Old news, but the All-Star starters were made official last Thursday. For the West, Chris Paul, Kobe Bryant, Kevin Durant, Blake Griffin, and Andrew Bynum round out the lineup. This Thursday, seven reserves from each conference will be given the nod based on a poll of the NBA’s head coaches. I doubt that the NBA will ever change the rules to make it so it’s up to me, but if they’d done it this year these would be the Western Conference players making the trip to Orlando.
Guard–Russell Westbrook: Can’t honestly say I love the guy, but I’m not stupid enough to leave him off of the All-Star team. I guess I’ll leave it at that.
Guard–Kyle Lowry: I can’t believe I’m saying this, but Kyle Lowry needs to be an NBA All-Star this season. I probably watched nearly every game this guy played during the second season of his career (which was basically his rookie season due to injury troubles the previous year) and I would’ve...
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PLAYERS:
Chris Paul,
Kobe Bryant,
Kevin Durant,
Andrew Bynum,
Russell Westbrook,
Kyle Lowry,
LaMarcus Aldridge,
Marc Gasol,
Zach Randolph,
Paul Millsap,
Tony Parker,
Manu Ginobili,
Tim Duncan,
Danilo Gallinari,
Ty Lawson,
Al Harrington,
Dirk Nowitzki
TEAMS: Los Angeles Clippers, Los Angeles Lakers, Oklahoma City Thunder, Houston Rockets, Portland Trail Blazers, Memphis Grizzlies, Utah Jazz, San Antonio Spurs, Denver Nuggets, Dallas Mavericks
TEAMS: Los Angeles Clippers, Los Angeles Lakers, Oklahoma City Thunder, Houston Rockets, Portland Trail Blazers, Memphis Grizzlies, Utah Jazz, San Antonio Spurs, Denver Nuggets, Dallas Mavericks
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