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Portland, for starters, really deserves a representative after its Cinderella rise from a 5-12 start, and I'd argue the same for Golden State's rally from an 0-6 launch, even if that leaves us with a "War and Peace" type list of exclusions, headlined by a starry cast featuring Shawn Marion, Josh Howard, Manu Ginobili, Tony Parker and Deron Williams. Yet we're going with Roy as the only choice to rep the Blazers and giving the last spot to Baron, in a c-l-o-s-e call, which is further complicated by the fact that it means excluding Stein Line favorite Stephen Jackson.
