Official STARTERS for the ASG

[PapaG]

So do you think KG shouldn't have been a starter from 05-07?

How is Love not a starter? Name two big men that should be starters over him.

Blake Griffin, LaMarcus Aldridge. Putting up stats on a mediocre team doesn't impress anyone outside of Fantasy players and NBA gamer fanbois.

 

[riverman]

It ain't art, it's autographs!

 

[Strenuus]

Yep. Season is done. Only half the season left. Might as well give up, right?

If you're the wolves... Yeah. Get a new PG. Rubio is useless there, and Love will be gone after next year anyway.

 

[Natebishop3]

Yep. Season is done. Only half the season left. Might as well give up, right?

Yeah.... because you guys are suddenly going to turn it around.

Rubio sucks. That isn't going to change.

Love isn't clutch. THAT isn't going to change.

Enjoy the lottery.

 

[Natebishop3]

Blake Griffin, LaMarcus Aldridge. Putting up stats on a mediocre team doesn't impress anyone outside of Fantasy players and NBA gamer fanbois.

And if we're talking about great players on shitty teams, I take Cousins over Love any day.

 

[Strenuus]

So do you think KG shouldn't have been a starter from 05-07?

How is Love not a starter? Name two big men that should be starters over him.

LMA is the easy choice. On a better team, makes his team better. Howard should be there as well. That was easy.

 

[Wolvesguy14]

Blake Griffin, LaMarcus Aldridge. Putting up stats on a mediocre team doesn't impress anyone outside of Fantasy players and NBA gamer fanbois.

Oh. You're one of them...

So LMA and Blake get the benefit because they have a better team? Okay. That makes sense...

 

[Strenuus]

And if we're talking about great players on shitty teams, I take Cousins over Love any day.

This. And Love may match him in the attitude department as well soon.

 

[crowTrobot]

god only 1 of 4 guys picked Noah who is a stone cold lock.

 

[Wolvesguy14]

LMA is the easy choice. On a better team, makes his team better. Howard should be there as well. That was easy.

What has Dwight done to warrant a starting spot? Love makes his team better just like LMA.

And why does being on a more talented team make LMA more deserving? It makes no sense.

 

[Strenuus]

Oh. You're one of them...

So LMA and Blake get the benefit because they have a better team? Okay. That makes sense...

They don't need to stat pad to be good, they just are. As for Love.... he's just... not. And that makes sense.

 

[Wolvesguy14]

And if we're talking about great players on shitty teams, I take Cousins over Love any day.

MJ, is that you?

 

[Strenuus]

What has Dwight done to warrant a starting spot? Love makes his team better just like LMA.

And why does being on a more talented team make LMA more deserving? It makes no sense.

It makes no sense for Love to be a starter either. See? Bad team. Selfish player. He should move to the East. He'd fit in well over there.

And being on a good team with MULTIPLE good players helps. I can understand how that doesn't make sense to you, since you don't have that luxury. Maybe next decade.

 

[Wolvesguy14]

They don't need to stat pad to be good, they just are. As for Love.... he's just... not. And that makes sense.

Again, no sense.

 

[BlazerWookee]

Love is not an all star starter. Kobe obviously isn't, and Griffin is not an all star starter. Love is not even on a .500 team, and just isn't that good. Griffin should be an ALL STAR, but not a starter. Kobe shouldn't be there at all.

If you get more votes than anyone else, you're the starter. Period. Applying any other standards to the process is pointless.

 

[Wolvesguy14]

It makes no sense for Love to be a starter either. See? Bad team. Selfish player. He should move to the East. He'd fit in well over there.

And being on a good team with MULTIPLE good players helps. I can understand how that doesn't make sense to you, since you don't have that luxury. Maybe next decade.

It helps how? It should matter in the MVP race, but not All-Star. That is where the best of the best play. That is why Love is starting. Team performance doesn't matter.

 

[PapaG]

Yep. Season is done. Only half the season left. Might as well give up, right?

This thread is about the AS game, and how deserving Love is over LMA or Howard. Of course a Minnesota homer is going to say Love, but really, are his stats THAT amazing this year?

Love 25/13/4 with .4 bpg and 1 spg. 46% FG/80% FT. Team record is 20-21.
LMA 24/12/3 with 1 bpg and 1 spg. 48% FG/82% FT. Team record is 31-11.

Very similar statistically, and LMA's team in winning with him being team MVP. Love will be lucky to make the playoffs, a place he's never been in 6 NBA seasons now.

 

[Strenuus]

Love doesn't help win Minny games

Howard does.

Love doesn't help win Minny games.

LMA does.

I don't care about stats. I care about W's. You'll understand that some day.

 

[PapaG]

If you get more votes than anyone else, you're the starter. Period. Applying any other standards to the process is pointless.

Well no shit. Bryant got more votes than all guards but one. He's the starter, period. It doesn't mean that he SHOULD be the starter, though.

I thought that was fairly obvious from this thread.

 

[Strenuus]

It helps how? It should matter in the MVP race, but not All-Star. That is where the best of the best play. That is why Love is starting. Team performance doesn't matter.

Funny enough, AS starters aren't based on that. Kobe wouldn't be there.

Hey, quick question. Not AS talk. When is the last time Love has been to the NBA playoffs? Just off the top of your head... ballpark, whereabouts was the last time he was in the playoffs?

 

[Strenuus]

If you get more votes than anyone else, you're the starter. Period. Applying any other standards to the process is pointless.

Still doesn't make Love better... that's the point I'm going on. Because he isn't.

 

[Wolvesguy14]

This thread is about the AS game, and how deserving Love is over LMA or Howard. Of course a Minnesota homer is going to say Love, but really, are his stats THAT amazing this year?

Love 25/13/4 with .4 bpg and 1 spg. 46% FG/80% FT. Team record is 20-21.
LMA 24/12/3 with 1 bpg and 1 spg. 48% FG/82% FT. Team record is 31-11.

Very similar statistically, and LMA's team in winning with him being team MVP. Love will be lucky to make the playoffs, a place he's never been in 6 NBA seasons now.

Similar, with Love getting the edge. And why are we using traditional FG%? TS% for Love is .562 and Aldrige is .535

 

[Natebishop3]

MJ, is that you?

Per 36 their numbers are virtually identical, except Boogie is unstoppable in the paint. Love likes to jack 7 or 8 threes every game. I'd take Boogie.

 

[Strenuus]

Similar, with Love getting the edge. And why are we using traditional FG%? TS% for Love is .562 and Aldrige is .535

On a worse team.

Team > Player. Love will never understand that.

 

[Strenuus]

Per 36 their numbers are virtually identical, except Boogie is unstoppable in the paint. Love likes to jack 7 or 8 threes every game. I'd take Boogie.

The only reason I wouldn't take Boogie is his attitude. If he got that cleaned up I'd take him all day.

Love is just not good.

 

[PapaG]

Similar, with Love getting the edge. And why are we using traditional FG%? TS% for Love is .562 and Aldrige is .535

31-11 > 20-21. Wolves fans probably don't get this, since it has been so long since that sorry franchise has had a good team.

 

[Wolvesguy14]

Love doesn't help win Minny games

Howard does.

Love doesn't help win Minny games.

LMA does.

I don't care about stats. I care about W's. You'll understand that some day.

 

[PapaG]

On a worse team.

Team > Player. Love will never understand that.

Neither will his TPup fanbois. Until Love leaves that sorry franchise, and moves to the Lakers, of course, to be a great #2 to whichever true franchise player the Lakers luck into this summer.

 

[Wolvesguy14]

31-11 > 20-21. Wolves fans probably don't get this, since it has been so long since that sorry franchise has had a good team.

I guess they should have just had the Blazers play the Pacers.

 

[crowTrobot]

Per 36 their numbers are virtually identical, except Boogie is unstoppable in the paint. Love likes to jack 7 or 8 threes every game. I'd take Boogie.

To build a team around I'd take AD over either