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1. I acknowledged both in my original post, and one could certainly make a good point for both. I guess you could say that both got cut for me for kind of political reasons. I figured somebody from Utah had to get in, and since it wasn't going to be Deron, it would have to be Boozer. Camby was kind of eliminated because it's just really tough to justify sending 3 guys from a team who is, IIRC 6th in the conference. The decision for Amare came down to him and Howard, and I felt Howard was more deserving. But like I said, one could definitely make arguements for both Amare and Camby.
2. Baron takes over games defensively? I mean really? And sure the steals are helpful to his team, but they don't prove him to be really superior defensively IMO. It's largely a factor of the system they play in.
Baron's not exactly surrounded by slouches.
And I'm not exactly sure what you're arguing. I picked Baron for some of the reasons that you mentioned. But there is a big gap there in assists, and frankly I'd much rather have Deron's scoring considering the rather large difference in efficiency. So I still believe that Deron has better stats, but I still gave the spot to Baron.
I was just saying that Deron isn't on the "outside looking in" level anymore, due to the media's obsession with guys like Brandon Roy.
Regarding the defense part, did you see the D BD played on Kobe and Wade this year? He was why the dubs could come back vs. them, despite Baron having a bunch of D-Leaguers and guards on his team.
About the efficient shooting, Ray Ray is a better shooter than Magic, but is he better? (BD's PER is still > Deron's, pace or not adjusted). Also, Baron would average double digit assists easily with the Jazz's monster frontcourt (Booze, AK, Millsap, Okur, etc).
However, I'm with you that the Nugs shouldn't get a quarter of the AS roster (they got two starters
), due to their MASSIVE underachieving.