NBA All star reserves announced

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East
Starters
C Ben Wallace
PF Jermaine O'Neal
SF Vince Carter
SG Tracy McGrady
PG Allen Iverson

Bench
C Jamaal Magloire
PF Kenyon Martin
SF Ron Artest
SG Michael Redd
SG Paul Pierce
PG Baron Davis
PG Jason Kidd

West
Starters
C Yao Ming
PF Tim Duncan
SF Kevin Garnett
SG Kobe Bryant
PG Steve Francis

Bench
C Shaquille O'Neal
C Brad Miller
PF Dirk Nowitzki
SF Peja Stojakovic
SF Andrei Kirilenko
SG Ray Allen
PG Sam Cassell


This is how I would do it

East
Starters
C Ben Wallace
PF Jermaine O'Neal
SF Ron Artest
SG Michael Redd
PG Baron Davis

Bench
C Jamaal Magloire
PF Kenyon Martin
SF Lamar Odom
SG Tracy McGrady
SG Richard Hamilton
PG Jason Kidd
PG LeBron James

West
Starters
C Shaquille O'Neal
PF Tim Duncan
SF Kevin Garnett
SG Kobe Bryant
PG Sam Cassell

Bench
C Yao Ming
PF Zach Randolph
PF Dirk Nowitzki
SF Peja Stojakovic
SF Andrei Kirilenko
SG Ray Allen
PG Mike Bibby

And I'm very proud of Michael for making the all-star team. He's lead a Bucks team that wasn't even supposed to win 30 games all year to a winning record, and we will be in the playoffs. :)
 
I think I like the choices made. I am glad Redd made it. The bucks are a huge surprise. There play reflects there coach. Good hard nosed, high energy, smart basketball. Redd will be the first to say that he IS representing the entire bucks team.

I am glad Lebron did not make it. He will have plenty of chances in the future. I don't think Vince deserves to start (or maybe even be an allstar).

I am surprised the stupid fans didn't vote grant hill to start the game.
 
I agree with you on everything you said about the Bucks. The Bucks are a classic case of why chemistry is so important. They got rid of the pricks George Karl and Anthony Mason and the lazy bum Jason Caffey and they now have guys who get along great, are unselfish and will do whatever it takes to win. I was a bit iffy about LeBron. I don't think Rookies should be on the all-star team but I think he was more deserving than Pierce and Marbury hasn't been in the Eastern conference that long. It does get annoying when the fans vote for their favorite players every year instead of the deserving, but it makes it so much fun to pick their choices apart. And I agree with you on Carter, I think Odom is more deserving.
 
The West team sounds more like roll call at the U.N. than a basketball team.

I don't claim to follow the NBA, but has Kobe Bryant really had that good a season this year? I know some guys get it on name recognition, and the NBA is not the only place that happens. But surely there has been one guard with better numbers than Kobe's.
 
I'm glad for Michael Redd making it also. Those two 40 point games he had in the past two weeks proved to me that he deserved to be an All-star. It'll make those the Ohio State fans happy.

Now the Bucks only need to get rid of one more dead weight...T-squared. Kukoc should get the bulk of the PT. I know he's old, but I feel more comfortable when he puts up a shot, especially behind the 3-point arc. I cringe everytime T-squared has the ball behind the 3-point arc.
 
Yes, Kobe has had a all-star worthy season. Ray Allen has played better but he has missed over half the season and was lucky just to make the team. I would love to trade Thomas also but who would be willing to take on his contract? Maybe the Bucks can get the Bobcats to take him in the expansion draft.
 
As a huge Cavaliers fan and since Lebron is from my home town of Akron, I was really hoping he would make the team. I do feel the guys who got picked wer at least "as deserving" as Lebron though. I agree that he will have plenty of years to make the all-star team.

It is quite possible though that Lebron will still make the team as several players who were chosen are injured.
 
Originally posted by 4xchampncountin@Feb 4 2004, 06:59 PM
As a huge Cavaliers fan and since Lebron is from my home town of Akron, I was really hoping he would make the team. I do feel the guys who got picked wer at least "as deserving" as Lebron though. I agree that he will have plenty of years to make the all-star team.

It is quite possible though that Lebron will still make the team as several players who were chosen are injured.
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I think he mentioned that he wouldn't take a spot on the team as an injury replacement.
 
I just read that Lebron said that. I found that pretty surprising. It seems kind of out of character for him to say something like that. Paul Silas said he would encourage Lebron to play if he is selected as a replacement for an injured player.
 
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