Re: All Star voting

["Josh O." <igtcjosh@yahoo.com>]

That is one of the dumbest things I've read here in a
while.  How is Antoine "only a gunner" when he has the
best assist and rebounding numbers of any power
forward in the conference, nay, the league?  And if
Pierce is only a gunner, I'd like to know how Ray
Allen and Allan Iverson get the nod ahead of him.

Get with the program!

Josh

--- Dan Forant <dforant1@nycap.rr.com> wrote:
> 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>
> Cc: <Celticsstuffgroup@yahoogroups.com>
> 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.
> >
> > ****
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