Nowitzki In, Howard Out For Now
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by user UNT66
The list of the NBA All-Star Game rosters have been announced for both the West and East teams that will play in Las Vegas later this month.
Representing your Dallas Mavericks will be Dirk Nowitzki, who is averaging 25.1 points per game this season and helped out his All-Star campaign by scoring 28.7 points per game since the start of the new year and the switch to the new ball.
Snubbed for now is Josh Howard, as they went with Carlos Boozer of the Utah Jazz. Yet, Boozer is injured and a replacement will be named by Commissioner Stern shortly......
Yet, don't expected Howard to be named to the team, as the league and the Mavs have a frosty relationship at best.
Now, the best case for Josh Howard was made by Mike D'Antoni, coach of the Phoenix Suns and the Western Conference All-Stars in the upcoming All-Star Game in Vegas......
"I think Dallas having the best record and only one guy, I thought that was surprising," D'Antoni said.
I hope Stern will listen to D'Antoni and include Howard, but I doubt that will happen.....
If anything, the last four games for Howard will be enough to keep him out of the game. Check this out:
Date Opponent Result MIN FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A OFF DEF REB AST STL BLK TO PF PTS Jan 31 @ MEM W 94-95 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jan 30 vs. SEA W 122-102 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jan 27 vs. SAC W 106-104 38 6-15 1-3 0-0 3 4 7 1 0 1 3 4 13 Jan 25 @ CHI L 96-85 33 4-20 0-5 1-2 5 3 8 1 1 0 2 2 9
-Now, I know he sat out the last two games for the birth of his first child, but the previous two were below his season average of 19.4 points per game. With the last four game looking bad compared to his entire body of work during the season, I wouldn't be surprised if Howard is excluded.....
Just a thought...
JG
