2008 All star starters? Any complaints?

WadeKnicks2010 · Post #1 » by **WadeKnicks2010** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 4:21 am

East :

Kidd
Wade
LeBron
Garnett
Howard

West:
Iverson
Kobe
Carmelo
Duncan
Yao

The East is solid. All of them deserve to have their spot.

As for the West, I'm really splitting hairs here but I'd like to have had Chris Paul in for Iverson. Iverson's a fantastic player, one of my favorites, but CP3 is playing better and its clear for anyone to see.. Its nothing I'd complain about though, they're both fantastic and they'll both be there one way or another and they both deserve to be in this game.

I'd also have liked someone other than Carmelo Anthony for the second forward position.. This one is the real one I didn't like.. Carmelo is not a complete player at both ends, and he's kind of a chucker offensively despite what his stats say. He doesn't try very hard to get his teammates involved at all and he is an extremely poor defender..

Post #2 » by **DelaneyRudd** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 4:22 am

No, nothing outrageous. No Shaq, no McGrady.... that's all you can ask of the idiot masses.

PopAGat · Post #3 » by **PopAGat** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 4:24 am

Atleast T-mac isnt starting. I hope he sits it out and cries about his knee some more.

GJense4181 · Post #4 » by **GJense4181** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 4:30 am

Chauncey Billups over Jason Kidd/Dwyane Wade? The Pistons>>NJN>>Miami. Kidd's scoring/shooting is horrible and Wade's team is piss (plus ongoing injuries).

magicfan04 · Post #5 » by **magicfan04** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 4:46 am

id def put nash ahead of iverson

Number34 · Post #6 » by **Number34** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 5:02 am

GJense4181 wrote:Chauncey Billups over Jason Kidd/Dwyane Wade? The Pistons>>NJN>>Miami. Kidd's scoring/shooting is horrible and Wade's team is piss (plus ongoing injuries).

Wake up, the all star game is about individuals not teams. It never has.
Plus kidd and wade are better players.

Bucky O'Hare · Post #7 » by **Bucky O'Hare** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 5:03 am

The Nugget's don't deserve two starters. I'd take out Melo, pump A.I. and Kobe up a position, and make either Nash or Paul the starting PG.

In the East, I really don't think Kidd's worthy of starting. Like was mentioned, he's an atrocious offensive player playing on an underachieving sub-.500 team. But the East is just too weak at PG, so he's in by default.

ppp000 · Post #8 » by **ppp000** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 5:06 am

For me: Paul or Nash over AI
And Dirk or Boozer over Carmelo.

Post #9 » by **Doctor MJ** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 5:18 am

Agreed with others who said there's nothing ridiculous. Probably the most glaring is Melo who I'd probably leave off the all-star team all together. I'm also guessing that with Melo getting that spot, Camby is going to miss out on the all-star recognition yet. Too bad. If it were up to me Camby would be an all-star this year.

WadeKnicks2010 · Post #10 » by **WadeKnicks2010** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 6:08 am

Yeah I agree with all of you. This was as much as you can expect out of fan voting.. Nothing truly outrageous, and the biggest hole was Carmelo Anthony if anything.. Usually you'd have Vince Carter, Tracy McGrady, and Shaq in the starting lineups for no reason.

Post #11 » by **miller31time** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 6:16 am

Please keep all All-Star starter discussion in the stickied All-Star Starters thread. Thanks.

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