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2011 All-Stars: Who Did You Pick?
Posted by: Jason on December 30th, 2010
The author's views are entirely his or her own and may not reflect the views of the Utah Jazz.For those who are oblivious, the All-Star ballot has been up on nba.com for some time now. I have voted on and off, but after seeing the second returns(here: http://www.nba.com/2010/news/12/30/allstar-ballot-results-2/index.html), I have vowed to submit daily. Hopefully I will use nearly the same people every time, but I am a realist, so some of my ballots could change. Regardless, here are the ones I put in today.
Who did you pick? What do you think of Yao Ming leading West centers? Shaq in 2nd in the East? Let us know.
WEST
Center: Nene (Nuggets) – He has played near-perfect this year, shooting a super high FG%. His numbers could skyrocket with a Carmelo Anthony trade.
Forward: Kevin Love (T-Wolves) – This was a no brainer. He won’t get voted in, but 20 and 15 is a HUGE number. I was tempted to vote for Blake Griffin, but he won’t get in either!
Forward: Kevin Durant (Thunder) – Why vote for Melo, he will be gone by the time the all star break happens…
Shooting Guard: Monta Ellis (Warriors) – This is my second-favorite player in the league. Every time I watch him, he does something amazing. Then he does it again. Then that repeats itself several times throughout the game.
Point Guard: Deron Williams (duh) – If this were 2 weeks ago, Russell Westbrook would be here. Keep that in mind…
West Reactions: Basically I boycotted the lakers.
EAST
Center – Dwight Howard (Magic). A no-brainer. He could potentially win DPOY, MVP, and MIP.
Forward – Amar’e Stoudemire (Knicks) – He has played extremely well, and advanced statistics show he is shooting better than in Phoenix, playing more efficiently, and even helping them defensively (what??).
Forward – LeBron James (Heat) – Don’t hate the great.
Guard – Dwyane Wade (Heat) – One of my favorite players. Back to back 40+ point games. Probably one of the most improved players if one looks at how they were coming into the league to today.
Guard – Raymond Felton (Knicks) – Gotta give it up for his play, he has proved Stoudemire doesn’t need Nash.
East Reaction: The Knicks are making noise, and could potentially double their record with a trade near the deadline, so I gave their top players props.
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Mate, seriously, how could you leave out Griffin and Millsap in the West, as well as Rose in the East.
monta ellis is a douche bag. Why vote for melo period? theres jazz players you couldve voted for. jesus this post made me upset.
West:
C: David Lee
F: Blake Griffin
F: Kevin Durant
G: Monta Ellis
G: Deron Williams
East:
C: Dwight Howard
F: Amar’e Stoudamire
F: LeBron James
G: Dwayne Wade
G: Rajon Rondo
Hey everybody, note that this post has JUST the starters. Name the backups if you want!
“dont hate the GREAT”? that seems like an arbitrary statement next to Lebron’s name
@ Disco: I wrote in Millsap. Good point about Rose though.
@ Colten: I didn’t vote for Melo. It was a phrase. And I didn’t vote in every jazz player because I am not an blind fan who only sees 1 team.
@ Adam: Good point about the backups.
@Seth: So you think nearly averaging a triple double, having the best numbers since Oscar Robertson does not qualify someone as great? Don’t be a biased idiot, look at the reality.
Thanks to those who actually showed who they were voting for…
I hope you vote for Deron William every time. Kind of disappointed with your choices. Some of them don’t even need votes because so many other people vote for them. I only vote for Jazz players each time on the West.
@ Jason: it was a joke, but thx for overreacting
West:
G Deron Williams – I hate Chris Paul, he’s all about publicity.
G Manu Ginobli – I know Kobe will win, but I refuse to vote for him.
F Al Jefferson – I just really want this guy to be an all-star.
F Paul Millsap (Write-in) – He deserves it.
C Mehmet Okur – I don’t really like anybody else on the list.
East:
G Rajon Rondo
G Dwayne Wade
F LeBron James
F Carlos Boozer – Sorry, I still think he’s deserving.
C Dwight Howard