I always find it hard to pick all stars that early, because most of the votes were based on reputation, rather than reflecting the actual performance of the players this season. That is why you'll seee guys like Vince Carter and Tracy McGrady always got voted as All-Star starters no matter whether they were lousy or even injured.
As of Dec 25, the leaders in the latest balloting results are: LeBron James (F), Kevin Garnett (F), Dwyane Wade (G), Allen Iverson (G), Dwight Howard (C) in the East; and Tim Duncan (F), Amare Stoudemire (F), Kobe Bryant (G), Tracy McGrady (G), Yao Ming (C) in the West.
While I have no problem with most of the selections, I would exclude Iverson and McGrady in my list, simply because I have some better and more deserving candidates. My voting would be like this:
EAST:
Fowards:
LeBron James - no-brainer
Kevin Garnett - no brainer
Guards:
Dwyane Wade - no-brainer
Joe Johnson - a close call between JJ and Devin Harris. While Harris is leading the surprising Nets to success that nobody had expected, JJ is doing even more for the Hawks, who now stands firmly at #4 in the East. Who would have thought of that before the season began? Not enough? How about that 23.3 PPG, 4.7 RPG and 5.7 APG so far this season? Or all the clutch shots he made in Q4 for the Hawks? (I wish I could get the stat for that. Need to check out 82games.com.)
Center:
Dwight Howard - who else?
WEST
Fowards:
Tim Duncan - he's playing like his old self. The most impressive is the way he led the team to remain competitive during the absence of Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili. He showed people that he could dominate when he wants to. He's still the best PF in the league.
Dirk Nowitzki - People may choose Carmelo Anthony or Amare Stoudemire, but you can't deny that Dirk is quietly having some MVP-like stat this season: 25.8 PPG and 8.9 RPG. Amare is actually having a worse season this year under Terry Porter. (Although he's getting better after Porter lossened up the offense. But we'll see.) As for 'Melo, he's winning more games, but having a worse stat this season. The wins, are mainly due to the arrival of Billups, not 'Melo.
Guards:
Chris Paul - Although he's not getting as much attention as last season, but his stat hardly drops (20.1 PPG and 11.4 APG), and he's still one of if not the best PGs in the league. Can't imagine people picking T-Mac over him. Ridiculous.
Kobe Bryant - no-brainer, although his stat is off.
Center:
Yao Ming - C'mon, you're not going to vote for Shaq, right?
What about you?
Note:
Yi Jianlian is right now #3 in the voting for the Eastern forward. I mean, please, would all the Chinese stop these stupid pseudo-patriotic act? That's completely meaningless and stupid. Immediately out of my mind, I can think of over 10 forwards in the East that are way better than Yi: Chris Bosh, Paul Pierce, Danny Granger, Caron Butler, Antawn Jamison, Rashard Lewis, Hedo Turkoglu in the East. If that is not enough, what about Josh Smith, Gerald Wallace or Andre Igoudala?
If Yi is voted as the starting ineup in the East, it would be a flat out embarrassment to the All-Star Game, to the League, and to the Chinese. Please stop that. I really, really don't want Yi to be remembered as THE most undeserved All-Star in NBA history.
Vote Now! (but not to Yi!)
As of Dec 25, the leaders in the latest balloting results are: LeBron James (F), Kevin Garnett (F), Dwyane Wade (G), Allen Iverson (G), Dwight Howard (C) in the East; and Tim Duncan (F), Amare Stoudemire (F), Kobe Bryant (G), Tracy McGrady (G), Yao Ming (C) in the West.
While I have no problem with most of the selections, I would exclude Iverson and McGrady in my list, simply because I have some better and more deserving candidates. My voting would be like this:
EAST:
Fowards:
LeBron James - no-brainer
Kevin Garnett - no brainer
Guards:
Dwyane Wade - no-brainer
Joe Johnson - a close call between JJ and Devin Harris. While Harris is leading the surprising Nets to success that nobody had expected, JJ is doing even more for the Hawks, who now stands firmly at #4 in the East. Who would have thought of that before the season began? Not enough? How about that 23.3 PPG, 4.7 RPG and 5.7 APG so far this season? Or all the clutch shots he made in Q4 for the Hawks? (I wish I could get the stat for that. Need to check out 82games.com.)
Center:
Dwight Howard - who else?
WEST
Fowards:
Tim Duncan - he's playing like his old self. The most impressive is the way he led the team to remain competitive during the absence of Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili. He showed people that he could dominate when he wants to. He's still the best PF in the league.
Dirk Nowitzki - People may choose Carmelo Anthony or Amare Stoudemire, but you can't deny that Dirk is quietly having some MVP-like stat this season: 25.8 PPG and 8.9 RPG. Amare is actually having a worse season this year under Terry Porter. (Although he's getting better after Porter lossened up the offense. But we'll see.) As for 'Melo, he's winning more games, but having a worse stat this season. The wins, are mainly due to the arrival of Billups, not 'Melo.
Guards:
Chris Paul - Although he's not getting as much attention as last season, but his stat hardly drops (20.1 PPG and 11.4 APG), and he's still one of if not the best PGs in the league. Can't imagine people picking T-Mac over him. Ridiculous.
Kobe Bryant - no-brainer, although his stat is off.
Center:
Yao Ming - C'mon, you're not going to vote for Shaq, right?
What about you?
Note:
Yi Jianlian is right now #3 in the voting for the Eastern forward. I mean, please, would all the Chinese stop these stupid pseudo-patriotic act? That's completely meaningless and stupid. Immediately out of my mind, I can think of over 10 forwards in the East that are way better than Yi: Chris Bosh, Paul Pierce, Danny Granger, Caron Butler, Antawn Jamison, Rashard Lewis, Hedo Turkoglu in the East. If that is not enough, what about Josh Smith, Gerald Wallace or Andre Igoudala?
If Yi is voted as the starting ineup in the East, it would be a flat out embarrassment to the All-Star Game, to the League, and to the Chinese. Please stop that. I really, really don't want Yi to be remembered as THE most undeserved All-Star in NBA history.
Vote Now! (but not to Yi!)
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