Who Should Be All-Star Reserves?

With the announcement of who will fill out the All-Star roster for both the East and the West coming out tonight, I figured I would weight in with my 2 cents.  Each conference must have on their bench 2 guards, 2 forwards, 1 center, and then 2 whatever you’re feelin’. 

First in the Eastern Conference:

Starters: G Jason Kidd, G Dwyane Wade, F Kevin Garnett, F LeBron James, C Dwight Howard.

Don’t really have any problems here.  Take a look at the backcourt though with their combined 28 wins.

G Chauncey Billups (17.9 pts., 7.1 assists)

G Joe Johnson (21.2 pts., 4.4 rebs., 5.3 assists)

F Paul Pierce (20.1 pts., 5.7 rebs., 5 assists)

F Caron Butler (21.9 pts., 7 rebs., 4.3 assists)

C Chris Bosh (22.7 pts., 9.1 rebs.)*

F Antawn Jamison (21.4 pts., 10.6 rebs.)

F Josh Smith (18 pts., 8.1 rebs., 3.2 blocks)

• I know Chris Bosh is a forward, I’m putting him in as a center.  Other very deserving players include Richard Hamilton, Ray Allen, Jose Calderon, Michael Redd, Richard Jefferson, and Hedo Turkoglu.

Western Conference:

Starters: G Kobe Bryant, G Allen Iverson, F Carmelo Anthony, F Tim Duncan, C Yao Ming.

How Chris Paul is not starting is beyond me.  Fan voting is for the birds.  My subs are…

G Chris Paul (20.8 pts., 3.9 rebs., 10.7 assists)

G Steve Nash (17.4 pts., 11.9 asts., 48% 3FG)

F Carlos Boozer (22.4 pts., 10.6 rebs., 55% FG)

F Dirk Nowitzki (22.3 pts., 8.6 rebs.)

C Marcus Camby (9.3 pts., 14.3 rebs., 3.9 blocks)

F/C Amare Stoudemire (22.7 pts., 9 rebs., 59.5% FG)

G Baron Davis (22.3 pts., 4.8 rebs., 8.1 assists)

Just missing the cut: Brandon Roy (he needs to be there somehow), Deron Williams, Josh Howard, Stephen Jackson, Shawn Marion, Chris Kaman, and Tyson Chandler. 

We’ll have to wait and see until tonight who the coaches pick.  

Rich Keefe

http://sportsbrief.blogspot.com/

TrizzAll-American

669 days ago

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i dont see why everybody is soooo in love with chris paul, yes he's good but u cant rank him ahead of kobe and a.i. has been quietly having a hell of a season, he is the 3rd best guard this season sorry to say

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OneflydudeAll-American

669 days ago

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Hedo Turk definitely needs to be there. And Caron Butler is deserving too. He's been playing tremendous ball without Arenas in the lineup.

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RomiezzoLegend

669 days ago

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Marcus Camby definitely needs to be in there, as well as Steve Nash. I don't care what anyone says. For a center, I'm picking defense over offense (Stoudy has better offense, but Camby is definitely better when it comes to defense, and he and Dwight Howard would make a great matchup.).

As for the Nash/Paul matchup, I'm picking Nash. From watching both of the guys play, I believe that Nash knows the All-Stars better, and he has a better vision of the court, and would be a great matchup against Jason Kidd/Chauncey Billups than Chris Paul.

I must say that Baron Davis is VERY underrated though. Everyone says Chris Paul is, but I honestly think he isn't and there needs to be more attention on Baron Davis. It seems like no matter what he does, it's just not good enough.

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Audino237JV Squad

669 days ago

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how about jose calderon? i am very biased on this one as i love the raps, but many others have said it. he was always a superbackup to ford and now is forced into a 40 minute a night role. He has an absurd 5.4-assists to TO ratio calderon is a perfect efficient point guard if i was to pick another snub, itd be turkoglu this shows how weak the east is compared to the west lol

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RomiezzoLegend

669 days ago

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That's why Sportsbrief said that he just missed the cut. He's one of the best point guards in the game today, but I guess Chauncey Billups is most preferred.

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