By obijkenobiI'm fine with Duncan if this is his last season. But Durant does not deserve a nod. If coaches pick then games played should matter.By MambaHonestly, can't remember a player playing as good as lillard on a really good team not making it. Just bizarre.
Again Boogie deserved it too so this isn't about him.
The west is so stacked this year. I might have left out Durant or Duncan for Dame
If fans wanted Durant or Russ in the ASG, they would've voted them in like in year's past. Damian got more votes from the fans than Klay and Russell did.
By psychintellectMaybe this will inspire lillard to get out of his shooting slump
Possibly, probably even. But I doubt he goes above and beyond the team's needs to prove a point.
Damian Lillard not in the All Star Game is criminal.
I don't have a problem with Cousins getting in over Lillard. I have a huge problem with having both KD and Westbrook there.
On another note, RIP Hawks streak cuz Lillard is about to drop 60 on us tonight.
I don't have a problem with Cousins getting in over Lillard. I have a huge problem with having both KD and Westbrook there.
On another note, RIP Hawks streak cuz Lillard is about to drop 60 on us tonight.
Fuck, the thing, too, Lillard is like the model NBA player the NBA should be propping up, too. Super nice to fans, never passes up signing autographs, engaging, doesn't Marshawn Lynch the press, everyone around him loves him, has no negative attitudes nor does he treat people like shit...
Whatever. The league completely fucked this one up.
Whatever. The league completely fucked this one up.
They really need to just re-write the rules and send the 24 best players and have the top 2 vote getters draft their team.
Who would be against that? No one.
Who would be against that? No one.
Damian went from being in all 5 all-star events last year to none. He's a better player, more popular and more accomplished now while on a better team than last year. It just blows my mind.
By IWMTB19lol Durant should have never made the team over Lillard.Props to Silver for recognising Cousins, but there should be rules on letting a guy in who's missed half their team's games. Seriously.
reilo--it makes you feel any better, I don't give a fuck about the all-star game and I'd be fine with Dame taking KD's spot.
It could still happen if KD's sprained toe is more serious than we thought.
It could still happen if KD's sprained toe is more serious than we thought.
By MambaHonestly, can't remember a player playing as good as lillard on a really good team not making it. Just bizarre.Maybe Deron in 07-08?
From this morning, before the Cousins announcement:
“I just felt disrespected,” Lillard said, “because I play the game the right way. I play unselfishly. I play for my team to win games and I produce at a high level. I think what I bring to the game as a person, my makeup mentally, how I am towards my teammates, how I am towards the media, how I am towards fans, I think what an All-Star represents in this league and what you would want people to look at as an All-Star, I think I makeup all those things.”
“I am not one of those guys that says ‘I should be in over this guy or that guy’ because I’m not a hater,” said Lillard. “I got respect for each guy that made the roster and I think they deserve to. But at the same time I feel really disrespected. That’s honestly how I feel.”
By reiloFrom this morning, before the Cousins announcement:“I just felt disrespected,” Lillard said, “because I play the game the right way. I play unselfishly. I play for my team to win games and I produce at a high level. I think what I bring to the game as a person, my makeup mentally, how I am towards my teammates, how I am towards the media, how I am towards fans, I think what an All-Star represents in this league and what you would want people to look at as an All-Star, I think I makeup all those things.”“I am not one of those guys that says ‘I should be in over this guy or that guy’ because I’m not a hater,” said Lillard. “I got respect for each guy that made the roster and I think they deserve to. But at the same time I feel really disrespected. That’s honestly how I feel.”
I feel for Lillard, but it sounds like he's making the case for Mike Conley over there.
It's weird that even though Chris Paul is stil demonstrably the best PG in the league, I still like watching Dame, Conley, Steph, and Russ far more than him.
By Dark PhaZeSee that's that thing I think people don't get
Do or die mode for Durant is this season, not next. How much evidence is needed for people to realize that fo takes no chances for a player to walk?
I doubt Durant blames the team for these losses with all the injuries on the team. He seems like a pretty rational guy.
By KingGondoBy Zeus Ex MachinaFor Scott Brooks to be exposed would mean he was masquerading as a better than average coach. Scott Brooks has always been Scott brooks, a good player developmental coach who wasn't particularly good at anything else but the development of young talent.What's really being exposed right now is his roster management. Stuff like continuing to start Roberson (a/k/a Thabo (Beta Version)), publicly saying guys are gonna earn their spots but continuing to play Dion over Reggie, playing Perk (at all, even against teams like the Cavs), burying Lamb in the deepest depths of the bench even though he's one of our only decent shooters…
With that said I could see the Thunder letting Scott go just because they are in Do or Die mode with Durant next season. I believe he wants to stay in OKC but they got to go deep in the playoffs or he might really leave.
See I am not surprised by none of that at all. Brooks has been doing this for years. Hell his bad roster management was one of the reasons I felt you guys got beat 4-1 in the 2012 finals. Its the fact that he hasn't improved upon that (or his other flaws) in 3 seasons why regardless of injuries the Thunder should let him go.
Although, I'm not sure if Lillard can play the "Nobody believes in me!" card when he has a $100m shoe deal.
A thought just occurred to me. Could Aldridge rule himself out of the All-Star game and effectively give his spot to Dame? There's already a glut of PFs on that West team, and it seems like an unnecessary game given his thumb thingy.
By HasphatsAntsAlthough, I'm not sure if Lillard can play the "Nobody believes in me!" card when he has a $100m shoe deal.
That number is dependent on incentives... like making the All-Star Game...
By HasphatsAntsAlthough, I'm not sure if Lillard can play the "Nobody believes in me!" card when he has a $100m shoe deal.
That and some faux "y'all gon see what y'all did" rage right after getting Shang Tsunged by Kyrie the other night
It's a shame but just ball out man, shit is what it is
By KingGondoYeah that's what I meant. I'm dumb.By ratcliffjaYou listed Chalmers twice. Did you mean Adams?'By KingGondoChalmers and Jackson for Whiteside and Chalmers. Who says no?By psychintellectJesus Christ maybe Riley can swindle Presto into giving us Reggie.We don't want anything you have.
If so, I'd do that deal.
By Zeus Ex MachinaSee I am not surprised by none of that at all. Brooks has been doing this for years. Hell his bad roster management was one of the reasons I felt you guys got beat 4-1 in the 2012 finals. Its the fact that he hasn't improved upon that (or his other flaws) in 3 seasons why regardless of injuries the Thunder should let him go.It was a big reason we lost in 2012, no doubt. If we had just started Harden and benched Perk we matched up much better with Miami.
I thought he was making progress considering how he tried new lineups and was more flexible with his substitutions last year, but he hasn't handled the situation well at all this season.
In a way, like I said--it's a blessing in disguise. Without KD and YNB's injuries he never would have been exposed this badly. We'd be in the top 4 in the West but still dealing with some maddening shortcomings.
By Red Blasterlillard has been bad this month (31% from deep), maybe that played a factor
Westbrook in January:
RT @JeffZillgitt: Kings center DeMarcus Cousins was next guy up on coaches' vote, ahead of Damian Lillard, I'm hearing.
@tribjazz
Enes Kanter at shootaround: A "who cares" on Klay's 37-point quarter. "I think we have enough talent to guard him." http://t.co/MpT5ZggbO2
lol this guy
Lillard from his mansion on instagram: “I just want to thank the coaches who feel I wasn't good enough, the fans that didn't think I was good enough , and Adam Silver also for not thinking I was good enough”
bruhhhhhh
bruhhhhhh
By jjasperWhy is Lillard being a cry baby?Is Conley crying, too? I'm not being snarky, but I haven't heard a peep from him, even though he was the guy I was voting for.
Okafor has posted up incredibly often for Duke–200 times so far this season in the 14 games we have data on. As mentioned, this represents 52% of his overall half-court touches, and Duke scores 1.3 points per possession when Okafor gets a post touch, even though he only actually attempts a field goal 41% of the time. That percentage is a bit low compared with his NBA counterparts, and likely representative of how often he's double-teamed. Okafor draws fouls at a tremendous rate (8 times per-40), and is a very solid passer as well.
By contrast, Duke scores just .993 points per possession overall in half-court situations, per Synergy Sports Technology (including Okafor's post-up attempts) which helps explain why they look to get him the ball with his back to the basket as frequently as they do. 14.3 of Okafor's 25.9 half-court touches per game come off Post Touches.
For comparison's sake, only one player in the NBA gets more post-touches than Okafor currently does in college: Al Jefferson. His post touches aren't quite as fruitful for the Charlotte Hornets as Okafor's are for Duke at .98 PPP, which is understandable since he's going up against NBA caliber defenders, who are far more physically gifted and equipped to handle a player of his dimensions.
Another interesting facet of the SportVU data is the breakdown of a players' success rate off zero, or 1-2 dribbles. It's usually far more difficult to score off the dribble than it is in situations when a player can simply catch and shoot immediately, and Okafor's splits confirm that to a certain extent.
When taking a field goal off zero dribbles, Okafor converts an outrageous 75% of his attempts, while when forced to dribble once or twice, that number drops to a still very impressive 58%. Of the six NBA centers we looked at in this sample, only Al Jefferson and DeMarcus Cousins are forced to operate off the bounce more frequently than Okafor does.
From DraftExpress.com http://www.draftexpress.com#ixzz3QL4IOfPu
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Hmm....
Good for Cousins, but he shouldn't have to wait for injury replacement. Durant and Duncan shouldn't have been on there.
Someone else will sit out and Lilliard should replace them.
On Boogie:
So amazing and yet depressing at the same time. A top ten with him on court. The Knicks without him.
Someone else will sit out and Lilliard should replace them.
On Boogie:
It’s not as though Cousins is putting up empty stats on a terrible team, either. With Cousins on the court, the Kings are a top-10 team on both ends of the court. Only with him on the bench do they become one of the league’s absolute worst, as these statistics from NBA.com demonstrate:
OffRtg Rank DefRtg Rank NetRtg Rank
On Court 106.7 7 99.4 5 7.3 T-2
Off Court 100.0 23 111.3 30 -11.3 29
So amazing and yet depressing at the same time. A top ten with him on court. The Knicks without him.
By spooksDid Lillard feel disrespected when Kyrie dropped 55 on him?I didn't watch, was Lillard even guarding him? he regularly doesn't, thats why they have wes.
By giririsssHe attempted to guard him, yeah. Irving dominated him on both sides of the ball in that game.By spooksDid Lillard feel disrespected when Kyrie dropped 55 on him?I didn't watch, was Lillard even guarding him? he regularly doesn't, thats why they have wes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOOdkaJ0hbQ
By chandlerparsonsHasn't said a word to my knowledge but I think he has accepted that he will never make it playing in the west.By jjasperWhy is Lillard being a cry baby?Is Conley crying, too? I'm not being snarky, but I haven't heard a peep from him, even though he was the guy I was voting for.
By jjasperAll the more reason Memphis should move to the East.By chandlerparsonsHasn't said a word to my knowledge but I tink he has accepted that he will never make it playing in the west.By jjasperWhy is Lillard being a cry baby?Is Conley crying, too? I'm not being snarky, but I haven't heard a peep from him, even though he was the guy I was voting for.
By reiloBy HasphatsAntsAlthough, I'm not sure if Lillard can play the "Nobody believes in me!" card when he has a $100m shoe deal.
That number is dependent on incentives… like making the All-Star Game…
Yeah but missing one All Star game isn't gonna knock his deal from 10m a year to like, 5. Only 'Bron, Durant, and Rose have bigger deals than he does at the moment.
By jjasperPoint Guard is an incredibly stacked position in the NBA with CP3, Lillard, Conley, Parker, Westbrook, Dragic, Curry, Irving, Lowry, Wall, Teague, Rubio, Walker.... it's pretty tough to stand out in that crowd.By chandlerparsonsHasn't said a word to my knowledge but I tink he has accepted that he will never make it playing in the west.By jjasperWhy is Lillard being a cry baby?Is Conley crying, too? I'm not being snarky, but I haven't heard a peep from him, even though he was the guy I was voting for.
By ratcliffjaYou say that and yet there's more Power Forwards than Point Guards featured on the West's All-Star roster. The 3 Frontcourt / 2 Backcourt designation seems awfully dumb when Harden and Klay could probably do a better job of playing the 3 than anybody else listed as a frontcourt player (besides Durant, obviously).By jjasperPoint Guard is an incredibly stacked position in the NBA with CP3, Lillard, Conley, Parker, Westbrook, Dragic, Curry, Irving, Lowry, Wall, Teague, Rubio, Walker…. it's pretty tough to stand out in that crowd.By chandlerparsonsHasn't said a word to my knowledge but I tink he has accepted that he will never make it playing in the west.By jjasperWhy is Lillard being a cry baby?Is Conley crying, too? I'm not being snarky, but I haven't heard a peep from him, even though he was the guy I was voting for.
By ratcliffjaWhich is why it isn't worth crying about. So many great PG in the West.By jjasperPoint Guard is an incredibly stacked position in the NBA with CP3, Lillard, Conley, Parker, Westbrook, Dragic, Curry, Irving, Lowry, Wall, Teague, Rubio, Walker…. it's pretty tough to stand out in that crowd.By chandlerparsonsHasn't said a word to my knowledge but I tink he has accepted that he will never make it playing in the west.By jjasperWhy is Lillard being a cry baby?Is Conley crying, too? I'm not being snarky, but I haven't heard a peep from him, even though he was the guy I was voting for.
Reilo talking about Lillard's character and model behavior right before he turns into a crybaby is a little lulz.
I'm a fan of Lillard's, but he's been horrible for a good month now and Durant's really the only person he deserves it over, but that's one of the top 3 players in the league when healthy.
in Jan He's had 10 sub 40 fg% games (including 7 sub 35 fg% games). No games between 40-50% and 3 games above 50%. That's not a good mix.
I'm a fan of Lillard's, but he's been horrible for a good month now and Durant's really the only person he deserves it over, but that's one of the top 3 players in the league when healthy.
in Jan He's had 10 sub 40 fg% games (including 7 sub 35 fg% games). No games between 40-50% and 3 games above 50%. That's not a good mix.
What he's done the last month is only partly relevant. What he's done the entire season is what matters.
Just because he's in a slump doesn't detract from his Nov/Dec. This isn't the "who is playing best right now all-star game."
Just because he's in a slump doesn't detract from his Nov/Dec. This isn't the "who is playing best right now all-star game."
By MambaWhat he's done the last month is only partly relevant. What he's done the entire season is what matters.
Just because he's in a slump doesn't detract from his Nov/Dec. This isn't the "who is playing best right now all-star game."
Again, Westbrook in January:
So it clearly doesn't matter.
By MambaWhat he's done the last month is only partly relevant. What he's done the entire season is what matters.
Just because he's in a slump doesn't detract from his Nov/Dec. This isn't the "who is playing best right now all-star game."
Last month is 1/3rd of the total season up to this point. It's not some small sample. Rus and KD are better players than him. They're just on a higher level. If Dame made it over any of those guys, that's totally fine. I wouldn't have bitched. But given how good those two are and how bad Lillard's been of late - I'm not shocked.
By reiloHold on, let me become Vaggy and prop up a rapist instead.
Lillard's a good dude. But that sequence of events was pretty special.
By VahagnWestbrook in January:By MambaWhat he's done the last month is only partly relevant. What he's done the entire season is what matters.
Just because he's in a slump doesn't detract from his Nov/Dec. This isn't the "who is playing best right now all-star game."
Last month is 1/3rd of the total season up to this point. It's not some small sample. Rus and KD are better players than him. They're just on a higher level. If Dame made it over any of those guys, that's totally fine. I wouldn't have bitched. But given how good those two are and how bad Lillard's been of late - I'm not shocked.
Oh, and Westbrook has only played 32 games.
By reiloI agree with you he should be above YNB too.By MambaWhat he's done the last month is only partly relevant. What he's done the entire season is what matters.
Just because he's in a slump doesn't detract from his Nov/Dec. This isn't the "who is playing best right now all-star game."
Again, Westbrook in January:
So it clearly doesn't matter.
Last month is 1/3rd of the total season up to this point. It's not some small sample. Rus and KD are better players than him. They're just on a higher level. If Dame made it over any of those guys, that's totally fine. I wouldn't have bitched. But given how good those two are and how bad Lillard's been of late - I'm not shocked.
Lillard has had a better season than Rus, especially when you factor in missed games.
Of course January is 1/3 the season. But you're ignoring the other 2/3rds by looking at January. Why are we not evaluating the ENTIRE season to date?
By MambaYeah it's pretty strange. Personally, I wouldn't have included Westbrook OR Durant, but oh well. I do think Lillard would be better suited letting his game do the talking like when Lowry was snubbed last year.By reiloI agree with you he should be above YNB too.By MambaWhat he's done the last month is only partly relevant. What he's done the entire season is what matters.
Just because he's in a slump doesn't detract from his Nov/Dec. This isn't the "who is playing best right now all-star game."
Again, Westbrook in January:
So it clearly doesn't matter.Last month is 1/3rd of the total season up to this point. It's not some small sample. Rus and KD are better players than him. They're just on a higher level. If Dame made it over any of those guys, that's totally fine. I wouldn't have bitched. But given how good those two are and how bad Lillard's been of late - I'm not shocked.
Lillard has had a better season than Rus, especially when you factor in missed games.
Of course January is 1/3 the season. But you're ignoring the other 2/3rds by looking at January. Why are we not evaluating the ENTIRE season to date?