Re: All Star voting

["Dan Forant" <dforant1@nycap.rr.com>]

IMHO, this All Star stuff is a bunch of crap, and I'd rather watch paint
dry. Maybe basketball competition is getting diluted. Looking back, and
comparing, I don't see Pierce or Walker as All Stars but a couple of gunners
(which we need at this point) who don't usually incorporate the rest of the
team.

DanF
----- Original Message -----
From: "j.hironaka" <j.hironaka@unesco.org>
To: <celtics@igtc.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2001 1:28 PM
Subject: All Star voting


> As others have probably noted, the ballot this year is really working
> against Paul Pierce, the league's #2 scorer and shooting .552 from Bird
land.
>
> It seems like there are three nominations for "guard" (McGrady, Iverson
and
> MJ) who are locks to make the team for sure, so Paul will have to settle
> for fourth by beating out not only Ray Allen (who's coach will probably
run
> the team) but also Jalen Rose, hall of famer Reggie Miller, Jerry
> Stackhouse and Dream Teamer Allan Houston.
>
> Let's say MVP Iverson gets listed as the second point guard behind Jason
> Kidd... well even then you have Baron Davis (20ppg on .548 shooting) and
> don't forget that Andre Miller is #1 in assists in the NBA, and he's
> scoring over 18 per game. Pierce would be the 7th guard in that scenario,
> assuming he beats out all the other big names.
>
> If Pierce gets left off, then its hard to imagine the league choosing
> Antoine as the lone Celtics representative (although he's putting up the
> best numbers at his position thus far).
>
> Yes, I know its way too early. But the ballots got announced, so its in
the
> news.
>
> FWIW, seven "guards" makes sense because noone's a lock at forward other
> than Vince Carter and Mutombo. Grant Hill's numbers make him pretty
> deserving. Jermaine O'Neil and Glenn Robinson (or Shareef) could fill out
> the 12-man roster, assuming Mourning/Camby/Ratliff are injured.
>
> So maybe its wait until next year for Antoine, unless he gets his FG% up
> and starts turning near triple doubles into real triple doubles. If he
were
> shooting 45% he'd make it every year, the position is so thin right now.
> But that's our Toine (and our system).
>
> If Boston isn't at .500 at the break, no Celtic player deserves to go as
> far as I'm concerned. I guess I'm stating the obvious for most people.
>
> ****