FW: All Stars??

["Kern, M. Brandon" <BKern@force.cnsl.spear.navy.mil>]

Sounds like my statements really bothered you.  But I disagree with you.
As a 'typical fan' I would much rather see better b-ball players, than a
bunch of washed up old people.  
What I said is my opinion and I have a right to it.  Just like what you
said is yours and you have a right to it.  So why don't YOU GET OVER IT!


	-----Original Message-----
	From:	Jim McMaster [SMTP:mcmaster@sweng.stortek.com]
<mailto:[SMTP:mcmaster@sweng.stortek.com]> 
	Sent:	Tuesday, January 27, 1998 2:07 PM
	To:	Celtics@igtc.com <mailto:Celtics@igtc.com> 
	Subject:	Re: All Stars?? 

	In message
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	"K
	ern, M. Brandon" said:
	> I would have to agree that the system sucks.  The  All Star
game is to
	> honor the players that have had a good season.  It is now a
joke because
	> it has become a popularity contest.  I'm convinced that
someone like MJ
	> could not play a single game the first half of the season and
still make
	> the team.  

	No, the All-Star game is to entertain the typical fan.  Of
course it is a 
	popularity contest, and the voting has little or nothing to do
with who 
	"deserves" it.  I stopped caring or watching the All-Star "game"
years ago.  
	It has nothing to do with reall basketball.

	Most fans are ignorant of the true quality of the players.  They
vote for 
	their home-town players, then fill out the ballot with players
they 
	recognize.  Players from big markets like LA have a big
advantage, as do the 
	players currently being publicized by the NBA and the shoe
companies.

	Typically, a player gets voted into the All-Star about two years
after he 
	begins to "deserve it", and gets voted in a couple of years
after he stops 
	deserving it, on the basis of reputation.  It is not going to
change...get 
	over it.
	-- 
	Jim McMaster
	mailto:mcmaster@sweng.stortek.com
<mailto:mcmaster@sweng.stortek.com> 
	Go Celtics!