YM starting as NBA All Star might have a downside.

Starting in ASG can only enhance a player's popularity/fame. No downside.

 

The downside is he'll have to play instead of resting. However, Im hoping he'll play less in the All Star game than he wouldve had he played in the Rookie Game.

 

Wrong. Shaq is the best center in the league right now. Not forever but it is inarguable that he is right now. haq should start at Center and YM should go as his back up. That would be legit. It would also make all of the non-YM fans shut the hell up about all of the Chinese "stuffing" the ballot box.

 

I cant believe you have enough time to post messages on the BBS AND be on the radio shooting the stuff with John Granato. Heh heh heh.

 

Chance, I agree. I hope Yao missed the popular vote for starting and gets voted in by the coaches. That way, nobody can claim that he gets into the ASG just by Chinese fans stuffing the ballots. The coaches's votes will mean real respect from the people who know basketball.

 

Agreed. Yao should not start the ASG. He is not better than Shaq right now. But popular vote is the way the system is set up.

 

I hope the cia filter all the votes from china so Shaq start instead of Yao LOL

 

How kick ass will it be if dude gets in based on respect fromt he Coaches? That would RULE!!! Of course Yao is the fan favorite. Who isn't bored with Shaq's brutish play and manhandling of other centers? I know I am. I would rather watch an eternity of Malone/Stockton pick and rolls than one more two handed Shaq dunk.

Chance

PS-Have I lost my friggin' head? Scratch that whole thing about pick and rolls. I would rather eat my own flesh than ever see Malone and Stockton play basketball.

 

We all know that the starter are for popularity contest and the reserve are the one that have an all star year. The starters usually got voted in for what they did in the past and the reserve are pick based on what they did this year. With that being said I think about 80% of the starter actually deserve to be an all star.
In the case of Yao it actually work both way. If he is voted in as a starter then it mean that the fans love him and wanted to see him play. There is nothing wrong with that. Afterall the fans are the one who paid these players' salary because without them there wouldn't be any basketball league. The NBA is an entertainment business. So if the fans want to see a player play in an all star game (doesn't matter if he deserve to start or not), then nobody can said anything because the fans are the one who paid the money to see them play. If the fan are tired of seeing an ugly type of basketball then they have every right to see a different type of game from a different player. That is why the league let the fans pick the starters. After all, it's what the fans want to see that count the most. I think sometime the players got way over their head and think that they are bigger than they actually are. Without the fans, these players will have to work a regular paying job and no one would even know them. So I think if Yao got voted in, he shouldn't feel bad because Shaq had a better stats. We shouldn't complain about the Chinese fans stuff the ballots either. After all, it's the NBA that allow the Chinese fan to vote and we have to play by the rule. If that is the case, then they have the right to vote for anybody that they want. On the other hand if Yao got picked by the coaches then it tell us that he is getting in based on his play alone. Either way Yao should came out in a win win situation.

 

kobe started in an all-star game in a year when he didnt even start for his own team. he was voted in because the fans wanted to see him. nobody hated kobe for that.

people will understand that fans want to see yao. that doesnt mean he is better than shaq, just more entertaining.

 

I don't agree. Kobe was a starter by being a Lakers 6th man, Grant Hill got voted in even when injuried and many more "unfair" examples. Didn't seem to create a media backlash for them did it?

 

Vince Carter this year. Injured but still number one guard for All Star East!

 

you shouldnt be voted in if you have no chance of playing. yao will at least play in the game.

 

Fans is upset at why votes from china count becuz nba is an amercian league . look at things this way if chinese werent allow to vote but yao stilll get the most vote n start there will be no problem at all , but since china are allow to vote too some fans here do not like it .if u ask me who deserve to start i say everyone 's value is different so the most fair to say is who get the most votes but then there is fans that will complain about the votes from china.........!
This nba all star starter system is whoever get the most votes start, its means the starter have the most fans that think he deserve to start than others!!!

 

I mean this is actually not the 1st year China fans' votes count. Ever since they get online voting, internet users from all over the world can vote. Having a Chinese version page doesn't really mean anything, they also have other languages (Spanish? Italian?) as well right? BTW Davic, Gasol etc never got voted in.

 

I think Soccer is more popular than Basketball in Spain. They don't care about him much. But people in Germany are starting to like basketball with Dirk Nowitzki. But he's not going to the All Star game.

 

Now that is ridiculous.