CPT wrote:YogurtProducer wrote:tsherkin wrote:
That's my thought as well, yeah. But it is fun to be ABLE to consider that we have 3 guys who are at least floating around the border of that level of play.
There is an international team. So with injuries, RJ could be a replacement candidate for that team
The international angle is interesting, I hadn't considered that.
Though IIRC, it still goes East/West All-Stars and then they are shuffled into two 8-man US teams and one 8-man World team.
The World team will be ridiculously stacked...like the last 7 years of MVPs + Wemby and Luka. I suppose Embiid could play for the US, but he's a fake MVP, probably won't be an All-Star, and would probably play for the world this time because they have a better chance of winning.
I'm an All-Star Weekend Enjoyer, but they are really trying their best to screw it up. Their attempts to maximize advertising and corporate sponsorships and minimize basketball are not fooling anyone.
Best on Best Team USA vs. Team World is something that people would be excited about and might even get the players to play hard, but nah, let's make this weird round robin tournament that not a single person alive asked for or thinks is cool.
Rant aside, it would certainly be cool to see some Raptor representation in the All-Star game.
The format is 3 teams of 8 players: 1 team of international players and 2 teams of US players.
SGA
Luka
Giannis
Wemby
Jokic
That top 5 is undisputed. So 3 more spots to international guys...so who are your 3 remaining spots going to?? I'd say Sengun, Jamal Murray and the last spot goes to one of Markkanen, Avdija and RJ. If the Raptors are still at the top of the East at the time of all-star selection and if RJ is where is now or better and the Jazz/Blazers are out of playoff contention...there is a case for RJ.
