Baron an All-Star?
Baron Davis should be in the NBA All-Star game on February 17 in New Orleans, but there’s a good chance that won’t happen.
Of the major sports, the NBA is by far the hardest All-Star team to make. With only 12 roster spots, it has become an exclusive club.
Every year there are several deserving players that don’t make the team, and Baron could be one of them this year. Let’s break down the western conference guards.
As of right now, Kobe Bryant and Tracy McGrady lead in voting. Assuming they get voted in, that leaves two or three spots for guards, depending on how many they decide to have.
Steve Nash and Chris Paul are locks. I don’t see any scenario in which they are not All-Stars. That leaves one more guard spot between Baron, Allen Iverson, Brandon Roy, Deron Williams, Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili.
Talk about a stacked position.
Personally, I would narrow it down to Baron, Iverson and Roy because of team records (and the fact that I don’t think Parker and Ginobili are playing at the same level as these guys).
All three guys are having tremendous seasons. For me the tiebreaker is team record. As of Jan. 6, Denver and Portland are tied, two games ahead of the Warriors. Between Iverson and Roy, I don’t see how you can leave off Roy since he’s been the catalyst to what Portland has done.
So where does that leave Baron? Unfortunately, there is no room for him unless someone like McGrady (who probably wouldn’t make the team if he wasn’t voted in) sits because of injury.
One way for Baron to make it is if the Warriors get hot and have a better record than those two teams when they decide the All-Stars.
Injuries are the other way that Baron can make the team. If McGrady and someone else can’t go, Baron is in.
In baseball and football, it seems like anybody can be an All-Star, especially the NFL. In the NBA, it’s too limited. They need to expand the All-Star rosters from 12 to 15. It’s just not fair to deserving All-Stars who get snubbed year after year.
Of the major sports, the NBA is by far the hardest All-Star team to make. With only 12 roster spots, it has become an exclusive club.
Every year there are several deserving players that don’t make the team, and Baron could be one of them this year. Let’s break down the western conference guards.
As of right now, Kobe Bryant and Tracy McGrady lead in voting. Assuming they get voted in, that leaves two or three spots for guards, depending on how many they decide to have.
Steve Nash and Chris Paul are locks. I don’t see any scenario in which they are not All-Stars. That leaves one more guard spot between Baron, Allen Iverson, Brandon Roy, Deron Williams, Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili.
Talk about a stacked position.
Personally, I would narrow it down to Baron, Iverson and Roy because of team records (and the fact that I don’t think Parker and Ginobili are playing at the same level as these guys).
All three guys are having tremendous seasons. For me the tiebreaker is team record. As of Jan. 6, Denver and Portland are tied, two games ahead of the Warriors. Between Iverson and Roy, I don’t see how you can leave off Roy since he’s been the catalyst to what Portland has done.
So where does that leave Baron? Unfortunately, there is no room for him unless someone like McGrady (who probably wouldn’t make the team if he wasn’t voted in) sits because of injury.
One way for Baron to make it is if the Warriors get hot and have a better record than those two teams when they decide the All-Stars.
Injuries are the other way that Baron can make the team. If McGrady and someone else can’t go, Baron is in.
In baseball and football, it seems like anybody can be an All-Star, especially the NFL. In the NBA, it’s too limited. They need to expand the All-Star rosters from 12 to 15. It’s just not fair to deserving All-Stars who get snubbed year after year.
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