Which Jazz player(s) will make the all star game?
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idestroyedthetoilet
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Agreed, but considering the source, he also just said Kendick Perkins is on drugs for suggesting Celtics trade Haywood for Steven Adams, so...
stormkoopacv03
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It's early Monday morning and I'm gettin' nervous for Thursdays announcement. Hoping and wishing both Donovan and Rudy making it! Let's go!
I'll almost be shocked if I'm not shocked on Thursday.
I’m fairly confident that both Mitchell and Gobert make it. Every national media person I’ve seen have both of them as locks.
I feel the same, but I was also surprised on the breakdown of votes between players and media for starters. It seemed the media was giving them way more credit than the players were. Obviously coaches are a different story, but I would have thought players would have been a different story, too.
I think Gobert is a 100% lock. 3 frontcourt players get in mandatory with 2 backcourt and 2 wildcards.
Jokic and Gobert are locks and I would guess Ingram gets in as well. Then there are too many talented guards so the 2 wildcards will be guards.
Essentially 5 players battling for 4 spots.
Mitchell, Lillard, Westbrook, Booker and Paul.
Besides Lillard if any of those make it over Mitchell it’s a complete joke. I think Mitchell will make it over atleast one of those guys.
stormkoopacv03
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They both have to make it this year! Next year, it'll be extremely tough for the both of them to get in. Curry, Thompson, PG, Towns, Porzingis, Derozan, Booker, Zion, Ja and even Draymond will in the mix. It's scary how talented the west is.
Keefe
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derozan?
stormkoopacv03
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Hey, you never know man. But yeah, he's very good too. Probably an off year.
stormkoopacv03
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Btw wouldn't it be funny and satisfying when both Rudy and Donovan become All Stars on Thursday as they play the same nba team that traded them? By that, I mean the Denver Nuggets.
Locke seemed to think that haywood’s move was driven by these factors.
He was also hurt that Haywood did not say goodbye to him. Some in the press get so star struck and they think they have a personal relationship with players when the guys are just being polite or manipulative
How many coaches pay attention to that?
jjscap
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Rudy will make it for sure.
Don's chance is not 100%. There are tons of things in his favor. He's the leading scorer of an arguably top-5 team... likeable character, up and rising star, slam dunk champ etc..
On the other hand his advanced stats are not so good, particularly defensively. At the beginning of the season he had shown significant improvement on that side. Later in the season he has been underwhelming though. Also sharing the floor with our infamous bench that starred Jeff Green hurt his stats.
Don's chance is not 100%. There are tons of things in his favor. He's the leading scorer of an arguably top-5 team... likeable character, up and rising star, slam dunk champ etc..
On the other hand his advanced stats are not so good, particularly defensively. At the beginning of the season he had shown significant improvement on that side. Later in the season he has been underwhelming though. Also sharing the floor with our infamous bench that starred Jeff Green hurt his stats.
It would also be very satisfying if they both make it and Hayward doesn't, especially considering how much harder it is to make it in the west because there is so much more talent.
Archie Moses
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One could make the argument he's an all-star this year. He's a good player, not sure why you question him being an all star contender next year.
Am I missing something or do you just not watch him play?
Archie Moses
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DeRozan isn't having a bad year. He's putting up very similar numbers as he has the last 8 or so years. His fg% is off the charts and John Stockton-esque. .534 (his 3 fg% is poor though.)