From the comments on Dime, the controversial picks seem to be David West from the Hornets, Rashard Lewis and Jameer Nelson from the Magic. People are saying the biggest snubs are Al Jefferson from the Timberwolves and Carmelo Anthony from the Nuggets.
After being named our Shooter of the Month for December, obviously I have no problem with Jameer getting a run. David West is a great player who is often over-looked when talking about the best bigmen in the league and Shard's team is doing well and he's having a good season. I'd say Jefferson didn't get the nod because he's a star on a bad team. Melo has been in and out of the line-up with injuries, trust me I know, he's on my fantasy squad!
Click on the title below to read all about the All-Star reserves.
NBA.com: Shaq, pair of Magic players highlight All-Star reserves
NEW YORK -- Shaquille O'Neal of the hometown Phoenix Suns was named an NBA All-Star for the 15th time, as the NBA today announced the list of 14 players that have been selected by the coaches as reserves for the 2009 All-Star Game. The 58th NBA All-Star Game will be played on Sunday, Feb. 15, in Phoenix at US Airways Center.
O'Neal's 15 All-Star selections are the second most in league history, trailing only Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who received an invite 19 times during his Hall of Fame career. Joining O'Neal on the West bench are the Denver Nuggets' Chauncey Billups, the Los Angeles Lakers' Pau Gasol, the Dallas Mavericks' Dirk Nowitzki, the San Antonio Spurs' Tony Parker, the Portland Trail Blazers' Brandon Roy and the New Orleans Hornets' David West.
In the Eastern Conference, three first-time selections -- Devin Harris of the New Jersey Nets, Danny Granger of the Indiana Pacers and Jameer Nelson of the Orlando Magic -- are joined by the Toronto Raptors' Chris Bosh, the Atlanta Hawks' Joe Johnson, the Magic's Rashard Lewis and the Boston Celtics' Paul Pierce. Nelson and Lewis are the lone set of teammates named as reserves, and they join Dwight Howard as the only trio of teammates on either squad.
Devin Harris makes his first All-Star game appearance
2 comments:
Rodge the dodge - aka the basketball professor.
I bumped into your blog site thanks to a link from JR's site. You are truely a basketball junkie.
Let's hope the mighty Brisbane Bullets can find a millionaire to put up a team in the newNBL so that other basketball junkies can watch proffesional basketball in this great city and we can again run into each other and catch up.
Am liking your posts - in particular the JR interview and Homiside highlights from the Blaze Crocs game early in the year.
Keep up the good work.
(sorry my post had nothing to do with the NBA all-star game).
Cheers,
Lachie Gaff
Hi Lachie,
Thanks for the comment. Great to see you and Angus (and co) at the Blaze game. No surprise to see JR and the Crocs easily take care of business in that one.
Fingers crossed for the resurrection of the Bullets, I'll be sure to post any news on here as it happens.
Keep in touch,
Dodge
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