Comments on: 2010 APBRmetric All-Stars

By: Neema

Neema — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 02:41:10 +0000

If you fix the outdated positioning of the NBA, and go with something I (and Hollinger) suggested, 1 PG, 2 Wings, and 2 Bigs (and 1 PG, 2 Wings, 2 Bigs, and 2 extra for subs), what would you get?

West Starters:
WS: Paul, Roy, Durant, Nowitski, Duncan
A+/-: Paul, Bryant, Durant, Andersen, Nene
S+/-: Paul, Ginobili, Bryant, Love, Duncan
PER: Paul, Anthony, Durant, Nowitski, Duncan
Consensus(?): Paul, Bryant, Durant, Nowitski, Duncan (would anyone argue with this?)

East Starters:
WS: Rondo, Wallace, James, Bosh, Howard
A+/-: Felton, Wade, James, Varejao, B. Wallace
S+/-: Rondo, Wade, James, Josh Smith, Howard
PER: Rondo, Wade, James, Bosh, Howard
Consensus: Rondo, Wade, James, Bosh, Howard

Those seem good to me.

By: Mike G

Mike G — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 09:08:24 +0000

Should a WS ranking be adjusted for the number of games a team has played?
If the Suns have played 44 G, and the Warriors 41, then equivalent players would have 7% more WS with Phx.

By: Neil Paine

Neil Paine — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 18:44:48 +0000

I think it happened because I didn't say "Nene Hilario", so the linkify tool didn't know to put the link in. I'll get that fixed.

By: Jason J

Jason J — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 18:33:46 +0000

Neil - Good call. I didn't even see Nene's name because it's not linked. My eye just jumped right over it.

By: Jared Ras

Jared Ras — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 03:38:22 +0000

Wow, you called it. McGrady was bumped by Steve Nash! Regarding Duncan, he is announced as a PF even though he plays up. I went to a game SA @ MIL where they announced Dejuan Blair as the starting C; of course, Duncan did the jump ball and defended Andrew Bogut. I'm just saying, whoever fills out the roster wants Tim Duncan to have "PF" next to his name.

By: Travis

Travis — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 00:21:38 +0000

1. LeBron James is miles ahead of everybody, even Chris Paul. Amazing. If he continues this stretch of play for another three years, he'll have just about matched MJ's statistical peak - with a playoff run last year that was beyond anything ever seen. 2. I don't really mind the All-Star game being a popularity contest. The game is never played with playoff intensity, so there's no reason to watch the game other than having fans' favorite players in the game. If we want the game to grow, we're going to have to live with people in China wanting to watch their favorite players. I'm far more upset over the end of the year awards being treated like a popularity contest than an exhibition game in the middle of the season getting filled with unworthy players.

By: Giorgio

Giorgio — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 20:51:23 +0000

And what about Deron Williams???
He deserve to be an all star for me.

By: Neil Paine

Neil Paine — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 20:41:54 +0000

Actually, Nene would be the center for the West over M. Gasol. And you could easily have Kobe start over Nash, since he was one of the only players that all 4 systems considered an All-Star. So you'd have:

G - Paul
G - Bryant
F - Durant (mentioned 4 times)
F - Duncan
C - Nene

By: John Doe

John Doe — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 19:59:48 +0000

Yeah, Duncan's being listed as a forward really screwed things up, and it's totally ludicrous. The only three big men getting significant minutes for the Spurs are 6'10" Matt Bonner, 6'9" Antonio McDyess, and 6'6" Dejuan Blair. How is Duncan not their center? Were Duncan listed at center, Amare could come of the bench like he ought to be, and Dirk and Melo could both start. It's the less publicized All-Star Game screwup, but a screwup nonetheless. It's nice to see Kevin Love get some recognition. Wolves fans are just hoping he won't be snubbed and kept out of the Rookie/Sophomore game again this year.

By: Jason J

Jason J — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 19:06:25 +0000

So from these results the starters would be (roughly):

East
G - Wade
G - Rondo
F - James
F - Bosh
C - Howard

(reasonable)

West
G - Paul
G - Nash
F - Duncan
F - Anthony / Nowitski / Durant (tough to separate)
C - M. Gasol

(not as reasonable)

I think Kobe's got to be there. Lakers are playing too well. Duncan should be in at C to open up an F spot for Melo, Dirk, and KD to fight over.