The NBA all star starters and reserves were released, and not every person was happy about who got the nod. Ultimately Devin Booker, who was the biggest snub, got in. But some would say it comes with an asterisk. Anthony Davis, who was an all star starter, can't play due to his injury and Devin Booker slid right in. Reminiscent to Damian Lillard filling in for Kobe when he was injured. King of the NBA, LeBron James also tweeted, "Devin Booker is the most disrespected player in the NBA". After him, is the aforementioned Damian Lillard. Is there some credence to this statement?
Now, this isn't the, let's bash all of the all stars, blog post. Especially not since this is my first post in quite awhile. I need to reel you guys back in first. But there should be some mention that, 1. Dame Lillard should have been voted as an all s tar starter based off of the fact that he is a top five player in the league, and 2. he is playing better than Luka Doncic, who was voted an all star starter. Don't mind my run on sentence, I had to get that out. Even Luka said, Dame should have been voted in as a starter. Luka only got in because of the fan vote. This man has all of Europe voting for him. Much like Yao Ming and China when he played. But that's neither here nor there. Technically it is here, but you catch my drift. But with every failed attempt at humor, I stray away from the topic at hand. Back to the NBA. For Dame to not be an all star starter after out playing majority of the competition without his backcourt mate CJ McCollum, and starting Center Jusuf Nurkic for a large portion of the season, and still has them as a top 5 team, is a travesty. Not to mention other players not being there and he literally shoulders the load. But lets not stop there. We have to go back to Arizona and mention that Devin Booker who is on this suns team that is red hot only gets in due to an injury to AD. I find that to be a shame. But I won't dwell on it, because he is in.
Other notable snubs are Domantas Sabonis, Trae Young, Bam Adebayo and Khris Middleton, just to name a few. Now, I can make the case that Sabonis should be playing over Ben Simmons, but in the game we play, who to add and who to drop. Can you really drop any of the other all stars from the east? Julius Randle of the Knicks and Zach Lavine of my Chicago Bulls both have been balling and were named to their first all star games. Cant drop them. Nor can you drop Jayson Tatum and Jalen Brown of the Celtics. Don't let their free fall from the top of the east discredit what they have been doing, they are playing the best that they can. Maybe you can say take off Nikola Vucevic, but then again, how can you? The only logical player to take off the east would be Ben Simmons. Don't ask me why, if you have watched this season, you would see he doest stack up to any of the players mentioned. Because I know you wouldn't be the one to tell James Harden you are taking him off.
The West, is a bit tougher. AD, who is already missing it, Paul George, Rudy Gobert, Lillard, Donovan Mitchell, Chris Paul and Zion Williamson round out the all star reserves in the West. Now lets say AD isn't injured and he's playing. Then where does Booker fall? Does Cp3 give up his spot to give to Booker? That would be the ultimate assist. But no, he deserves it. Don't be upset with who I think should be left oof this list. Remember the song on Sesame Street, one of these things aren't like the other? Well, Zion Williamson sticks out like a green apple on a red apple tree. Now don't get me wrong, Zion is a walking highlight, but I can argue that one of his teammates is having a better season than him. Who? Lonzo? That would be a no. Well then you must mean Steven Adams? No, im referring to Brandon Ingram. If you watched any basketball this year, you would have to agree. Or not, its your choice
I'll leave you with a cliff hanger ending. Who would you vote in?
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