GT - NBA All Star Game 2015 - TNT Feb. 15th @ 8:30pm EST

Mk0 · Post #1 » by **Mk0** » Fri Jan 23, 2015 5:44 am

The Barclay's Center, Feb 15th @ 8:30pm EST on TNT
New York plays host to the 2015 All Star Game. On Sunday night at 7:30 CST the league’s most popular players meet in the NBA's premiere state-of-the-art arena, The Barclay's Center.

Tale Of The Tape
For the last decade and a half the West has been the dominant conference in the regular season, and has won 3 of the last 5 All Star Games. With breakout seasons from young stars like John Wall and Kyle Lowry, will the East have enough to beat the West? Or will the West’s own explosive youth be the difference? With players like Anthony Davis and Steph Curry having MVP caliber seasons it is hard to think they wouldn't be chomping at the bit to put their own mark on the mid-season classic?

Mandatory Roundball Rock
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THE ALL STAR STARTERS, FOR YOUR 2015 WESTERN CONFERENCE

At Guard – One of the greatest shooters the league has, or very well may ever see. 2x NBA All-Star and current record holder for most 3 point shots made in a season (272).
STEPHEN CURRY

At Guard – The Second Greatest Shooting Guard of All Time, Legendary Laker, 5x NBA Champion, 2x Finals MVP, 17x All-Star and 4x NBA All-Star MVP.
'The Black Mamba' KOBE BEAN BRYANT

At Forward – The 2014 league leader in blocks, 2x All-Star and The Next Once-In-A-Generation Talent
ANTHONY DAVIS

At Forward – 2011 ROY and Slam Dunk Champion, 5x All-Star
BLAKE GRIFFIN

At Center – 2x NBA All-Star, The 2013 NBA DPOY and winner of back-to-back Olympic Silver Medals
MARC GASOL

THE ALL STAR STARTERS, FOR YOUR 2015 EASTERN CONFERENCE

At Guard – Washington’s One Man Fastbreak and 2x All-Star and 2014 Slame Dunk Champion
JOHN WALL

At Guard – Toronto's Pitbull at Point Guard, First Time All-Star
KYLE LOWRY

At Forward – The Greatest Player In The World, 2x NBA Champion and Finals MVP, 4x NBA MVP and 11x All-Star and 2x All-Star MVP
LEBRON JAMES

At Forward – 2013 NBA Scoring Champion and 8x All-Star
CARMELO ANTHONY

At Center – 2x NBA Champion, 5x All-Star and and winner of back-to-back Olympic Silver Medals
PAU GASOL

Keys to the Game
Update coming soon. Waiting for the reserves to be announced.

Good Luck Charms

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Final Thoughts
Update coming soon. Waiting for the reserves to be announced.

The Full All Star Sunday Schedule

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Best of luck to both the East and the West! Hope you all enjoy the All Star Weekend!

tomacorandom · Post #2 » by **tomacorandom** » Fri Jan 23, 2015 5:50 am

PMONSTER · Post #3 » by **PMONSTER** » Fri Jan 23, 2015 6:08 am

Westbrook and KD should not make the all-star game, it should only be one of them that goes

matt3254 · Post #4 » by **matt3254** » Fri Jan 23, 2015 6:15 am

This might be good, but probably not.

I hope we at least get some 1v1 shoot outs in this game similar to Waiters and Hardaway in the Rising Stars game last year.

jacoby1us · Post #5 » by **jacoby1us** » Fri Jan 23, 2015 9:57 am

The game is at the Barclays in Brooklyn.

barcodekiller · Post #6 » by **barcodekiller** » Fri Jan 23, 2015 1:09 pm

I wanna watch USA vs World just to see if USA gets crushed.

johnnyvann840 · Post #7 » by **johnnyvann840** » Fri Jan 23, 2015 4:35 pm

I care much more about the game tonight. Hate and despise AS weekend.

Great job on the thread though.

BeatDaCavs420 · Post #8 » by **BeatDaCavs420** » Fri Jan 23, 2015 7:25 pm

Wait a allstar game thread made before the actual game we have today against mavs

We have reached new levels here REAL GM

Keller61 · Post #9 » by **Keller61** » Fri Jan 23, 2015 8:03 pm

My thoughts on the All-Star game:

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWmHrjWhCKU[/youtube]

Post #10 » by **DuckIII** » Fri Jan 23, 2015 9:34 pm

I wish they'd play the NBA Allstar game opposite the Super Bowl so that it would get the attention it deserves.

Post #11 » by **suckfish** » Fri Jan 23, 2015 11:06 pm

DuckIII wrote:I wish they'd play the NBA Allstar game opposite the Super Bowl so that it would get the attention it deserves.

We could probably fit the entire All Star Weekend in during the game stoppages in the Super Bowl.

DaBulls82 · Post #12 » by **DaBulls82** » Sat Jan 24, 2015 5:51 pm

My favorite All-Star moment of recent years:

maynardo · Post #13 » by **maynardo** » Sat Jan 24, 2015 9:15 pm

I hate all star games, hope our guys can use the rest and have a better second half of the season, I remember Kurt played a lot better after the AS brake, I'm hoping this year Noah will follow that trend

RayClayMatthews · Post #14 » by **RayClayMatthews** » Sat Jan 24, 2015 9:27 pm

DaBulls82 wrote:My favorite All-Star moment of recent years:

mine

RayClayMatthews · Post #15 » by **RayClayMatthews** » Sat Jan 24, 2015 9:28 pm

If there wasnt injuries for the season who do you think would be the starters?

Rose? KD? Russ?

Mk0 · Post #16 » by **Mk0** » Sat Jan 24, 2015 10:32 pm

jacoby1us wrote:The game is at the Barclays in Brooklyn.

Updated. Thanks for that. I misread the article and got the venues/events swapped.

johnnyvann840 wrote:I care much more about the game tonight. Hate and despise AS weekend.

Great job on the thread though.

Thanks I put a lot of time and effort into it. I am not the biggest ASG fan, but our GTs have been a mess lately and I was able to do this in my spare time, where a normal GT requires a fast turnaround.

BeatDaHeat420 wrote:Wait a allstar game thread made before the actual game we have today against mavs

We have reached new levels here REAL GM

I had been cooking this thread up for a while now and was waiting for the ASG starters to be announced. I was making GTs for the regular season games up until the holidays and work started eating up all my time. I was hoping people would step up their GT game, but with the team so lackadaisical the forum's sense of pride in GTs have floundered as well.

Honestly the pessimism on this forum has put me off from making normal GTs. It simply isn't worth the time and effort when the threads turn to crap 3 pages in. With any luck the forum gets better now that we have beaten the Spurs/Mavs after the team meeting.

/end rant

Proven_Winner · Post #17 » by **Proven_Winner** » Sun Jan 25, 2015 2:06 am

RayClayMatthews wrote:If there wasnt injuries for the season who do you think would be the starters?

Rose? KD? Russ?

Kd and Russ for sure.

Also Derozan too.

Proven_Winner · Post #18 » by **Proven_Winner** » Sun Jan 25, 2015 2:08 am

So Kobe, Steph, and Lebron get extended care on their intro yet no love for the hometown kid AD? Mk0 I'm disappointed.

BeatDaCavs420 · Post #19 » by **BeatDaCavs420** » Sun Jan 25, 2015 2:52 am

Mk0 wrote:
jacoby1us wrote:The game is at the Barclays in Brooklyn.

Updated. Thanks for that. I misread the article and got the venues/events swapped.

johnnyvann840 wrote:I care much more about the game tonight. Hate and despise AS weekend.

Great job on the thread though.

Thanks I put a lot of time and effort into it. I am not the biggest ASG fan, but our GTs have been a mess lately and I was able to do this in my spare time, where a normal GT requires a fast turnaround.

BeatDaHeat420 wrote:Wait a allstar game thread made before the actual game we have today against mavs

We have reached new levels here REAL GM

I had been cooking this thread up for a while now and was waiting for the ASG starters to be announced. I was making GTs for the regular season games up until the holidays and work started eating up all my time. I was hoping people would step up their GT game, but with the team so lackadaisical the forum's sense of pride in GTs have floundered as well.

Honestly the pessimism on this forum has put me off from making normal GTs. It simply isn't worth the time and effort when the threads turn to crap 3 pages in. With any luck the forum gets better now that we have beaten the Spurs/Mavs after the team meeting.

/end rant

Mk0 just for the record buddy my post was not directed at you at all I should of stated it in my OP because you are a solid poster that has made plenty of game threads on here and have set the bar high for others just wish more would do the same... much respect brother

Mk0 · Post #20 » by **Mk0** » Sun Jan 25, 2015 5:52 am

BeatDaHeat I didn't mean to rage out at you. I am pissed that people have been tossing out GTs the hour of the game. My point was that I would fix the issue but I avoided this place during our losing streak because the tone and posts had gotten Knicks-Board-esque.

As much as I love this place it can become unbearable to read when we are playing poorly. The negativity just snowballs.

On a personal note I probably won't get a chance to do a GT for a while since work has picked up (I am a freelance artist) and I am booked up for the next few months. But I sure as hell will update this sucker if anyone can think of anything I am missing in the OP.

Proven_Winner wrote:So Kobe, Steph, and Lebron get extended care on their intro yet no love for the hometown kid AD? Mk0 I'm disappointed.

AD doesn't have any accolades.. I put in "league leader in blocks" because I had nothing else to add. I did update his section though.