1. 01-23-14 07:20 PM #1
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    Kobe and Wade getting voted is proof of how meaningless all star games have become

    title should have read:Kobe and Wade getting voted as all star starters is proof of how meaningless all star games have become but it was too long.

    no need to explain why neither guy should even be on reserves. I'm not sure what his exact numbers are but I'm certain John Wall is having a great season from everything I hear about him. He deserves to be starting without a doubt here. And looking at the West team how is Lamarcus Aldridge who is having a great season not starting? Of course these players will be selected as bench players but simply put the starting positions are nothing more than a popularity contest at this point and in future references will probably be meaningless when comparing 2 players.
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  2. 01-23-14 07:25 PM #2
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  3. 01-23-14 07:25 PM #3
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    NBA is a joke, so of course the "all star game" is as well.
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  4. 01-23-14 07:31 PM #4
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    Agreed. Voters don't even watch basketball, they just vote the name they hear all the time
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  5. 01-23-14 07:33 PM #5
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    Wade shouldn't be a reserve? what nba league are you watching. complete square.
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  6. 01-23-14 07:37 PM #6
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    NBA has a garbage product. I might watch a playoff game. If the food network is running repeats
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  7. 01-23-14 07:38 PM #7
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    Fans should not be allowed to vote. Fans are stupid. Let gamblers vote.
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  8. 01-23-14 07:40 PM #8
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    Quote Originally Posted by lakerboy View Post
    Fans should not be allowed to vote. Fans are stupid. Let gamblers vote.
    Just leave it to the players, coaches, and maybe some media.Let fans vote for something stupid, like who they want in those skills competitions.
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  9. 01-23-14 07:43 PM #9
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    Quote Originally Posted by bigtymer56 View Post
    Just leave it to the players, coaches, and maybe some media.Let fans vote for something stupid, like who they want in those skills competitions.
    Exactly. It should be held according to stats and factors. I'd rather see a good game with the best of the best then a mediocre one with players who are far behind the eight ball in comparison to others.
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  10. 01-23-14 07:44 PM #10
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    Quote Originally Posted by bigtymer56 View Post
    Just leave it to the players, coaches, and maybe some media.Let fans vote for something stupid, like who they want in those skills competitions.
    Can't let fans vote that either. They might actually put all the stars in the dunk and 3 pt shot things. Just imagine lebron saying he can't do skills comp because he has a sore twat. Then of course he would play in the all star game.
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  11. 01-23-14 07:48 PM #11
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    Quote Originally Posted by lakerboy View Post
    Can't let fans vote that either. They might actually put all the stars in the dunk and 3 pt shot things. Just imagine lebron saying he can't do skills comp because he has a sore twat. Then of course he would play in the all star game.
    Ha. Your probably right about that. Gotta give them something though.
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  12. 01-23-14 08:00 PM #12
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    Is that why the over/under is always around 275-290??? LOL
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  13. 01-23-14 08:02 PM #13
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    John Wall is a nobody, same with Aldridge. You want John Wall and LMA in place of KOBE and WADE??? ?u f crazy
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  14. 01-23-14 08:05 PM #14
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    Quote Originally Posted by biggie12 View Post
    Wade shouldn't be a reserve?
    Yeah he still leads ALL SGs in PER.
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  15. 01-23-14 08:11 PM #15
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    Quote Originally Posted by biggie12 View Post
    Wade shouldn't be a reserve? what nba league are you watching. complete square.
    Wade will just sit on the bench with knee problems.
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  16. 01-23-14 09:46 PM #16
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    Wade is shooting 54 percent from the field...averaging 18 a game...he's played 30 games...Kobe recorded 35 turnovers in 6 games....I respectfully ask that you please refrain from mentioning Wade and Bryant in the same sentence...its outright disrespectful to the best 2 guard of his generation....Bryant is washed up and finished...Wade is resting....
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  17. 01-23-14 09:54 PM #17
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    Jersey sales it's a business
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  18. 01-23-14 09:54 PM #18
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    aldridge should get in right? he gets dissed every year

    i guess it is sort of a popularity contest.
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  19. 01-23-14 09:55 PM #19
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    Quote Originally Posted by grease lightnin View Post
    NBA is a joke, so of course the "all star game" is as well.

    ditto
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  20. 01-23-14 10:16 PM #20
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    Quote Originally Posted by biggie12 View Post
    Wade shouldn't be a reserve? what nba league are you watching. complete square.
    If this was the NFL, he wouldn't even be playing. On ANY team.

    Guaranteed contracts suck
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  21. 01-23-14 10:30 PM #21
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    THey might as well vote Shaq in. He has been good for a long time, and a short while ago.
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  22. 01-23-14 10:37 PM #22
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    Seriously? Who the fukk cares about who gets voted into a basketball allstar game?
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  23. 01-23-14 10:39 PM #23
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    Quote Originally Posted by eidolon View Post
    THey might as well vote Shaq in. He has been good for a long time, and a short while ago.


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  24. 01-23-14 10:49 PM #24
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    all star game is not a game. Its just a show, bunch of easy points. its a show for the fans. no D-FENCE is played... with that said just take teh over it will be like 273 points or more.
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  25. 01-23-14 10:55 PM #25
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    Quote Originally Posted by I/O View Post


    Lmao...im sure Yao Ming still gets tons of votes.
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  26. 01-23-14 11:24 PM #26
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    NBA having one of their worst years

    Internet and media ruined it

    Players all thinking they are Hollywood stars now and hoops players

    Wade a nobody with lebron
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  27. 01-23-14 11:36 PM #27
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    Jordan sucked and he got voted in.

    That's how it works.

    Wall is a loser on a loser team.
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  28. 01-24-14 12:05 AM #28
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    All Star game has always been like this, where have you been.
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  29. 01-24-14 12:35 AM #29
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    Of course it's a joke. I remember one year Yao got the most votes or something and only played like 2 games that entire year.

    Might as well do what the pro bowl is doing. Let Barkley and Shaq draft teams or something. Just not fan voting.
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  30. 01-24-14 06:30 AM #30
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    If you are Asian, you are guaranteed a place in All Star game
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  31. 01-24-14 06:33 AM #31
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    These guys are all stars all right, scoring 280 an all star game is not an all star game, where TF the defense at.
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  32. 01-24-14 06:33 AM #32
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    Quote Originally Posted by hotelis View Post
    If you are Asian, you are guaranteed a place in All Star game
    Only asian I ever remember in the ASG was yao ming.
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  33. 01-24-14 07:17 AM #33
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    Quote Originally Posted by grease lightnin View Post
    NBA is a joke, so of course the "all star game" is as well.

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  34. 01-24-14 07:18 AM #34
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    Quote Originally Posted by hotelis View Post
    If you are Asian, you are guaranteed a place in All Star game
    this is true.

    those asians multiply so fast they are everywhere
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  35. 01-24-14 08:21 AM #35
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    Kobe not generally known for displaying much class. But I heard this morning he made an UN-Kobe like move and is sitting out while acknowledging he does not belong. Good for him and like it's been mentioned these games are not lifetime achievement awards. Nice of him to step aside and let someone play who has earned it.
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