Since we all know the starters, who would you put on the reserves? Here's mine: West: Steve Nash G 1st half MVP Ray Allen G 31-13 -> Leading pacific by 8 games Dirk Nowitzki F #3 in PPG -> team in 5th in WC Chris Webber F Solid 20 & 10 & 5 assts a night Amare Stoudemire F/C Becoming a great player (b/c Nash) Manu Ginobilli G Great energy player who is fearless Elton Brand F/C Finally Clips are over .500, solid 20 & 10 East: Steve Francis G 22/7/7 -> Orl more W's than all last yr. Dwayne Wade G Enough said Jermaine O'neal F/C Solid A. Jamison F Turned around Wiz Zydrunas Ilgauskas C Solid plus not enough BIG men in East G. Arenas G Wow, has been amazing this season Rip Hamilton G Defending Champs deserve a representative (Ben Wallace not having a great yr, below 10 PPG and caused ridiculous brawl by overeacting to a WNBA type foul)
East: Francis Wade Hamilton Arenas J O'neal Jamison Ben Wallace i know it are 4 guards. But i feel they deserve it. I wanted to include Jeferson, but he is injured. West: Nash Allen Nowitzki stoudamire Pau Gasol Brand Webber I wanted to include ginobilli, but i think that these 7 deserve it. I'm not a big fan of Webber. but his team is winning and Peja is not having a great year.
West Gs - Steve Nash, Ray Allan Fs - Dirk Nowitski, Chris Webber C - Amare Stoudemire Shawn Marion, Elton Brand East Gs - Dwayne Wade, Larry Hughes is on the IR so Steve Francis Fs - Jermain O'Neal, Antawn Jamison C - Ben Wallace Paul Pierce, Gilbert Arenas There will ALWAYS be some guys left out that deserve to go.
why do yo select Hughes over Arenas? i tought about hughes, but i think Arenas is the better player this year. any specific reason you think Hughes deserves it more?
Arenas is a scoring machine but to me Hughes is having the better all around season. He's the shooting guard yet still averages more assists than him, he's playing defense, shooting better, and the Wizards are below .500 without him. I think at least two of the three have to go, maybe Antawn Jamison is the odd man out, but he probably deserves it more than the other two. Like I said, some players who deserve to go are always left out, anyway don't we all enjoy the revenge games the snubs have after someone else gets a spot they think they deserved? It's awesome, hopefully the Rockets aren't on any of their schedules.
Here's mine: West: Steve Nash G 1st half MVP Ray Allen G 31-13 -> Leading pacific by 8 games Dirk Nowitzki F #3 in PPG -> team in 5th in WC Chris Webber F Solid 20 & 10 & 5 assts a night Amare Stoudemire F/C Becoming a great player (b/c Nash) Manu Ginobilli G Great energy player who is fearless Andrei Kirilenko F He'll block 10 shots in the all-star game. East: Steve Francis G 22/7/7 -> Orl more W's than all last yr. Dwayne Wade G Enough said Jermaine O'neal F/C Solid A. Jamison F Turned around Wiz Zydrunas Ilgauskas C Solid plus not enough BIG men in East G. Arenas G Wow, has been amazing this season Chauncey Billups G Defending Champs deserve a representative
i would put Hughes on if he's not hurt. The guy is having an amazing all-around year. He's doing everything and leading the league in steals by a large margin last i checked.
i agree that Hughes also deserves it. I seriously considered him. PXZ first i tought of Brad miller. but i think the west has to many good PF/C I do not know wich one i would leave out, Nowitzki stoudamire Pau Gasol Brand Webber are IMHO all just better then Brad
umm, lets see... West Nash, Ray Allen Dirk, Amare Brad Miller (maybe Pao) Shawn Marion C Webb *If Nash is to start then I'll put M.Ginobli in, Move Amare to C and Take Brad Miller out. East D Wade, S Francis J Oneal, A Jamison Big Z G. Arenas P. Pierce (or J Kidd)
West Reserves Guards SNash / RAllen Forwards SMarion / Dirk Center BMiller 2 Floaters RLewis / EBrand my thinking is this.. we have to fill the reserves spots w/ players listed in those spots. Plus 3 guys from the same team seems like too much. (Suns) Seattle / Spurs should also get more respresentation then. I added BMiller since he is listed as a C and the Kings are still a strong team and if CWebb doesnt make it someone from their team should. RLewis is having a breakout year and his team in at the top of the conference. EBrand has been snubbed for too long and now his team is respectable and he is a 20/10 guy playing both ends of the court. East Reserves Guards SF3 / DWade Forwards JOneil / PPierce Center BWallace 2 Floaters GArenas / AJamison My thinking behind this is that BWallace is listed as a C and that Detroit is stil one of the top teams in the league and should be represented properly. GArenas/AJamison have turned that franchise around and deserve these spots. J
WEST: G Ray Allen G Steve Nash F Shawn Marion C Amare Stoudemire G Manu Ginobili F Dirk Nowitzki F Chris Webber Really-really-really tough to put on three Suns and leaving off Rashard Lewis. Amare and Nash are no brainers, but I feel that Marion is really the unsung hero and thus should be added.. Marion is averaging more points, rebs, stls and blocks than Lewis as a third option! EAST: G Steve Francis G Dwyane Wade G Kirk Hinrich F Antwan Jamison F Rip Hamilton G Gilbert Arenas C Jermaine O'Neal I went really small in the East, but with the players who I think are most-deserving. I really think Larry Hugh's play has been the difference for Washington... he is the ex-factor for that team and it's a shame he won't be able to participate if voted in. Having Vince Carter starting really mucks things up for Washington, who like Phoenix, has three deserving players. Also, players like Hinrich, Rip Hamilton, and even Ilgauskas get shafted, all of whom deserve it more than Vince. Stuart
West Steve Nash Ray Allen Dirk Nowitzki Elton Brand Brad Miller Rashard Lewis Shawn Marion East Dwyane Wade Gilbert Arenas Jermaine O'Neal Antawn Jamison Zydrunas Ilgauskas Paul Pierce Emeka Okafor
