Predict The 2008 All-Star Teams!

With all-starters being revealed this week, and reserves soon after, its time to predict who will make the cut! Based on late voting returns for the starters, and overall play of the reserves, here are mine:

Western Conference:

C: Yao | Amare Stoudamire
PF: Duncan | Nowitzki
SF: Anthony | Josh Howard
SG: McGrady | Iverson
PG: Bryant | Nash | Paul | Baron Davis

Eastern Conference:

C: Howard | Rasheed Wallace
PF: Garnett | Bosh
SF: LeBron | Butler | Pierce
SG: Wade | Allen | Joe Johnson
PG: Kidd | Billups

Post your predictions!

East

C: Dwight Howard
F: Kevin Garnett
F: LeBron James
G: Dwyane Wade
G: Jason Kidd

Reserves:

Rasheed Wallace
Chris Bosh
Paul Pierce
Ray Allen
Chauncey Billups
Caron Butler
Richard Jefferson

West

C: Yao Ming
F: Tim Duncan
F: Carmelo Anthony
G: Tracy McGrady
G: Kobe Bryant

Reserves:

Amare Stoudemire
Dirk Nowitzki
Carlos Boozer
Allen Iverson
Steve Nash
Chris Paul
Josh Howard

However, if McGrady passes on the All-Star Game, my pick is for Iverson to get the start and Baron Davis to be named as his replacement on the roster.

Hmm... if McGrady does pass on the game (which would be sweet, as in my opinion he doesn't deserve to be an all-star this year), I would also have AI starting, and penciling Carlos Boozer in, who I had on my original roster before switching to Baron.

West Starters

Amare Stoudamire (Explosive 2nd on Dunk List)

Tim Duncan (Great OVR player Master of the Glass)

Al Jefferson (Should be but Anthony more famous)

Kobe Bryant (He didnt rape that girl come on thats bs)

Chris Paul (More Points + Rebounds + Assists then Nash

East Starters

Dwight Howard Ooohow the C is dyingHoward is great but look at your other choices

Kevin Garnett (Bosh is playing better OVR but again KG is in BOS)

LeBron James (The King man only reason why CLE is worth watching at all)

Vince Carter (Wade is on MIA but playing great we shall see)

Jason Kidd ( Arenas was hurt and Kidd is OVR a better leader and PG safer bet)

Kobe Bryant (He didnt rape that girl come on thats bs)

I think I speak for everyone when I say...

What the hell?

Best reason ever to make the All-Star team.

Hmm... if McGrady does pass on the game (which would be sweet, as in my opinion he doesn't deserve to be an all-star this year), I would also have AI starting, and penciling Carlos Boozer in, who I had on my original roster before switching to Baron.

I originally had Davis in there over Josh Howard but that left the West with an overload of guards and I don't think the coaches' picks will leave them with a roster that small unless someone like McGrady is being replaced. Tony Parker's another player who was hard to leave off the list and is probably going to be one of the first in line to be named as a replacement if necessary (if he doesn't end up making the team to begin with).

Western Conference:

C: Yao | Stoudamire
PF: Duncan | Nowitzki | Boozer
SF: Anthony |
SG: McGrady | Iverson
PG: Bryant | Nash | Paul | Baron Davis

(if McGrady out then bring in Josh Howard)

Eastern Conference:

C: Howard | Rasheed Wallace
PF: Garnett | Bosh
SF: LeBron | Butler | Pierce
SG: Wade | Ray Allen | Joe Johnson
PG: Kidd | Billups

West (left out McGrady because there are many reports saying that T-Mac apparently wants to withdraw from the game to rest himself/body)

C: Yao, Amare
PF: Boozer, Duncan
SF: Melo, Nowitzki
SG: Bryant, Iverson
PG: Nash, Paul, Davis, Parker

East

C: Howard, Sheed/Ilgauskus/Okafor
PF: KG, Bosh
SF: James, Butler, Pierce, RJ
SG: Wade, Johnson/Redd/VC
PG:Kidd, Billups

C: Yao, Amare
PF: Boozer, TD, Dirk
SF: Melo
SG: Kobe, T-Mac (Parker if he doesn't play, he'll probably barely pip out Josh Howard)
PG: Nash, Paul, Davis, Iverson

East

C: Howard
PF: KG, Bosh, Sheed
SF: James, Pierce, Caron Butler
SG: Wade, Carter, Allen
PG: Billups, Kidd

All-Starters Announced

No surprises, except for AI edging out T-Mac for the starting nod (WOOT!!!). With that in mind, I'll revise mine:

C: Yao | Amare Stoudamire
F: Duncan | Anthony | Nowitzki | Boozer | Josh Howard
G: Iverson | Bryant | Nash | Paul | Baron Davis

Wait, Jerry Stackhouse got 270000 votes? Yi only got 450000. Shame Shaq got more votes than Sheed or Bogut.

My revised picks, reflecting Iverson's late surge in the voting:

West

C: Yao Ming
F: Tim Duncan
F: Carmelo Anthony
G: Kobe Bryant
G: Allen Iverson

Bench:

Amare Stoudemire
Dirk Nowitzki
Carlos Boozer
Steve Nash
Chris Paul
Josh Howard
Baron Davis

West
Yao Ming
Tim Duncan
Carmelo Anthony
Kobe Bryant
Allen Iverson
---
Amare Stoudemire
Dirk Nowitzki
Manu Ginobili
Steve Nash
Baron Davis
Tracy McGrady
___

East

Dwight Howard
Kevin Garnett
LeBron James
Dwyane Wade
Jason Kidd
---
Jose Calderon
Danny Granger
Paul Pierce
Ray Allen
Chris Bosh
Caron Butler

Honestly, Brandon Roy should've made the all-star team this year, but the West is way to packed with excellent guards and thats a good thing but I'm still upset.

West:
Yao
Duncan
Melo
Kobe
AI

Kaman
Boozer
Nowiztki
Parker
Nash
Paul
Baron Davis

EAST:
Dwight
KG
LeBron
Wade
Kidd

Sheed
Bosh
Butler
Ray Allen
Billups
Pierce
Jefferson

East Reserves:
Caron Butler
Paul Pierce
Chris Bosh
Ray Allen
Chauncey Billups
Antawn Jamison
Richard Jefferson

West Reserves:
Amare Stoudemire
Chris Paul
Steve Nash
Dirk Nowitzki
Josh Howard
Brandon Roy
Baron Davis

Last edited by SpaceFlare on Sun Jan 27, 2008 8:43 am, edited 1 time in total.

Honestly, Brandon Roy should've made the all-star team this year, but the West is way to packed with excellent guards and thats a good thing but I'm still upset.

Even though I didn't include him in my picks he probably has a chance of being selected if the coaches decide to give the Blazers a representative in the game. At the very least he's got to be on the shortlist of players who will get the call if someone on the West is unable to participate.

My results:

East

Rasheed Wallace - INCORRECT
Chris Bosh - CORRECT
Paul Pierce - CORRECT
Ray Allen - INCORRECT
Chauncey Billups - CORRECT
Caron Butler - CORRECT
Richard Jefferson - CORRECT

West

Amare Stoudemire - CORRECT
Dirk Nowitzki - CORRECT
Carlos Boozer - CORRECT
Steve Nash - CORRECT
Chris Paul - CORRECT
Josh Howard - INCORRECT
Baron Davis - INCORRECT

Overall: 10/14

Good idea Andrew, but you got 9/14. RJ was snubbed.

My results:

East:

Rasheed Wallace - INCORRECT
Chris Bosh - CORRECT
Paul Pierce - CORRECT
Ray Allen - INCORRECT
Chauncey Billups - CORRECT
Caron Butler - CORRECT
Joe Johnson - CORRECT

West:

Amare Stoudemire - CORRECT
Dirk Nowitzki - CORRECT
Carlos Boozer - CORRECT
Steve Nash - CORRECT
Chris Paul - CORRECT
Josh Howard - INCORRECT
Baron Davis - INCORRECT

Overall: 10/14

Yay, I beat Andrew. But I believe SpaceFlare's 11/14 was the best prediction. Props to him.

I know it's too late, but here is what I thought should've been the selections:
EAST:
C - D12, Shaq
PF - KG, CB4, Sheed
SF - Lebron, Pierce, Butler
SG - D-Wade, Ray-Ray
PG - J-Kidd, Jose Calderon, Billups

WEST:
C - Yao, Amare
PF - Duncan, Dirk, Boozer
SF - Melo, J-5, T-Mac
SG - Kobe, Iverson
PG - Nash, Paul, B-Diddy

Good idea Andrew, but you got 9/14. RJ was snubbed.

I did indeed. What I meant to say of course is that I should have got 10/14 with the Jefferson prediction being correct.

No, I don't buy my story either.

Yay, I beat Andrew.

You certainly did, but the way I jinx teams and players it's not necessarily a difficult thing to do.