 votes. Iverson has 1,157,031 votes.

    Ginobili was named to the All-Star team by the coaches in 2005; Parker made his first All-Star team in 2006. But unless Iverson overtakes McGrady, neither has a very good shot at being voted among the reserves by the league’s head coaches unless Iverson surpasses McGrady in the fan voting.

    That is because Iverson and two-time MVP Steve Nash then would have to be added by the coaches, and would be. A fifth guard could be added, but with a glut of talented forwards also available in the West, it seems more likely the coaches would opt for forwards for the "wild card" spots on the 12-man roster.

    McGrady is not having an All-Star season. His numbers were down before his most recent back injury forced him to miss seven games and it is clear that when Yao Ming is healthy he is the focus of Houston’s offense, not McGrady.

    Parker clearly is having a better season. You can make a pretty good case for Ginobili, too.

    Parker’s maturation as a thinking point guard is what now puts him in select company as one of the league’s four best point guards, clearly one of the best guards in the West.

    "He definitely is better this season," Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said, "and it’s got everything to do with what point guards do. He’s more of a leader, and by that I don’t mean he’s waving a towel and yelling and screaming and all that crap and being a cheerleader. Some people think that’s being a leader, but it isn’t.

    "It’s about him having a pace on the court and understanding game and time and score; what players are on the court; where mismatches are; and when we need to play faster and when we need to play slower.

    "His pace and understanding of what’s going on is the best it’s ever been."

    Ginobili doesn’t think he is having an All-Star season, but he is that NBA rarity: a humble self-evaluator.

    "I didn’t think I was having an All-Star season two years ago when it happened, so I am not concerned with that," he said. "I never thought of myself as an All-Star. If it happens, great. If not, I’m going to enjoy my rest."

    Parker laughed at the notion the he needs to root for Spurs fans to help Iverson pass McGrady.

    "Whatever happens, happens." he said. "You can’t control it. All you can do is try to have an All-Star season, but it’s not going to happen every year. Circumstances and popularity. The only thing I can do is play my best and get the Spurs to win games. That’s it."

    Iverson has closed the gap on McGrady since the last results were announced a few weeks ago. McGrady enjoys some dovetail effect from all the Asians who vote online for his teammate, Yao, but it no longer seems impossible that Iverson might catch him.

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    Man, oh man it seems like the hordes are against Tracy McGrady making the All Star team. Sixers fans, Nuggets fans, a lot of Rockets fans, and now Spurs fans are voting against McGrady. :(

    For those who want McGrady in the All Star game to represnt Houston go vote! Anyone know and have access to other forums to post this stuff?
     
    #60 Matador, Jan 6, 2007
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