No Allstar Game for McGrady

40Cal · Post #1 » by **40Cal** » Fri Jan 23, 2009 1:46 am

I personally think that its a good thing. Yes, its a bad thing for T-Mac again cuz he gets knocked out last minute buh it wudda been a shame to a hard working Chris Paul to not start.

what do yu guys think?

jzmagik · Post #2 » by **jzmagik** » Fri Jan 23, 2009 1:47 am

Tmacs days as an allstar are over. He didn't deserve to make it this year anyway.

YoungMoney23 · Post #3 » by **YoungMoney23** » Fri Jan 23, 2009 1:53 am

I don't like Chris Paul but he does deserve it

tisbee · Post #4 » by **tisbee** » Fri Jan 23, 2009 2:01 am

For those who believe in NBA conspiracy theories,that makes 2 straight yrs T-Mac lead in the last public totals only come up short in the final tally,when players the League wanted to promote were losing out(Roy and Paul). Of Note 2 yrs ago Yao got 2.7mil votes,last yr 1.7mil,w/no ther C getting more than a couple hundred thou. Also note Yi's disappearing lead.
The NBA has stated they don't count the Chinese vote like they do other votes. All they have to do is weigh Chinese votes even lower,and Ta-Da!,T-Mac out,a spot for Roy last yr and a starting spot for Paul this yr. Just saying.

Penny Hardaway was voted in as a starter a decade ago even tho he missed the first half of the season. He went and played in the All-Star Game.

MaxRider · Post #5 » by **MaxRider** » Fri Jan 23, 2009 2:02 am

so....
most of the people here don't even want Yao to be in it
i personally don't
we need to all our players to rest
even better is Scola didn't make the sophomore team

Post #6 » by **TMU** » Fri Jan 23, 2009 2:08 am

tisbee wrote:For those who believe in NBA conspiracy theories,that makes 2 straight yrs T-Mac lead in the last public totals only come up short in the final tally,when players the League wanted to promote were losing out(Roy and Paul). Of Note 2 yrs ago Yao got 2.7mil votes,last yr 1.7mil,w/no ther C getting more than a couple hundred thou. Also note Yi's disappearing lead.
The NBA has stated they don't count the Chinese vote like they do other votes. All they have to do is weigh Chinese votes even lower,and Ta-Da!,T-Mac out,a spot for Roy last yr and a starting spot for Paul this yr. Just saying.

Penny Hardaway was voted in as a starter a decade ago even tho he missed the first half of the season. He went and played in the All-Star Game.

I agree, I think the voting is rigged. Chris Paul had 1.2 million votes few weeks ago (4th return), but now look how many votes he has.

Iggyemu · Post #7 » by **Iggyemu** » Fri Jan 23, 2009 2:28 am

Yea the voting is definitely rigged but rigged in a good way IMO. Players that don't deserve to start shouldn't be starting and the I think the rigging part of the voting comes into play in that regard. McGrady doesn't deserve to go and he isn't. Yao deserves to go. And he is.

Amel · Post #8 » by **Amel** » Fri Jan 23, 2009 3:42 am

VC#15 wrote:I don't like Chris Paul but he does deserve it

why dont you like him

he is the best PG in the league

bubba · Post #9 » by **bubba** » Fri Jan 23, 2009 3:45 am

Amel wrote:
VC#15 wrote:I don't like Chris Paul but he does deserve it

why dont you like him

he is the best PG in the league

whaaa!?!

did rafer retire?

:lol:

CuttingEdge · Post #10 » by **CuttingEdge** » Fri Jan 23, 2009 4:35 am

Iggyemu wrote:Yea the voting is definitely rigged but rigged in a good way IMO. Players that don't deserve to start shouldn't be starting and the I think the rigging part of the voting comes into play in that regard. McGrady doesn't deserve to go and he isn't. Yao deserves to go. And he is.

Yao goes every year and when he goes he has to participate in festivities and community service. He goes every year but this year we are contenders. He needs to reject the offer and stay in Houston with the team so they can practice, rest, and be amongst themselves. We can contend for a championship this year and the ALL-Star Weekend is just Santa Claus stuff... I hope somebody talks to Yao about this...

abcdef · Post #11 » by **abcdef** » Fri Jan 23, 2009 7:01 am

CuttingEdge wrote:
Iggyemu wrote:Yea the voting is definitely rigged but rigged in a good way IMO. Players that don't deserve to start shouldn't be starting and the I think the rigging part of the voting comes into play in that regard. McGrady doesn't deserve to go and he isn't. Yao deserves to go. And he is.

Yao goes every year and when he goes he has to participate in festivities and community service. He goes every year but this year we are contenders. He needs to reject the offer and stay in Houston with the team so they can practice, rest, and be amongst themselves. We can contend for a championship this year and the ALL-Star Weekend is just Santa Claus stuff... I hope somebody talks to Yao about this...

He would take major **** from the NBA if he were healthy and refused to show up to All-Star weekend. Remember Kobe had to make a 3 minute cameo in the game even though he was injured. Basically, if you can play in the games leading up to the ASG, and the games after the ASG, you must play in the ASG. Is skipping the ASG worth the equivalent of a few games' suspension? I think not.

mackzone · Post #12 » by **mackzone** » Fri Jan 23, 2009 9:46 am

i'm just happy, asg would be only a waste of time for t-mac. now that he doesn't have to go, he can use these free days for conditioning

T-Wack · Post #13 » by **T-Wack** » Fri Jan 23, 2009 9:56 am

WTF? He was robbed!