>Every year these cats complain about being snubbed or looked
>over in All Star selection
>
>In an effort to make the teams more i guess fair or balanced
>the NBA traded one popularity contest judged by fans, in
>for.....another popularity contest, but this time judged by
>peers
>
>its why ive never understood how the number of NBA All Star
>selections by a player is used as some sort of metric of a
>players value, when its not based off of hard work
>
>wouldnt it make more sense to take the top player from each
>conference in the top 3 categories of offense and defense...
>
>*Offense*
>Points
>Assists
>3 Points Made
>
>*Defense*
>Rebounds
>Steals
>Blocks
>
>if a player in any conference tops more than one list, choose
>the next player down (Harden topped 2 lists)
>
>then let the coaches and fans pick the rest of the roster
>
>that way, if you didnt make the team, thats on you and how
>much you really wanted it.
>
>
>here is what those teams would look like going into this all
>star weekend:
>
>East
>Giannis PF Points
>Trae Young PG Assists
>Andre Drummond C Rebound
>Brook Lopez C Blocks
>Davis Bertans SF 3 Point
>Ben Simmons PG Steals
>
>West
>Harden SG Points
>LeBron SF Assists
>Gobert C Rebound
>Whiteside C Blocks
> Lillard PG 3 Point
> Kawhi SF Steals

I don’t like it. There’s already enough stat rigging play going on during the season..especially the early part. I’ve seen Harden and Westbrook for real quit shooting for multiple possession when they get to 9 assists early in a 4th quarter. It’s a joke. With something like this in place, it would just be some other stat to hustle.

It would be cool if whoever got ‘expert’ votes was actually a game-watching person. Instead, I expect that it’s still highlights, hearsay, and box score watching. It doesn’t matter if their metrics/KPIs/analytics instead of just looking for the highest numbers. That’s an issue. Add in the regional biases, fanboying, and other ‘impurities’ and it’s a wrap for ‘getting the right folks’ every single time.

So they end up trying to get it right for the most part knowing that someone somewhere is always gonna come swinging in from a rope somewhere claiming this or that guy shoulda got in. It’s still happening with the NCAA b-ball tourney and that 64 teams plus playin stuff.