2020-21 NBA All-Star Starters Announced

[illmatic99]

here are the final tallies

Media votes:
Steph-- 96
Dame -- 64
Luka -- 30

Player votes:
Steph -- 172
Dame -- 131
Luka -- 58

 

[twobullz]

The other travesty here is how in the world does Caruso from LAL end up #8 in fan voting. If that is reason enough to say fan voting is a joke, not sure what is

 

[trailblazer18]

here are the final tallies

Media votes:
Steph-- 96
Dame -- 64
Luka -- 30

Player votes:
Steph -- 172
Dame -- 131
Luka -- 58

If Booker gets 4 more player votes, Dame is a starter.

 

[Serbian]

Disgraceful. NBA players voted Dame ahead of Luka. Media voted Dame ahead of luka. It was a tie because Luka had fan vote. If luka wants to get the upmost respect by true fans and players and Media He should announce " I thank all the fans who voted for me but i DO NOT deserve to start ahead of Dame he deserves it more this year”

 

[illmatic99]

If Booker gets 4 more player votes, Dame is a starter.

great observation.

 

[DDolla]

Dame not a starter? I feel bad for the Wizards

 

[kjironman1]

So here is an unlikely scenario.
Dame gets snubbed for All Star Starter and goes on to win MVP!

Sounds good to me.

 

[Haakzilla]

Stop the steal?!

 

[Chris Craig]

 

[PCmor7]

It's absurd that the guy probably would finish in the top three in the MVP voting if it was held today and can't even be an all-star starter in his own conference.

That said, this probably is as good a thing that could happen to the Blazers outside of getting Pascal Siakam for draft picks. Dame always knows how to let stuff like this motivate him in a positive way that raises his level of play. Every time we think he can't do more, he sets the bar higher, and I think we'll see the same thing happen this time.

 

[Chris Craig]

Not surprised. Dame will probably never start in an allstar game unless there is an injury. Bullshit. Whiny baby fucking Doncic gets picked ahead of Dame. Dame has been waiting and they give it Doncic who has been in the league what 2 and a half seasons. Dame just spanked his ass a few days ago. Fuck the NBA.

 

[THE HCP]

 

[Jon]

i've said it for years now.... NBA All Star fan voting is complete horseshit.

 

[STOMP]

Forget about Luka, someone tell me why Steph is more deserving than Dame?

When talking about something decided by fan vote, "deserving" is largely irrelevant. Blazer fans are going to vote for their guy, Warrior fans will vote for theirs, etc. According to the link below, Dallas is the 5th biggest market in the States, the Bay Area is the 6th while Portland is the 22nd. Math is math.

https://mediatracks.com/resources/nielsen-dma-rankings-2020/

Additionally, according to the spreadsheet I set up for my fantasy league to evaluate players based purely on our 8 stats (pnts, FG%, 3's made, FTs made, steals, blks, rbs, assts) Luka has put up the 5th best stats thus far, Steph the 7th & Dame the 9th. I love Dame but can be realistic about whats what. Those two are legit and enjoy the advantages of playing for much bigger markets. This went as expected.

STOMP

 

[SheedSoNasty]

Stop the steal?!

So should we get a bunch of fans together and break the hell out of the Moda Center? I think that’s how that is supposed to work...

 

[HailBlazers]

Should be..

Players 50%
Media/Fans 25/25%

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Fuck being an All Star, he's Our Star, and that I am truly thankful for!

 

[Orion Bailey]

Im okay with it. Fair? Hell no.
Dame Time motivator? Hell yeah.

but if i was Dame, id boycott. Except he'd be called a whining bitch.

id still boycott the weekend. But he cant.
So whats left? More Dame Time.

Some fools in the nba gonna regret not voting for Dame over the next few weeks.

 

[kjironman1]

So should we get a bunch of fans together and break the hell out of the Moda Center? I think that’s how that is supposed to work...

No No No.... We go to Dallas and break up American Airlines Arena. Some call it the Triple A (AAA) but we don't really want to piss off the old folks and Millennial's that can't change a tire.

 

[kjironman1]

Im okay with it. Fair? Hell no.
Dame Time motivator? Hell yeah.

but if i was Dame, id boycott. Except he'd be called a whining bitch.

id still boycott the weekend. But he cant.
So whats left? More Dame Time.

Some fools in the nba gonna regret not voting for Dame over the next few weeks.

I want him to handle it something like last year. The week or even the game before the break get a non basketball related "Strain" (wink wink) and have to pull out. Let Booker get the nod again. Then go and enjoy the week with his family.

 

[PCmor7]

Additionally, according to the spreadsheet I set up for my fantasy league to evaluate players based purely on our 8 stats (pnts, FG%, 3's made, FTs made, steals, blks, rbs, assts) Luka has put up the 5th best stats thus far, Steph the 7th & Dame the 9th. I love Dame but can be realistic about whats what. Those two are legit and enjoy the advantages of playing for much bigger markets. This went as expected.

STOMP

Of course, this shows the very problem with going by stats alone. There's absolutely no context to them. They aren't universal and all-encompassing.

It'd be interesting if they polled GMs and personnel directors to see who they'd prefer having right now, Dame or Luka. I suspect they wouldn't turn out the same result as the fan vote.

 

[1 Eye Jack]

Actually the world. International players get the added benefit from a 2nd country.
But to be honest who cares who starts? They just care if they are selected or not.

Agree with another country adding to vote total, makes big difference. As far as caring whether they start of course they care, this guy and every other NBA player live for the notoriety that comes with being one of the best. Even more motivation foe Dame

 

[STOMP]

It'd be interesting if they polled GMs and personnel directors to see who they'd prefer having right now, Dame or Luka. I suspect they wouldn't turn out the same result as the fan vote.

Thats what they do at the end of the year for the All NBA teams. For the guard selections these 3 plus Harden will likely make up the first two teams.

STOMP

 

[1 Eye Jack]

i've said it for years now.... NBA All Star fan voting is complete horseshit.

I don’t like fan voting but tie breaker should come down to coaches and players not fans

 

[Hoopguru]

Comes down to market size. Plus Doncic would get all the Euro votes from those who really dont know how good Dame is.
Great to see at least the media talking about how Dame got snubbed. Hopefully this helps him win MVP!

 

[Hoopguru]

"He’s not God. He ain’t the best player in the NBA, not to me. . . . He’s white. That’s the reason he gets it."

Im not sure because he's White he gets it? Do ylu realize how big Dallas / Fort Worth, Texas is, not to mention Doncic popularity around the world.
There's a black players that got snubbed to like Donavon Mitchell, but he to is in a small market area. Just my opinion.

 

[Orion Bailey]

I want him to handle it something like last year. The week or even the game before the break get a non basketball related "Strain" (wink wink) and have to pull out. Let Booker get the nod again. Then go and enjoy the week with his family.

BUt go ballistic on all the teams we play in between.

 

[PCmor7]

Thats what they do at the end of the year for the All NBA teams. For the guard selections these 3 plus Harden will likely make up the first two teams.

STOMP

Has it changed? Last I knew the all-NBA team was selected by the media.

 

[Hoopguru]

This will work in Dames favor, he will make sure of it!

 

[trailblazer18]

great observation.

I'd like to see how the Blazers players voted. Hopefully they didn't vote for Doncic at all..ha