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That time of year again. What's your team look like if you could pick them all? Remember, starters are 2 back court players, 3 front court players. Reserves are 2 back court, 3 front court, 2 wild card. And even though the teams are school yard pick, the player pool is still broken up into conferences.
My teams
West:
Starters: Steph Curry, James Harden, Kevin Durant, Lebron James, Nikola Jokic
Reserves: Damien Lillard, Russell Westbrook, Paul George, Luka Doncic, Anthony Davis, DeMar Derozan,
Karl Anthony Towns
The West, like usual, is tough with lots of worthy players sitting out. I would have liked to have gotten CJ McCollum and Donovan Mitchell on there but there's no room. Same for perennial just left out Mike Conley. Klay Thompson and Draymond Green are all star talents but not having all star years imo, especially Green. You could make a case for Klay this year but I'm using his shooting struggles to leave him off this year. You could convince me to swap Derozan for Aldridge as both are having good years. Either way, I think at least one Spur should be there.
East:
Starters: Kyrie Irving, Jimmy Butler, Kawhi Leonard, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Joel Embiid
Reserves: Ben Simmons, Bradley Beal, Khris Middleton, Blake Griffin, Nikola Vucevic, Victor Oladipo,
Kemba Walker
The rule having a set number of front/back court players really sucks for this conference imo because most of the worthy guys are listed as guards. I was struggling to find a real stand out front court guy for my last spot. Like I wish I could list guys like Butler or Simmons as front court players to sneak some more guards in. Simmons is a PG so sure but Butler should be allowed to be listed as front court player considering he's often at the 3 when the Sixers are playing a PG and Redick. I wanted to do that because I really think the Nets deserve an all star this year. A few weeks ago, I was leaning Spencer Dinwiddie but now, I'm leaning D'Angelo Russell. Their numbers were similar when I was leaning Dinwiddie a few weeks back but since then, Russell has beasted and separated himself. But since I needed a front court spot, I picked Middleton over Tatum. Both are borderish guys and I'd personally rather have Walker and Russell over them or Josh Richardson, another guard that I can't fit on because of the front court requirement. Took a long look at John Collins and Andre Drummond too but didn't think Atlanta was good enough to justify an all star despite Collins being a bright spot for them and Detroit isn't good enough for two all stars. What's likely gonna happen is Dwyane Wade is gonna get a "farewell" all star spot so one of those spots is gonna be taken (probably Middleton's).
My teams
West:
Starters: Steph Curry, James Harden, Kevin Durant, Lebron James, Nikola Jokic
Reserves: Damien Lillard, Russell Westbrook, Paul George, Luka Doncic, Anthony Davis, DeMar Derozan,
Karl Anthony Towns
The West, like usual, is tough with lots of worthy players sitting out. I would have liked to have gotten CJ McCollum and Donovan Mitchell on there but there's no room. Same for perennial just left out Mike Conley. Klay Thompson and Draymond Green are all star talents but not having all star years imo, especially Green. You could make a case for Klay this year but I'm using his shooting struggles to leave him off this year. You could convince me to swap Derozan for Aldridge as both are having good years. Either way, I think at least one Spur should be there.
East:
Starters: Kyrie Irving, Jimmy Butler, Kawhi Leonard, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Joel Embiid
Reserves: Ben Simmons, Bradley Beal, Khris Middleton, Blake Griffin, Nikola Vucevic, Victor Oladipo,
Kemba Walker
The rule having a set number of front/back court players really sucks for this conference imo because most of the worthy guys are listed as guards. I was struggling to find a real stand out front court guy for my last spot. Like I wish I could list guys like Butler or Simmons as front court players to sneak some more guards in. Simmons is a PG so sure but Butler should be allowed to be listed as front court player considering he's often at the 3 when the Sixers are playing a PG and Redick. I wanted to do that because I really think the Nets deserve an all star this year. A few weeks ago, I was leaning Spencer Dinwiddie but now, I'm leaning D'Angelo Russell. Their numbers were similar when I was leaning Dinwiddie a few weeks back but since then, Russell has beasted and separated himself. But since I needed a front court spot, I picked Middleton over Tatum. Both are borderish guys and I'd personally rather have Walker and Russell over them or Josh Richardson, another guard that I can't fit on because of the front court requirement. Took a long look at John Collins and Andre Drummond too but didn't think Atlanta was good enough to justify an all star despite Collins being a bright spot for them and Detroit isn't good enough for two all stars. What's likely gonna happen is Dwyane Wade is gonna get a "farewell" all star spot so one of those spots is gonna be taken (probably Middleton's).
