Comments on: All-Star Rosters Announced

By: Daniel Bui

Daniel Bui — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:37:10 +0000

Carter, what has Monta Ellis done to deserve a starting all-star spot?

Besides from an increase of scoring and slight increase of assists, Ellis' season isn't even as good as his 07-08 season. Even his PER dropped. Not to mention that his team record is horrible.

On the other hand, Gasol has been playing great, and he and Zach Randplph has formed a very strong front court.

By: Nuno

Nuno — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:09:51 +0000

Iverson starting. THAT is a joke. And I agree with Middy - it's unbelievable that David Lee is not even on the bench.

By: Neil Paine

Neil Paine — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:13:10 +0000

I'd be more embarrassed if I was a Monta Ellis fan who didn't know how to spell "Monta"...

By: Carter

Carter — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 08:12:14 +0000

You put Marc Gasol and Kevin Love who is fucking terrible and you don't put Monte Ellis thats embarrassing Monte should be starting as the point guard

By: Peter

Peter — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 19:17:18 +0000

What about Russell Westbrook or O.J. Mayo??? And maybe Jeff Green?
And lets not forget LaMarcus Aldridge...

If David West is a 2-time All-Star...

By: P Middy

P Middy — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 22:07:17 +0000

David Lee got screwed.

By: Anon

Anon — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 19:27:40 +0000

Neil,

Looking at the SPM numbers, is there any strong correlation between SPM and win shares? I've been trying to figure out how these two metrics are similar and also how they differ in how they value players outside of your LeBrons, Kobes, Wades, etc. of the league who are good at pretty much everything. I think some good examples from the above list to look at would be Amare Stoudamire and Steve Nasah: per 3000 minutes they have been solid by win shares, but their SPM are the lowest among all-star starters. Perhaps their defenses has been particularly suspect? It wouldn't be a surprise given that these guys are not known for being lock-down defenders by any means.