Kawhi Leonard Among All-Star Game Starter

Post #1 » by **RealGM Wiretap** » Fri Jan 22, 2016 12:08 am

Kobe Bryant, Stephen Curry, Russell Westbrook, Kevin Durant and Kawhi Leonard are the five starters for the Western Conference in the 2016 NBA All-Star Game.

Via RealGM Staff Report

Post #2 » by **TheCage4** » Fri Jan 22, 2016 12:15 am

Another All-Star weekend I'll be skipping.

whitesideformip · Post #3 » by **whitesideformip** » Fri Jan 22, 2016 12:25 am

Does anyone know when the contestants for the Dunk Contest and 3-Pt Contest will be announced?

Lakers4Life310 · Post #4 » by **Lakers4Life310** » Fri Jan 22, 2016 12:46 am

TheCage4 wrote:Another All-Star weekend I'll be skipping.

Feel free to skip it. This should be a fun all star weekend in Toronto.

Post #5 » by **GimmeDat** » Fri Jan 22, 2016 12:49 am

Hopefully Zaza even having a mention in this is enough to change the voting format.

DJ3thenew23 · Post #6 » by **DJ3thenew23** » Fri Jan 22, 2016 1:26 am

These all-star teams are so small. KD at 6'11, okay. Next tallest is Kawhi at 6'8? And on the east LeBron or PG the tallest at what 6'8 6'9?

Z0r · Post #7 » by **Z0r** » Fri Jan 22, 2016 2:09 am

Pachulia over Green?? The guy with the most triple doubles of anyone in the league?? I can sort of understand Kawhi, but.. Fricking Zaza Pachulia??? What the actual f***

jumpstart · Post #8 » by **jumpstart** » Fri Jan 22, 2016 2:10 am

Lakers4Life310 wrote:
TheCage4 wrote:Another All-Star weekend I'll be skipping.

Feel free to skip it. This should be a fun all star weekend in Toronto.

agreed. dunk contest is (Please Use More Appropriate Word) at this point. the culture of game makes for a non competitive game. it sucks so bad. I used to love NBA allstar weekend when I was a kid. Its gonna be everyone jacking 3s the whole game.

bigg mike · Post #9 » by **bigg mike** » Fri Jan 22, 2016 5:25 am

If ZaZa was in the east, he'd be behind only LeBron & Wade :lol:

Cray-Cray

Pickled Prunes · Post #10 » by **Pickled Prunes** » Fri Jan 22, 2016 5:34 am

GimmeDat wrote:Hopefully Zaza even having a mention in this is enough to change the voting format.

The scary thing is that NBA fans are more informed and do a better job with All-Star voting than Americans do at voting for our public officials. Most of us go to the ballot box and vote for everyone on our team (red or blue). The thing is that everyone the fans voted in would have made the team via coaches vote anyway.

Hopefully Zaza being 4th on the list will encourage those with strong opinions to get out and vote!

Pickled Prunes · Post #11 » by **Pickled Prunes** » Fri Jan 22, 2016 5:40 am

bigg mike wrote:If ZaZa was in the east, he'd be behind only LeBron & Wade
Cray-Cray

He's having a drastically better year than Kobe, averaging a double-double on an overachieving team. The fans want to see Kobe and the will see him. If the fans wanted to see Zaza a little harder they could have made that happen as well. It's a scrimmage game; I assume the 700k+ fans that voted for him will be disappointed he didn't make it.

damecurry · Post #12 » by **damecurry** » Fri Jan 22, 2016 7:42 am

GimmeDat wrote:Hopefully Zaza even having a mention in this is enough to change the voting format.

Not to mention kobe being the overall highest vote receiver. I mean, it'd be fine if it was just a popularity contest, but all-star appearances go on players resumes and factor into long-term perceptions of them to some degree. So ridiculous.

Starks · Post #13 » by **Starks** » Fri Jan 22, 2016 8:05 am

Z0r wrote:Pachulia over Green?? The guy with the most triple doubles of anyone in the league?? I can sort of understand Kawhi, but.. Fricking Zaza Pachulia??? What the actual f***

Yeah can't believe it neither. As far as I'm concerned, Green is the Warriors' MVP so far. 15/10/7 safe, with top notch D. What's the deal here?

Leonard is well deserved though.

Alex DeLarge · Post #14 » by **Alex DeLarge** » Fri Jan 22, 2016 12:41 pm

Here's an easy way to fix the ASG -

Coaches vote in the 12-man rosters 2 weeks before the game. Fans have 2 weeks to select the starters.

Done.

ozwizard8 · Post #15 » by **ozwizard8** » Fri Jan 22, 2016 2:56 pm

Starks wrote:
Z0r wrote:Pachulia over Green?? The guy with the most triple doubles of anyone in the league?? I can sort of understand Kawhi, but.. Fricking Zaza Pachulia??? What the actual f***

Yeah can't believe it neither. As far as I'm concerned, Green is the Warriors' MVP so far. 15/10/7 safe, with top notch D. What's the deal here?

Leonard is well deserved though.

m.gasol is not even on the 15 men list. :banghead:

bj2323 · Post #16 » by **bj2323** » Fri Jan 22, 2016 4:01 pm

Z0r wrote:Pachulia over Green?? The guy with the most triple doubles of anyone in the league?? I can sort of understand Kawhi, but.. Fricking Zaza Pachulia??? What the actual f***

The country of Georgia recently got the internet and made it a duty for every citizen to vote for ZaZa atleast once.

bigg mike · Post #17 » by **bigg mike** » Fri Jan 22, 2016 4:31 pm

Latvia should've done that with Porzingis & have him crack 1 million votes.

MitchB3 · Post #18 » by **MitchB3** » Fri Jan 22, 2016 5:55 pm

Am I the only one who thinks Dirk is thinking crap another All-Star weekend I'm going to have to work.

tallassmike · Post #19 » by **tallassmike** » Fri Jan 22, 2016 5:55 pm

Well the bigger question is now:

Who's going to be the 7 to fill in the reserves?

Green, Cousins, and Zaza are a lock to get in.

Who else do you guys think for the West?