2011 All-Star starters and reserves- No love for Love?

[abcnerdd]

East Starters:

G-Dwayne Wade

G-Derrick Rose

F-Lebron James

F-Amare Stoudmire

C-Dwight Howard

Reserves:

Rojan Rondo

Ray Allen

Kevin Garnett

Joe Johnson

Paul Pierce

Al Horford

Chris Bosh

West Starters:

G-Chris Paul

G-Kobe Bryant

F-Kevin Durant

F-Carmelo Anthony

C-Yao Ming (replace with Paul Gasol/Tim Duncan)

Reserves

Paul Gasol

Tim Duncan

Deron Williams

Russel Westbrook

Blake Griffin

Dirk Nowitzki

Maybe Kevin Love will get the nod from David Stern?

[Scott M]

What a shame. It's always been a league of treating the old stars royally, earning your stripes. I figured Duncan would get the nod.

[ozzie]

yeah that is sad that he didn't get in but Duncan and Gasol get in? To me Love and Randolph deserve those spots but they aren't as big of names as Duncan and Gasol......hopefully Stern will make the right decision and have Love replace Yao on the squad!

[mrklean]

all star voting is a joke

[abcnerdd]

David Stern made a vote, he voted Love to replace Yao.

[Scott M]

Well, when Love sets the NBA record for consecutive double doubles in two games and with his current run of 20-20's, I think LeMarcus Aldridge will better understand. If K. Love was in Portland and LeMarcus was here, Portland would have more wins and Minnesota would have fewer.

[mrklean]

double double streak since 1973 i think? I thought the record for actually double doubles was held by wilt something like 200+ games in a row

[thatoneguy]

Yeah Love's chasing the longests DD streak since the ABA/NBA merger. I don't think anyone will ever touch Chamberlain's streak of 273 or whatever it is, but that's really apples to oranges since there were only a couple legit big men in the league at that time.

What Love is doing is ridiculous, especially since he's not the kind of player who always looks for his own shot. His points come in the flow of the game, from inside and from 3...he's a great passer, a great rebounder, and it seems like he's growing into a team leader.

[ozzie]

yeah I think Wilt had 257 consecutive double doubles but even Wilt would have trouble getting a double double every night in todays NBA....to be honest I think Wilt was like todays atheletes playing in yester years games.....basically if Dwight Howard went back to play in the 50's and 60's he would have been just as dominant...I mean Wilt averaged 50+pts and 20+ rebounds a game for a whole season!!! He would not come close to doing that in todays NBA.........

[mrklean]

ha like babe ruth playing in todays age, the wonders of the past and present in sports

[Scott M]

Wilt was a 7 foot and athletic black dude playing against a bunch of 6'6" white guys with pot bellies that smoked cigarettes at halftime. That he didn't get a double double in every career game is astonishing. Anybody here read "The Book of Basketball" by Bill Simmons? Pretty interesting chapter on Wilt that was built up from reading nearly every book written about Wilt or the NBA at the time. He was a character.

Love's been fun to watch, as have the wolves, but it's time to pick it up a notch and get some wins.

[ozzie]

I am glad they aren't actually winning now as they get more ping pong balls and maybe the NBA will give us a bone after all these years!!! oh wait a big market like Detroit is towrds the bottom of the league they will get the first but maybe we can get the second pick........ The only thing that sucks is the draft doesn't have any big names that are shoe in's for being good/great....

[Scott K]

The lottery is such a scam! Remind me again, why is it all done behind closed doors, and no cameras are allowed?

[ozzie]

I personnally think the whole NBA is a scam but I still love to watch the Wolves for some odd reason.........It will be funny in 20-30 years from now report will come out with all the scams the NBA and David Stern had going on back in the early 2000's comes out........

[mrklean]

i think the nfl has it right for once worse team gets first pick

[Scott K]

So your saying, the largest market teams, shouldt be handed the top 3 picks?