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boxcarhobo posted:Kyle Lowry plays in canada, all his stats are artificially inflated by the free healthcare Don't forget that in metric assists you get credit if you're two passes away from the score.
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We can easily solve this with spoonerisms. Lyle Kowry. Decent, it could be worse. Kowry is a pretty good name. Now on to our next option. Wemba Kalker. Whoa whoa, wow. Easy winner, hands down.
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EvanTH posted:Kemba is actually probably the best PG in the east this season but he only started being the best this very season and it's fan voting and he plays on Charlotte so he might get in on coach vote but not fan vote probably He should've been an All-Star even last year ahead of Thomas, he has a much more complete game. Unfortunately Charlotte is a small market so I don't think he has much of a chance.
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who's the player representing a small country that will inexplicably almost make it in. (not counting Kristaps because obviously he's a Real All Star Baby)
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chunkles posted:who's the player representing a small country that will inexplicably almost make it in. Adams?
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chunkles posted:who's the player representing a small country that will inexplicably almost make it in. It's time for serge to make an allstar game imo
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I voted for Kemba and Lowry they're both great. My votes: LeBron Giannis Embiid Lowry Kemba Davis KAT Boogie Russ CP3 EDIT: Almost voted for Adams TBH.
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I watched the (terrible) Raptor game with the Suns broadcast team and they seemed like a lot of fun. Especially good was when the old honkey asked about Drake "calling him on his cell phone"
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Dec 30, 2016 06:24
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As long as Amian Lillar doesn't get into the all-star game, Portlan may make the playoffs. It'll just piss him off and he'll go sub-supernova
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Quadrapellegiance posted:As long as Amian Lillar doesn't get into the all-star game, Portlan may make the playoffs. Makes sense since obviously going all the way to supernova would involve playing defense.
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Derozan is so lucky that every other decent SG in the east was moved to SF
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Dec 30, 2016 06:41
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Everyone needs to vote for Giannis. He is a perfect basketball freak, and he will only get better. He is all of our purest basketballing hearts combined with a 2k create a player. Vote Greek Freak.
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Dec 30, 2016 06:51
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after the cowardly Milwaukee Bucks went out of their way to join the conspiracy against Jon Leuer its going to be impossible to vote for one of their players, since i have morals
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2011 was old bucks management. Don't let the history of the Bucks cause you to miss out on the Greek freak.
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Greek freak will be a lock for the all-star, but between Love and Kristop, it's hard to see how a Milwaukee player is going to win the public starting vote.
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I am a coward, and did not vote for Giannis because I want Jimmy Butler to start instead
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chunkles posted:
Kindle rank of 5000 is about 20 copies sold per day. the rough calculation is 100K/rank - daily sales. The formula breaks down as your rank gets better 500.
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Dynamite Dog posted:2011 was old bucks management. Don't let the history of the Bucks cause you to miss out on the Greek freak. The Bucks are still pretty hard to watch. Not as bad as last year, though.
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Quadrapellegiance posted:As long as Amian Lillar doesn't get into the all-star game, Portlan may make the playoffs. Man that really shook my root beer barrel and I thought you were naming some Nagorno-Krabakh forward for Orlando who I hadn't seen play
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Well I'm certainly glad I didn't arrange some way to watch the Raptors vs Suns game in person now..... Maybe next season I will
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SAS, I submit for your all-star consideration, one Kevin Love. 22 points and 11 boards a game, shooting 41% from 3 on 6.5 attempts. 61% TS!!!
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Icy Penguigo posted:SAS, I submit for your all-star consideration, one Kevin Love. Well yeah, who else would it be
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Kevin loves the best pf in the east, a lock down perimeter defender, and better at 3s than dollar store Steve Nash. Of course he'll be the starting pf for Eastern all Stars
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Hand Knit posted:I get that, and this is an easy team to love, but bumping up against that ceiling is always going to be grating. And it would make dreaming just a little bit easier if Toronto could dent the big four of Cleveland, Golden State, LAC, and Sacramento. I undersmell your angst but thank about this way. Lebron has essentially only been truly hurt once in his career. It's 13 years and about 18 playing years worth of minutes, the next injury could happen at any time. Then you're in the finals. Your team can score in the post and rebound. Maybe its a 4 game loss to the weerriers but you never know We always like to pretend we always knew and always will know but we don't, we just have a sketch informed by probabilities and past experiences
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Dejan Bimble posted:I undersmell your angst but thank about this way. I'm intrigued about what undersmelling means...go on
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Can you undersmeeeeeeellllllllllllllll What the subrock Is cookin'?
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chunkles posted:I'm intrigued about what undersmelling means...go on Well sometimes chunk, something's so obvious you don't need to stand up and take a look, you can lay back and let the smell hit you, and know perfectly the state of things
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Dejan Bimble posted:Man that really shook my root beer barrel and I thought you were naming some Nagorno-Krabakh forward for Orlando who I hadn't seen play Hmmmmmm I've discovered my second favorite pseudo country after Transnistria.
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AggressivelyStupid posted:Kevin loves the best pf in the east, a lock down perimeter defender, and better at 3s than dollar store Steve Nash. Of course he'll be the starting pf for Eastern all Stars OK but on the other hand, if in voting for KLove you leave Embiid off of your ballot, you paradoxically hate love.
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Finished work and am bored af so I'm going to try to figure out this year's all-stars. Keep in mind this year the fan vote is 50%, media is 25%, and current players is 25% so there might be some unknown fuckery that comes up: I'll start with the West, since it's a bit more straightforward there: Locks (barring injury): 1. Kevin Durant 2. Kawhi Leonard 3. Anthony Davis 4. Russell Westbrook 5. James Harden 6. Stephen Curry 7. Chris Paul Likely: 8. Marc Gasol 9. Klay Thompson Given how well Memphis has performed even with Conley out and the big jump in stats Gasol has had this year I'm pretty sure he's in, but I wouldn't call it a definite lock like the previous seven. You could quibble with Klay being likely but the Warriors are getting at least 3 All-Stars and Klay has been getting hype from the 60 point game, fitting in with the new system, and overall playing well. Coaches will vote him in. That leaves 3 spots for: Borderline: DeMarcus Cousins, Draymond Green, Damian Lillard, Gordon Hayward, Rudy Gobert, DeAndre Jordan, Karl-Anthony Towns Cousins should be likely since the idea of a guy averaging 29 ppg and 10.4 reb missing the all-star game is absurd, but coaches do not like Cousins and if they have a good reason not to vote for him, they wouldn't. And the competition for these last 3 spots is going to be tough. Lillard is also putting up great stats but could be punished for the Blazers going up in flames. The Jazz deserve an all-star but it's not clear-cut who deserves it between Hayward and Gobert, so what I predict is going to happen is Cousins, Green, and Lillard[ all make it and the Jazz get snubbed because coaches spit their vote of the one Jazz All-Star between Hayward and Gobert. The East is a bit more tricky, so we need an additional section....: Locks: 1. Lebron James 2. Kyrie Irving 3. Giannis Antetokounmpo 4. Kevin Love 5. DeMar DeRozan 6. Kyle Lowry If the Raptors crash over the next month, you could take one of those two off but as of now I think DeRozan and Lowry should both be comfortably in. Banana Boat: 7. Carmelo Anthony 8. Dwyane Wade Melo really should be borderline and Wade shouldn't even be in consideration but they are very popular and were voted All-Star starters last year. The fan vote is only 50% this year, but who knows if current players and media are going to vote any differently. If we pencil them in, then as we will see in the borderline section, some guys are going to get screwed. Likely: 9. Jimmy Butler Having a great year in a big market; if the Bulls keep imploding over the next month you could see him move over to the borderline section but I still think he'll get in. Note that he's a frontcourt player. That leaves... Borderline: Isaiah Thomas, Kemba Walker, John Wall, Paul George, Kristaps Porzingis, Paul Millsap, Al Horford, Andre Drummond, Hassan Whiteside Note that you can only have 6 guards max on the all-star team, so if Wade gets in only two of the Thomas/Walker/Wall trio can make it. If I had to pick three of these guys, it would be Thomas, Walker, and George. John Wall is secretly having a really great year but Washington has been mediocre and depressing so I think the team success of Thomas and Walker's teams will get them in over him. However it's possible that the Wizards surge and/or the Hornets slide back into the East morass, which would strengthen Wall's case vs. Walker's. The Pacers have also been disappointing but I think George is just regarded as a better player than the rest of the frontcourt guys. You could talk me into Porzingis hype and New York cachet getting the Unicorn in though. If Wade doesn't make it, Wall probably takes his spot, and if Melo doesn't make it either Porzingis or Millsap makes it. JesusSinfulHands fucked around with this message at 16:02 on Dec 30, 2016 |
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Paul George is back to being a forward with CJ Miles in the starting line-up. Or maybe not, I remember him randomly playing PF last year. And while they did away with Centers, people still gravitate towards having an actual center for their votes and Gasol is basically having a career year while effectively leading the Grizzlies. I could also see KAT chomping at his first all star, his boxscore year has been pretty good and people have been crowning him as a generational talent and tend to vote for their bias.
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Every year a couple guys turn down the game due to injuries, so there will be replacements too.
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If you're going to consider Drummond and Whiteside, then Embiid seriously has to be in the running.
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JesusSinfulHands did not see Embiid in your post
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Embiid's got half of the ws/48 of those two guys so I think it's fine to leave him out of the conversation if you're looking only at stats but he's more fun so let him in
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Tae posted:Paul George is back to being a forward with CJ Miles in the starting line-up. Or maybe not, I remember him randomly playing PF last year. And while they did away with Centers, people still gravitate towards having an actual center for their votes and Gasol is basically having a career year while effectively leading the Grizzlies. Thing is the league perception is that the Timberwolves are super disappointing, and Towns doesn't quite have the insane stats that Davis and Cousins have. For that reason I find it extremely difficult to see Towns getting in over Cousins, Green, Lillard, or a Utah guy. If the Timberwolves surge into the 8th seed conversation soon we could reconsider though. Redgrendel2001 posted:If you're going to consider Drummond and Whiteside, then Embiid seriously has to be in the running. I don't see any scenario where Embiid makes it ...he's only played 21 games with limited minutes for the worst team in the NBA. We'll probably see him in the rookie game and Big Man skills challenge instead. Drummond and Whiteside are also fringe candidates as it is unless some coaches really want to vote for centers. If it makes you feel better I just voted for The Process though 
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West: Steph Russ KD Kawhi Gasol East: Wall Lowry Lebron Giannis Love I would love to see Jabari Parker in the game though.
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