i thought the voting was impacted by kpop fans

deserved it more because all of the west front court was injured. bron AD dray kawhi were injured off the top of my head

Typically the best players in the league are also some of the most popular

Yeah, you can look back and find guys who got in on name value, like Shaq, or the ‘honorary’ near-retirement picks like Dirk and Wade in 2019 (who didn’t even take a roster spot from anyone). But for the most part, the players who get selected are legitimately great

In Austin’s case, competition and not popularity is what’s going against his all star case

Did he really have a good case tho? 17/5/2 would require damn near DPOY level d in modern NBA to be all star. Very much role player stat line. He did have great defense that year tbf, and I like him as a player, but he was more of a high end role player. Im sure you watched him more as a gsw fan tho so you could know better

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Yeah Adam Silver wants LeBron to play one more season, he better make sure Bron gets to play alongside Bronny for at least one ASG.

They need at least 16 americans and at least 8 non-americans. 3 teams of 8, two of which will be american. So, again, could (likely?) be more than 24 players selected… not to mention any additions for injuries. Still making the initial 24 selections as 12 from both conferences. My initial impression of the format makes me think it will be a little bit easier to get named an all-star. But I haven’t dug too deep to see how it plays out given who has played well so far.

Well, i think team US is fk lol, 4 top 5 MVP candidates on one team. That’s if they decide to play seriously.

LeBron these first two games has just not been taking shots, i think Lebron ramps it up a bit and takes touches/shots away, LeBron is not gonna continue to shoot 13 shots, zero chance

I’m quite confident that Reaves is now the regularr 2nd option even with Lebron. In all 3 games, Lebron has ceded most of the control to him during their shifts

He was like first option in these games and why he got the stats, his stats with Luka (and LeBron) will drop, two of his highest scoring games are as a first option which inflate his stats (51 and 41 points)

They’re not marginal, he has way better stats than some players here

Like i see your flair, he has more points, more rebounds, more assists, way better efficiency than Booker

That’s not marginal in any way, 7% TS difference and way better stats is not marginal

His stats when he was a first option (admittedly with a small sample) reflected that his overall stats likely underrepresent his talent.

Kobe was a fake all star multiple times in his career

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What are you talking about?

My bad, I misread your comment.

Well, I can give you Booker but Chet isn’t over him.

i don’t think you’re watching lakers games though lol. austin is full court pressed and blitzed every possession as the first option since we had no other ball handlers with bron luka and gabe out and produced better numbers without sharing the court with luka actually

Watch the defense played against Austin in games without Luka or LeBron. They double him, blitz him, and pick him up full court. For example, the Blazers did this to him, but he still dropped 41 pts.

In 2025 AR is doing far better than Booker. Few years ago this was a No brainer

Then Reaves is out

Assuming Lebron and KD both get voted in(I don’t think either should be an all star) I think the West all stars are as follows

Shai, Jokic, Luka, Wemby, Curry, Bron, KD, Sengun, Chet, Booker, Ant, Murray(I would have Deni and Reaves in place of Bron and KD)

That’s going to start another rift between Lebron stans and Lakers fans

He has been positive on defence this season, if you disagree you clearly haven’t been watching.

Isn’t that overexaggerated? I’ve seen the Tweet and it really didn’t have that many retweets, at least not enough to sway the All-Star vote that much.

What has Wiggins to do with KPop or is this just a new derogatory term for Warriors fans

I was talking in more in terms of all-star spots. There’s a ton of good players that are all going to be vying for not a lot of spots.

Much easier to make it as an all-star in the East at the moment.

When was the last time a player on a 11-15 seed team (at the time of voting) had a player voted in by the coaches. They practically never do so if Clippers don’t start winning, Harden isn’t making it (same applies to Lauri).