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Early Start on Predictions for 2015-2016 - All-Star Game

Who will be our All-Stars? Pick 3.

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silesian said:
Yep, just like Gasol (17.4), Duncan (14) and Dirk (17.3)
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Compared to Gobert's 12? Like I said, I really think Favors jumps up to 20 per game. Gobert's per/36 puts him at 11. Lets say he gets up to 15. Is he going to get in over Gasol's 17? Duncan's 17? Dirk's 17? Heck, Favors 17?

Gobert will not be an all star next year. His game doesn't get picked for all star games. Especially in the stacked west. It's not a knock on Gobert. It is what it is. He is a defensive giant. Those don't go to all star games in the west.
 
green said:
Serious? a 12 and 10 will look better than 20 and 8? Um. No.

Gobert's per 36 is 11 pts and 12 rebs. We all want Exum to shoot more, and Burks will shoot more, and somehow Gobert will shoot more as well?

So, if you are Snyder, you will funnel more shots to Gobert, instead of Burks, Favors and Hood?

No. No you will not.

Gobert will not be an allstar next year. He isn't good enough offensively. We aren't in the East. You have to score 20 per night if you want to be an allstar in the west.

Favors averaged 17 after the Kanter trade. Much easier for him to go form 17 to 20 than Gobert going from 8 to 20. Or 12 to 20.
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Go back to last season. How many time do you recall the media, fans, and even other teams talking about how often Rudy changed the game almost by himself?





Now how many times did they say that about Favors?







Exactly.
 
I think Hayward is getting a lot of respect around the league, If he bumps his average up to 20 pts/per he should be selected. Gobert does things that get noticed. He could get in on 12/15/3. Favors will have a tougher time. There are a lot of great PF's and he gets his numbers quietly.
 
Thee jazz fan said:
Damn. Picked Burke. Meant to select Burks. Lol
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Nope, too late. You picked Burke. I now fully expect you to pick him for your Jazzfanz All-NBA Draft too. That will be sweet revenge over beating me last year.
 
green said:
Compared to Gobert's 12? Like I said, I really think Favors jumps up to 20 per game. Gobert's per/36 puts him at 11. Lets say he gets up to 15. Is he going to get in over Gasol's 17? Duncan's 17? Dirk's 17? Heck, Favors 17?

Gobert will not be an all star next year. His game doesn't get picked for all star games. Especially in the stacked west. It's not a knock on Gobert. It is what it is. He is a defensive giant. Those don't go to all star games in the west.
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The point is that you said that you must score 20 per game to make the AllStar team in the West, which is not even close to true.
 
green said:
Compared to Gobert's 12? Like I said, I really think Favors jumps up to 20 per game. Gobert's per/36 puts him at 11. Lets say he gets up to 15. Is he going to get in over Gasol's 17? Duncan's 17? Dirk's 17? Heck, Favors 17?

Gobert will not be an all star next year. His game doesn't get picked for all star games. Especially in the stacked west. It's not a knock on Gobert. It is what it is. He is a defensive giant. Those don't go to all star games in the west.
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Name me a dominant rim protector/ All-NBA defender in the west in the last 10 years who averaged 15 ppg and did not make the AS team. Here is a clue: Ibaka ~12 ppg, Chandler ~ 10 ppg., Camby ~10ppg. Go back a bit further and find Ben Wallace made 4 AS teams averaging less than 10 (yes, not in the West and yes, on great teams, but it is not as if the bigs he was competing with were that far from the current west stock of bigs).

I think the better question is: "will he average 15 ppg" which is questionable. But if he does and he performs as expected on defense, it is not a ridiculous notion that he would make an AS team and an all-NBA team.
 
I don't think you can really judge whether Gobert will make it based on stats. Let's not forget, apart from the starters, all stars are picked by coaches, and after most games that Gobert plays, the opposing coach is going to walk away thinking "Damn, that guy is an all star".

Or so my heart tells me.
 
fgcamel said:
I don't think you can really judge whether Gobert will make it based on stats. Let's not forget, apart from the starters, all stars are picked by coaches, and after most games that Gobert plays, the opposing coach is going to walk away thinking "Damn, that guy is an all star".

Or so my heart tells me.
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This is the only way any Utah player will ever get into the all-star game. We could have had Michael Jordan or LBJ on our team and they would have had to be selected by the coaches.


That said, I think Gobert has the best shot of being so selected. He definitely has received high praise from coaches around the league after they see how he completely stifles offense at the rim, like something tall like a tower or something. Come to think of it, that might make a good nickname!




Tall Rimmer
 
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