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bosoxlover12

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Smith and Rondo are the only legit players on your list.

Jennings is on an awful team.

Stoudemire has been terrible this year.

Monroe and Ray Allen, for real?
Jennings has been a stud this year; he's the reason MIL is in playoff contention
18 and 8 as a #2 option for Amare is terrible? I guess Deng is atrocious then
Ray's stats> Dengs

and I will say it again, East has no height compared to the West. Monroe = 2/3 Center in East. I'd take Stat and Monroe over Deng for the ASG easily
 

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I'd take a lot of players over Deng. A team shouldn't be entitled to a certain number of all-stars just because they have success.
 

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EAST STARTERS: Derrick Rose, Dwyane Wade, LeBron James, Dwight Howard, Anderson Varejao

Notes: The first four guys are no-brainers, especially LeBron, who's having his greatest statistical season while unfairly getting blamed for everything bad that's happened these past 12 months, including the demise of Rick Perry's presidential campaign, Clint Eastwood's directing in J. Edgar, the Patriots choking in the Super Bowl, and Deena from Jersey Shore not being able to get laid. Hang in there, LeBron.

Howard deserves special kudos for excelling while remaining totally detached from his team, and yet not totally seeming like a dick, either. I went to Saturday's Pacers-Magic game and was shocked by (a) how hard he played, and (b) how he kept just enough emotional distance between him and his teammates that you left the building saying, "He clearly wants to leave, but they clearly don't take that personally." It was like watching Mark Wahlberg in Contraband. "Look, we all know why we're here — I want to get paid, you want to be in a movie, let's just get this scene over with so I can go back to my trailer." If I'm Orlando, I don't trade him for 60 cents on the dollar as long as he's playing hard. If he wants to walk away from $30 million extra this summer to play somewhere else, God bless him — nobody's ever done that before, nor will they, because nobody walks away from $30 million. Ten? Maybe. Thirty? No way.2

As for that fifth spot: I love the way Varejao is playing this season … and if you enjoy guys who put up 11 points and 12 rebounds every night, grab every big rebound in traffic, take monster charges again and again and shut down opposing big guys, you should, too. Isn't the whole point of the All-Star Game to pick players who are playing as well as they can possibly play? I never watch Chris Bosh and say, "Whoa, Chris Bosh! He's something! He's really turned it on!" Why do I have to pick Bosh as a starter again? And also, why should THREE Miami Heat players be starting on the All-Star team? You don't find this a little kooky? Are they the '96 Bulls or something? Please. Besides, Varejao has been more of an impact player this year — he's the best at what he does, and that's saying something. You win with what he does.
 

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LeBron... smh....

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Chuck was mad funny last night. When he was talking about how easy it was to put up numbers on a bad team he was like, "you're just the least sucky player on a sucky team."

Never thought about it like that lol
 

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The Milwaukee Bucks are a playoff team. Please do not compare them to the Pistons...
 

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the bucks suck, idc what their record is.


 

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but bjenn should have gotten it over deron. not a huge snub though, regardless as ive already said the rosters are pretty solid.
 

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So glad Deng and Hibbert made it.

Lots of people left out though.
 

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Bosox if you think Amare deserves to be in the ASG... like that's one of the most stupid things I've ever heard. He's been terrible this year.
 

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I'm speechless at this point. I feel like the TV is playing tricks with my eyes.
 

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