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WIll a jazz player get into the all star game?

Seriously though... Gobert leads the NBA in Offensive efficiency, Defensive efficiency, and Blocks per game!!! He is the talk around the league right now. The Jazz are competing with the Clippers for the 3rd spot in the West. We have the 8th best record in the LEAGUE and we have sustained more injuries than ANY of the teams ahead of us and ALL of the teams with winning records right now. We are the league leading defense by 3.2 points! https://www.espn.com/nba/statistics/team/_/stat/defense-per-game/sort/avgPointsOpponent

NOT MAKING THESE TWO PLAYERS ALL STARS IS A LEAGUE WIDE TRAVESTY. It would just confirm that the All Star game is a popularity contest. If that were the extent of it, I would be fine. But OFTEN refs give the benefit of the doubt to players that make all star appearances. So, if not making the all star team actually happen and that affects the results of games... it's reason enough to pee on David Stern's stank ashes.
 
Just to remind everyone how tough it is to make the west all star team, Damian Lillard, Marc Gasol, and Blake Griffin were all snubbed last year.
 
Jazz4ever said:
Just to remind everyone how tough it is to make the west all star team, Damian Lillard, Marc Gasol, and Blake Griffin were all snubbed last year.
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Yes, it is tough, but.....


DL was a snub. Gasol and Blake were injured, not snubbed.
 
The Jazz Wonderbra said:
Seriously though... Gobert leads the NBA in Offensive efficiency, Defensive efficiency, and Blocks per game!!! He is the talk around the league right now. The Jazz are competing with the Clippers for the 3rd spot in the West. We have the 8th best record in the LEAGUE and we have sustained more injuries than ANY of the teams ahead of us and ALL of the teams with winning records right now. We are the league leading defense by 3.2 points! https://www.espn.com/nba/statistics/team/_/stat/defense-per-game/sort/avgPointsOpponent

NOT MAKING THESE TWO PLAYERS ALL STARS IS A LEAGUE WIDE TRAVESTY. It would just confirm that the All Star game is a popularity contest. If that were the extent of it, I would be fine. But OFTEN refs give the benefit of the doubt to players that make all star appearances. So, if not making the all star team actually happen and that affects the results of games... it's reason enough to pee on David Stern's stank ashes.
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Hayward is arready getting all star treatment. He has really mastered the art of flailing.
The rest of the Jazz are getting punked by the refs. I see at least ten bad calls on no offense fouls an at least ten bad defense calls.
Crazy but it is even worse then last season when the Jazz were DEAD LAST in bad call differential.
 
Oh an do not discount Griffin is out for Clips an they have had injuries to several key pieces. Healthy they play well as the hot Rockets.
 
akirac73 said:
DL was snubbed because the NBA felt obligated to give Kobe Bryant a spot on the roster as part of his "farewell" tour.
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The NBA had nothing to do with it. It was the fan vote. and he was voted in as a big.
 
Responding to today's LockedOn Jazz podcast (you may have to listen to it to understand the context).


Hi David,

Thanks for your take on Gordon in AS game. Sharing a few thoughts:

Max votes per player is 14 (not 15) as coaches cannot vote for their players. This also tilts towards Gordon away from Klay and others as there would be 3 backup votes available from MEM, GS and SAC where coaches cannot vote for Gasol/ Green/ Boogie, whereas there are only 2 backup votes going to Klay et al. (CP3/ LAC & OKC/Westbrook).

So if even if DMC gets 14 votes, there are 35 votes (not 30) in play for the seven remaining players you named in contention: Klay, Gordon, Damian, CJ, Rudy, Deandre. I also believe that if a coach votes for a Portland guard, it will be Dame and not CJ, no way any coach votes for both. CJ pulls a goose egg.

Hypothetically, if 35 votes are split evenly over 6, each gets a (rounded) 6 votes. And depending on how evenly the votes are distributed, it will probably take a minimum of 8-9 votes to make the team.

Do you see a flaw in this reasoning?

In the last 10 years, there has never been a player who scores 22+ on a 0.600 team and fails to make the AS team. And that is just scoring and we know Gordon has a complete game. I think he is in.


PS: I believe Westbrook will be the clear winner of the player/ press vote, and assuming Curry keeps his lead and takes the fan vote, I believe Harden gets bumped to the AllStar bench.
 
If my knowledge about those new CBA contracts is correct, we should hope Hayward stays off the all star team and an all nba team, so he doesn't gain eligibility to get those super max contracts with a lot of length. Unless that's the only way he wants to stay in Utah, but in that case we're better off retooling anyways I think.
 
BTP said:
If my knowledge about those new CBA contracts is correct, we should hope Hayward stays off the all star team and an all nba team, so he doesn't gain eligibility to get those super max contracts with a lot of length. Unless that's the only way he wants to stay in Utah, but in that case we're better off retooling anyways I think.
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I've read that AS does not count.
.....All-NBA, DPOY or MVP the previous season.
.....All-NBA team or DPOY in 2/3 previous seasons
.....MVP once in the previous three seasons
 
BTP said:
If my knowledge about those new CBA contracts is correct, we should hope Hayward stays off the all star team and an all nba team, so he doesn't gain eligibility to get those super max contracts with a lot of length. Unless that's the only way he wants to stay in Utah, but in that case we're better off retooling anyways I think.
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The problem with this new rule is it locks up the top superstars, making a frenzy of trade options for bubble all nba type players like Hayward. If Hayward doesn't hit the all nba threshold, the likelihood of him leaving goes up IMO. Paying him the supermax to keep the core intact is a no-brainer. If Hayward goes I think the ship sinks.
 
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