Comments on: Nothing shocking here: Kobe, LeBron lead All-Star ballot early returns

By: Justin

Justin — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 00:45:25 +0000

Takes enough shots too

By: mrchainbluelightning

mrchainbluelightning — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 00:35:53 +0000

So KG, Bosh, Chandler, Pierce have more votes than Josh Smith
That’s funny

Wade, Irving, Allen (lol), Felton have more votes than Holiday
WTF?

Griffin’s fanboys made sure Blake has more votes than Duncan? That’s predictable and still dumb
Gasol and Love have more than Rudy Gay?

Lin LMAO, ahead of Harden and Westbrook? And Parker?

Again Kurt, don’t give the fans credit for getting the obvious players correct. They have failed yet again on the whole in understanding who is doing what this season.

By: mrchainbluelightning

mrchainbluelightning — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 00:24:28 +0000

“In which case — good job public. No glaring mistakes here.”

What?

Because they got Kobe, Durant, Melo and James correct?
They rest is another hot mess as usual

By: jhuck92

jhuck92 — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 23:20:37 +0000

Kobe might as well be playing two positions. He’s the only one doing anything productive on his team.

By: jhuck92

jhuck92 — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 23:02:16 +0000

Kobe might as well be playing two positions

By: max20characters

max20characters — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 22:49:03 +0000

CURRY

By: max20characters

max20characters — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 22:48:53 +0000

STEPHEN

By: max20characters

max20characters — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 22:48:37 +0000

LEE

By: max20characters

max20characters — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 22:48:28 +0000

DAVID

By: max20characters

max20characters — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 22:48:14 +0000

STEPHEN CURRY

By: max20characters

max20characters — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 22:47:46 +0000

DAVID LEE

By: jimsjam33

jimsjam33 — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 22:30:31 +0000

Add Jamal Crawford , LAC , in the West
Add Anderson Varejao , CLE , in the East ….
To do anything less would be a travesty of immeasurable proportions !

By: 00maltliquor

00maltliquor — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 22:09:40 +0000

Kurt is in no way a Laker homer. In. No. Way.

By: 00maltliquor

00maltliquor — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 22:06:55 +0000

Yes, he’s THAT good.

By: eventhorizon04

eventhorizon04 — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 22:05:19 +0000

Let me begin by saying I’m not a “Jeremy Lin hater.”

The guy has less than 1 full season of career starts, but in that short period, he’s had more than a few monster games, most recently on the Rockets while up against the Spurs. When a guy keeps having big games, he’s obviously demonstrating some good talent, and I really think Lin could eventually become a legitimate All-Star in a year or two.

That being said, Lin is not playing at an All-Star level this year, and there were some concerns that Lin would get 1 million votes the way Yao Ming used to, in part because of Lin’s widespread fanbase in general after Linsanity, and in the East Asian community in particular.
However, Lin’s relatively smaller vote total (compared to Yao Ming’s) makes it clear that the reason why Yao Ming got so many votes was mainly because he truly DID play at an All-Star level (when healthy), and fans aren’t going to vote for Lin in huge numbers because Lin playing at that level yet.
So while Lin’s Chinese (technically Taiwanese) ancestry probably boosts his voting total above where it should be, I’m glad Chinese fans aren’t giving him a million votes, because he hasn’t earned that many with his play – YET.

By: eventhorizon04

eventhorizon04 — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 21:55:29 +0000

Those 3 guys have played a combined 2 games this year (both by Steve Nash).

I understand fans supporting their team’s best players, but at the very least, a guy should play at least a dozen games before fans vote for him as an All-Star.

By: eventhorizon04

eventhorizon04 — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 21:52:15 +0000

Coaches will get him in as a backup, don’t worry. Dude has been a beast this year.

By: dko83

dko83 — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 21:28:25 +0000

But I want to come and personally smack all of you that have voted for Andrew Bynum, Steve Nash and Amare Stoudemire. Seriously.

Just when I think you couldn’t possibly be any more a Lakers homer, you go and say something like this…and totally redeem yourself!

By: saint1997

saint1997 — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 21:27:51 +0000

It’s not exactly their fault mate, people want to vote for their players on their team. More people live in those areas, it’s pretty simple maths

By: cosanostra71

cosanostra71 — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 21:25:37 +0000

It may not just be New York and Boston fans. A lot of casual fans vote for All-Stars too, and Amare and Rondo are the more recognizable names.

By: saint1997

saint1997 — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 21:25:24 +0000

ikr. if JLin surpasses CP3 i’m sorry but I’m gonna flip

By: dko83

dko83 — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 21:24:47 +0000

I know.. eliminate fan voting please.

By: tcclark

tcclark — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 21:08:13 +0000

The East Backcourt should be Rondo and Holiday. I hate fan voting. They’ll vote in Deron Williams or Dwyane Wade on a down year over a player who actually playing better than either of them. same thing with Joakim Noah. I personally don’t like the guy, but he’s been playing out of his mind and is the single reason the Bulls are any good. I wouldn’t be upset with Varejao either, but Noah’s 2.3 blocks per game, his 4 assists per game, and the fact that he’s carrying a winning team puts him ahead of Varejao in my book. The East should be:
Rondo
Holiday
Lebron
Carmelo
Noah

The West should be:
Westbrook
Kobe
Durant
Randolph
Duncan

Zach Randolph was my last pick, but I had to choose him over Dwight because of what Dwight has done to his team. His Free Throw shooting is terrible and I honestly believe that if Bynum were healthy and on this team they would be significantly better. Dwight is a distraction. He should be the third option on this team behind Kobe and Pau, but they are trying to make him a bigger part to keep him happy. Zach Randolph on the other hand has quietly gone about his business and the Grizzlies look really good. He should be rewarded for his play and the effect he has on his team.

By: willardj

willardj — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 20:49:15 +0000

I love how New York and Boston ruin basketball for the rest of us. Amare gets more votes than Hibbert, despite Amare not playing a single game. And then Rondo gets more votes than Holiday, despite Holiday getting the better of Rondo this season.

By: timb12

timb12 — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 20:43:39 +0000

Can I vote for Yao? I’d love for him to play.

By: therealroman

therealroman — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 20:28:04 +0000

I agree that’s almost disrespectful, but then again it’s all about Marketing and stuff. The NBA doesn’t care about finding the 12 players who were the best in each conference. They care about a big weekend where they can make big money off of merchandise ect. So many fans of this league aren’t real experts in this sport and might remember the big name Stoudemire and his dunks 5 years ago…they don’t care about all the incredible things Kidd does for this team this year. Sad but true

By: therealroman

therealroman — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 20:27:59 +0000

By: cosanostra71

cosanostra71 — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 20:25:10 +0000

Kobe is starting for the West twice?

By: therealroman

therealroman — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 20:24:05 +0000

So Amar’e over Anderson Varejao…that’s like back when they voted AI or Yao in even though they weren’t playing anymore!

By: sdelmonte

sdelmonte — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 20:18:49 +0000

I looked now at the ballot for the first time, and am surprised that there aren’t five players representing every team. How is it the league’s job to tell fans that players from their clubs aren’t even good enough to qualify? Especially since they left off Jason Kidd and included Amare.