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All star game idea: winning conference gets homecourt advantage in the nba finals. That way the players from contending teams would have something to fight for.
The teams already play an absurd number of games in the regular season to decide this stuff, I don't feel it's right to decide something so important in a clowny game.
Cross-conference trades don’t allow this. For example, if this happened last year: KD was selected as an East All-Star before goin to the Suns. If it were to be played as you suggested, wouldn’t KD want the West team to win, even though he played against them?
aint watchin it.....the whole all-star racket is rigged!!! not even entertaining,,,,,,it is all about generating coin for the greed of the league and betting racket!!!!
Its crazy to see that Steph didn't make the starter selection this year. And I'm rooting that Kawhi would make the starter selection bcoz of how he play this season, but still great to see that he made it to the Top 5 in All-Star voting in West ❤. Another All-Star Classic! 🪄
LeBron being picked as a starter let alone a captain points to how the league needs voting reform BADLY. He couldn't even lead his team to a .500 record even after having the league rig his IST chip. Sad times.
overall game ? yeahh ... but i doubt he will have jokic type peak ... he will be dishing, but i doubt it will be a walking TD, maybe 6-7 APG .. but still have the chance to have jokic type number with also great defender ..
I dont mind Dame being there because the numbers are all really close so you just break it down by popularity. I would have chosen Brunson though because he is underappreciated and the Knicks are doing well compared to Trae or Donovan who also put up good numbers but they have more negatives to their games IMO
@@houseofhighlights9559 voted 1st among players and media. Obviously hes respected as a player throughout the league. Leading the league in 30 point games. OKC is the 1 seed in the west. He 100% deserves the start.
@@CoLa1994 nah not deserving the start, making it to the game for sure that’s all that’s deserving, 30 just won a ring 2 years ago and lead the league in scoring, his stats and accomplishments alone should never have a newbie starting over him, he hasn’t done anything but shoot free throws that’s why he averages 30
Brunson and Maxey were good, yes. But their team needs to improve quite a lot. Just like the bucks and the Pacers too. That is why haliburton and even Dame deserve this time.
If they are gonna be playing the game the same way as last year I don't care if it's the pistons bench against there starting 5. I want some defence, some competition, make this enjoyable!
agree that jokic should be captain but lebron has been playing better than kawhi if you look at p/r/a and +/- . he's also lebron so there's that. but yeah if lebron wasn't in the goat conversation and didn't win in season mvp I'd definitely rather have joker at captain. AD having a helluva season too, no doubt
Gratz tro Lebron, truly the most popular athlete year in year out backed by phenomenal stats even at his advanced age. Hope Kawhi gets the coaches nod as a reserve.
Lebron doesn't deserve to start, Donovan Mitchell deserves the start in the backcourt in the east & no Twolves player starting in the allstar game when they're the #1 seed is criminal.
The problem is he' being voted in for what he was not who he is now. Although, I'm happy to see him in it. Going to be sad when he goes one day @@28jvs47
@@michaellucas669 Kawhi this season averages 24-6-4 Lebron averages 25-7-7 Lebron has a higher VORP Lebron has a higher box +/- Lebron > Kawhi sorry hell, Lebrons been better defensively too
@@SummerAwe99 your numbers aren't everything, kawhi is on a winning team with other players that get the ball too .. lebron is on a sorry team ... kawhi is a way >< then lebron , sorry kid
Choosing James again is just habit and a bad one at that. It disrespects so many other more worthy players. It compromises the legitimacy of the all star game.
Lebron a starter AND team captain, if this was like last year Lebron would be also choosing who's going to play with him and at 39 and his 21 season. 😀
@poojiith2361 if Jordan wasn't bad in his last season then Lebron being an all-star definitely makes sense because he's playing even better. That plus the fan vote is definitely going to make him captain.
@@clovekkrtz5001 could honestly make a West USA and East USA and still be competitive vs the World team. Give me 2 from LA, LA, NO, Phx + Fox Edwards JJJ and Steph for the West. Celtics 2 + Heat 2+ Knicks 2 then Dame, Hali, Turner, Spida, Derozen, Barnes for East
i thought his 7 point game sealed him as a starter but then he had a 9 point game and i said to myself 'shit man this guy 4 games under .500 as the 12 seed just HAS to be an all star'
Thunder is 2-1 against them and has the same record.. Twolves and Thunder have been trading spots for #1. Plus OKC has been at the top of the power rankings for awhile now. Thunder have had a harder schedule too, and have put up double digit blowouts against the best teams in the league.
First, that jalen brunson is just still average such that he only contributes for the knicks instead of julius randle. Second, that Tyrese Maxey start his screen time after james harden got traded to the clippers, so he still needs more time and days to become a legit all-star. So its smart and wise to say, It's time that Damian Lillard will join the starters. Ohh Don't forget Donovan Mitchell and yess, He could have been another choice replacig Damian Lillard from the spot. Also as good as Dame individually as guard position. So Dame and Mitchell are obvious to team with tyrese.
Because it sounds like bullshit lol. Sure his sentence has words from the English dictionary, but they do not make coherent sense given the context. How is LeBron a manufactured star, or better yet wtf does a manufactured star even mean?@@lucaswalker7271
@@JoeMapes facts. LeBron's entire career has been manufactured. 8 superteams, enormous help form the refs, and still lost 6 NBA finals including 2 sweeps in the finals, and 1 sweep in the WCF. What does he have to show? A mickey mouse ring
That's it. This whole All-Star system is cooked. Throw it away. Each org and only each org votes on their two most valuable players, they get to be the two All-Stars representing that org. All orgs are present, have skin in the game. And no more Starting Five nonsense. It's completely unsustainable and honestly just ridiculous at this point in the state of the NBA game itself. Give that onus to the players on each squad. And why ditch the draft element? That was interesting, all things considered. Bring it back. End of discussion. Also, add HORSE to the weekend's events. Watch it blow up.
All good except LeBron and Dame. Would've selected Sabonis instead of LeBron, and Mitchell/ Brunson/ Young/ Maxey over Dame. Sabonis is playing at an insane level in all facets of the game - well above James. And while it isn't sexy to have three Euro players on the starting five - and have KD be the lone American - they've all earned it with incredible fundamental play. If you're not going to start Curry based on popularity/ face of the game, then there's no reason to also not have LeBron start. In fact having Curry and James off the bench would be a symbolic passing of the torch that the league desperately needs. Nice to see Halliburton finally get some respect.
LeBron is one of the most popular players ever and the Lakers have arguably the biggest fanbase in the world. LeBron could average like 15 ppg and Sabonis could average a 35 point triple double and LeBron would still probably have more votes than Sabonis lol. Also, Curry ain't starting because all the bandwagons that used to vote for him have already moved on to another player/team lol.
If you only talking about stats and numbers. Doncic hardly making Dallas successful. Shai and Giannis are the best players right now, because they having success aswell as making the numbers
