 What's the word y'all welcome back man all-star 2022 is around the corner It's like a little over a month away And I think it's a good time to start talking about the all-star ballad and man I spent the last couple days doing this it is not easy man It's only 24 spots 12 in these conference, but I'm here to talk about it man I'm here to talk about to give you my own personal value at the end of the day I'm not predicting who I think will be in it This is like if I had a vote which I do not these are the 12 people in the east and the 12 people in the west That will get the nod from me. This is a fluid thing You know I'm saying this is hard man. I spent the last couple days and some of these people aren't set in stone You know some people might have the ability to play themselves into my 12 spots in the next month or so But as of right now, these will be my all-stars on this video I wanted to feel more of like a podcast more than just a normal video of mine So if you wanted the people that only care about who I have I'm sure there's somebody that watched this entire video that will put it in the comment section But for the people that's gonna stick around and watch the whole video and just listen to me ramble about basketball and all-star appearances Appreciate you be sure to leave a like now All-star 2022 is in Cleveland, Ohio. I've never been to Cleveland, but I will be in that joint in 2020 before the world shut down Bleach report put together this entire event that was open to the public where we had live shows. We had Performance from like quavo and a bunch of different rappers and stuff It was open to the public and they're thinking about doing it again this year I don't really know if this is public knowledge or not But I will say we're they're not completely sure if it will be open to the public because of the virus stuff But I will say if you're gonna be in the Cleveland area and all-star weekend Even if you're not going to any of the festivities, but you're in Cleveland follow me on socials man We might have a live podcast You might be able to meet me and all that stuff and I'm I'm always welcome Welcoming to meet all the new people in there and Cleveland. Hopefully y'all nice test Hopefully the weather is not absolutely dreadful. Okay, so now to my list All right, there are a few things that really bother me about the all-star ballad The first one is that there's only 12 spots It's been 12 spots for the entirety of basketball and basketball has evolved to the point now Where it's 15 players to the roster and I would like for the all-star game to be 15 v 15 It will just make it my job as making a ballot a lot easier because listen I got my 12 people that I have on the actual team and an Easter conference. I got six names That are not in the game that that deserve love. There are so many people playing at an all-star caliber level There's gonna be a lot of snubs and I apologize. It's just it's just the way things work So if you had a 15 man roster, boom, it's a lot easier But even then I'm getting three more spots means that there's three more people on the outside looking at it It's hard. It's gonna be hard. Your favorite player might get snubbed. I'm sorry. It's just it is what it is I'm the other thing. I wish it was positionless. I understand why they have positions in it They don't want it like we're talking about a league that for a long time was very guard heavy And they didn't want the all-star game to be 10 or 10 people on the court that is 6 5 and under a 6 6 and under So understand why positions are a thing but it pigeonholed me so much especially in the eastern conference Because there are not a ton of eastern conference forwards that deserve to be in there But there are a ton of guards that are playing all-star level So some of the guards that didn't make it I would rather have than some of the forwards But that's just the way the cookie crumbles y'all and the last thing is that I wish it was a East versus West anymore Because we don't even play East versus West. You know I'm saying what if the Eastern conference have 15 people that deserve it in the Eastern and the Western conference only got 10. What am I supposed to do? So those are my gripes and I know that's not an easy fix or something that they made never change But I'm just saying it made my job here a lot harder to do because of positions because it's only 12 people and because it's East versus West We do the whole drafting anyway ladies and gentlemen. So why don't we just open it up? Why don't we just open it up? All right. It's not like they plan for nothing It's not like I think it's baseball right baseball plays the all-star game and whoever wins They get home court advantage in the world series. We're not playing for anything. Are we? There's not even no a Senate. Well, some people have like contract and send us to be an all-star, but whatever, okay? So this is the way things are going to go. I'm gonna announce Some of my starters. We're gonna talk about them and give them the reasons why they are my starters Let's talk about the Eastern conference because honestly the Eastern conference was a lot harder to do than the Western conference And you know what and I think that's that's because the Eastern conference is the better conference right now at least when it comes to The way teams are winning and losing and things like that the Eastern conference is better Which just means that they they might have more talent nowadays. I'm gonna say my criteria was Wasn't as strict this year as it was in previous seasons because we have health and safety protocols and we have injuries like that I used to be a guy who's like, ah, this player is missing this many games So because of that he might not get the nod But it just feels like everybody's missing time because everybody's gonna catch this damn virus in the NBA If you are a player that plays all 82 games this season The CDC needs to take your blood and just inject it in everybody else's veins because you are the antibody to every single virus It just seems inevitable that every player is going to catch this thing So I pretty much everybody that I have on my list has missed some time with health and safety protocol So it is what it is But I will say there are players that aren't on my list because they have been injured for a long time Prime example of this is Bama to bio. He's missed over half the season right now Some of that will help take the protocol and some of that is just him being out with a legitimate injury In a Western conference Anthony Davis is gonna miss significant amount of time and he will be back before the all-star game But in between he's going to miss so many games and I know Anthony Davis is not a player that's having an amazing season But the counting stats is there if we're just going off captain's counting stats in Davis to serve some type of recognition But the fact that he will be injured and miss so much time It's a little bit difficult and there are certain players that are similar to that as well That are right now injured and we're gonna get to we're gonna cross that bridge once you get there I know I'm rambling on the all-star starting guard number one is the martyr Rosen I hate the fact that the NBA has him as a guard It makes things so much more difficult because this is a spot that I wish I can give to somebody else That was snubbed the martyr Rosen has not played guard for the Chicago Bulls this season Sure He's been a playmaker sure he brings the ball up the court every once in a while But for this season he has been a small four and a powerful that is where he has played this entire year So the fact that the NBA is still looking at the martyr Rosen like he's on the Toronto Raptors is wild to me because it's not just Chicago Bulls thing this man ain't played guard in years if you look at his his position data for his entire time of the San Antonio Spurs, he was playing small four and powerful even 2k last year changed this man's position to power forward He has been a Ford for the last four or five years But I guess since he was under the radar and with the San Antonio Spurs and nobody's really watching them They still looking him as a guard So he has to start at the guard position which again just takes away a position because there there's There's one Eastern Conference forward on my bench Then I'm not saying he doesn't deserve to be there because everybody that is in the conversation deserves to be there But there is a guy that got snubbed that I think deserves it more, but he's a guard and yeah Okay, the martyr Rosen I think that is a lock he should be a lock on everybody's Eastern Conference ballots because he has been playing to that level Also, what I noticed when I was creating these lists is I'm a guy That doesn't really look at the legacy of a player when I'm thinking about the all-star appearance often Because there are some people that are perennial stars that have been all stars for seven eight year nine years That might not be an all-star this year because I think that some people that might be younger are playing better than them And honestly, I think that's the way it should be. I think we should be able to Excommunicate somebody's past when we're talking about a 2022 all-star I don't give a damn what he did in 2020 or the 2019 2020 season or 2018 2019 That shouldn't be super relevant when we're talking about this season These are all stars especially when you talk about contract incentives and stuff. This is not some haha Let's just pencil a guy in because of this. No, he has to deserve it the martyr Rosen deserves it The next God position was what's between two people and I will say I'm not a guy that cares too much about who's the starter versus who's coming off the bench Um, I know that it matters in a sense that when you get to You get to like the draft I guess it matters a little bit more because I think they draft starters and then they draft reserves I don't I don't really watch the all-star draft. I watched it the first year and that was pretty much it I watched the highlights of that and and only thing it matters deeper than that It's like you get an extra two minutes on TV in the announcements But if you look at anybody's basketball reference that's ever been an all-star it doesn't say Seven times starter three time reserve if you're an all-star you're an all-star So I think about that and I will say that Trey young is my second guard. You like Kenny Um, um, the martyr Rosen Zach Levin are the number one team in eastern conference They're both averages some crazy statistics. You're absolutely right, but I don't want people saying that I'm by you So I'm giving it to Trey young Um, I love some Zach Levin, but as long as Zach Levin is in the game I don't really care who's starting who's coming off the bench, but Trey young hit himself I'm not saying that he doesn't deserve it more than Zach Levin I think they're similar dissimilar to yours Um, Trey young has been on an absolute tear if you look at his game log over the past 10 or so games There's there's not any dukey like sometimes players just have dukey games like the other day Steph Curry had nine total points. That's a dukey game for an MVP candidate Trey young don't have those even in the loss the other night He had 56 points or 54 points or whatever it is I know that the team hasn't been great and that was his big knock last season But this year's so much different than I didn't I took it to consideration The standings a little bit less or maybe a lot less than I would in previous seasons because again Every single team is going through health and safety protocol And every single team might have two to three more losses on a record that they wouldn't have if they were close to fully healthy And yes, the Atlanta Hawks are struggling and they've been dealing with health and safety protocol Defense ain't looked as great because click a pelle ain't looked that great They was going ham at um at the rooster Golanari with the Portland Trailblaze regardless Trey young didn't make the all-star game last year because he was putting up good counting stats on a bad team This year they're slightly. I mean, I mean slightly better at this point that they were last year But it doesn't really matter too much to me. He gets the nod at the all-star Power of all point guard spots starting the next three are locks to me I don't need to give you um why kevin direct deserves to be an all-star starter Or why yonis deserves to be an all-star starter Oh while joll and b deserves to be an all-star starter those three are absolute locks in my opinion Who do I think is going to be the captain? I would guess is going to be yonis again I think yonis had it last year if i'm not mistaken And maybe even a year before that but kevin errant might get actually no KD had it last year because I remember him. He was sitting in this apartment I remember it was kevin errant. So I don't know who deserves to be the captain. It doesn't matter too much It's between kd and yonis Maybe it's going to be kd because he might get more fan votes, but that is my eastern conference starters I don't think there's anything too controversial now I think the might the most controversial thing might be saying that trey yon over isak livene at the end of the day It doesn't really matter because my first guard off my bench Isak livene Honestly, if we were going to give her the positions I think it matters the most when it comes to the reserves Because there's only two guard reserves and there's three forward reserves and again in the eastern conference There's not a lot of forts that I think deserve to get a ton of love And then when you get to the wildcard spots those two places don't have positions So I can have two centers. I have to I mean two forwards or two guards. They don't really matter Um, but zak livene, I don't need to give you the argument zak livene is putting up crazy Physiocy again for the second year in a row and averaging 25 plus points per game He's one of the few people in the league that are shooting 40 percent from three on like eight attempts or something crazy Like that zak livene is an absolute stud. There's no there's no if and to buts about it He has a lock on my bench and some people might have him starting which I respect to number two He's a player that started off and and people were saying that um, this guy's washed Do you remember the zames harden his wash narrative that was um the first month and a half or two months of the season Since then he said a couple 30 pieces Um, he's had a couple triple doubles that are really good and for the most part he looks close to I would Like some people sit going full and saying oh, he looks just like the old james. I I wouldn't go that far But he looks like 85 86 percent of what james harden normally is and that is enough for him to be an all star In the eastern conference. He's still on one of the best teams in the conference And a lot of that is him and kevin to rank going him Against other teams next we get to the fourths My my first forward Was jimmy butler I don't know jimmy butler hurt his ankle a couple nights ago and he had already missed a bunch of time With a buttocks injury like a tailbone injury I'm gonna just say buttocks is a lot more fun to say And I don't know what's going on with that ankle at least as I'm recording this video Maybe more stuff has come out after I'm recording this video Um because of that I think that we might need an injury replacement guy We'll talk about that once we get there. It is super unfortunate That jalen brown is a guard and not a guard slash force if we're gonna have positions I know it would get kind of murky if we have players that are guards and forwards, but Jalen brown deserves to be a forward on this list, but he's not and because of that Because of that you might understand why i'm going next with like jalen brown got snubbed off of my list Because he's a guard and I can't look at the guards that I have above him and say he deserves it more Now his teammate jason tatum is on here, but if I had to pick between jason tatum and jalen brown I probably will put jalen brown on my team But tatum is a forward and I need a forward so jason tatum is on the list now again Jason's not having a bad season He might be less efficient than he was in previous years But he's still having an all-star caliber season But this is a team that doesn't deserve to have two all-stars because they haven't been disappointing So I gave the nod to jason tatum over anybody else and my last or I guess maybe not my last But my my third forward off the bench Is the fro jared allen man Is the fro jared allen? I don't Really know how to explain how great of a player jared allen has evolved to Because everybody knew for the title of jared allen's career He has been a lob threat and I know there are some people that still look at jared allen as strictly a lob threat But he is so much more I've watched so many calves games this season And I feel like i'm getting more and more impressed with his footwork down below Um, yes, he is spoon fair, but that's about him being in good positions and everything His footwork is getting better and better and better. So I had to give him that nod He's one of the best defensive centers in the entire league Um, the the clevener cavaliers have one of the best of are one of the best Offensive teams in the league and a lot of that is him and a lot of that is the ricky evan mobily But i'm giving him the nod over any of the other forts on the team because I think he deserves it more man Um, so those are my 10 players in the eastern conference Now let's get to my wild cards because well it might get kind of wild and we're gonna have to have a Fluid conversation here. I made a tweet earlier today Why put hashtag mba y'all star hashtag fred van veleet? and The reaction was exactly what I expected. Um raptors fans like yeah, can you demand? Um, and I wasn't trying to pander to raptors fans I actually think he deserves to be there and i'll put them there and then there is another portion of the replies is like Kenny You're bugging and I don't think I am um again. This is my ballot I personally do not believe that fray van veleet will make the all star parent or make an all star parents But if I was given a ballot I would have him on there He is averaging 20 points per game five rebounds 6.7 assists He's shooting 40 percent from three on nine attempts and his evan steps absolutely love fray van veleet. Here's a challenge for you Watch minutes of the raptors when fray van veleet is not on the floor against a competent team It is going to be dreadful There's a reason why he's close to leading the league or in the top three or whatever it is and minutes played Because when he is off the floor the raptors don't stand a chance He is their all star and he's putting up all star statistics in my opinion. He deserves to be in there As I said earlier, I don't care about legacies or things like that And personally I do like to see new players get all star nods and fray van veleet is one of those dudes I was I was doing a video a couple days ago And we were talking about people that were giving their bad takes that over the last three to five years And there's a raptor's fan. It was like, uh, I didn't think that fray van veleet Whatever gets to the point where he was a legitimate point guard and he has got to that point There's been a lot of progression in fray van veleet's career as far as being an off ball guy for for cal laryons Is being a guy that can go out get you buckets to now being a guy that is one of the elite playmakers in the league I'm giving him my first wild card spot. And yes, it is maybe wild It maybe I'm living up to that but he deserves it and my second wild card spot is dearest garland We're gonna talk about snuffs. I promise you but dearest garland's average of 19 points per game three rebounds on 7.3 assists He's shooting 38% from three on seven attempts His case is very similar to fray van veleet's when he is not on the court The team looks terrible Watch the cavaliers when they got kevin pankos or whatever hell his name is or they got um I guess brandon goodwin right now and rondo is getting his things together. Um, he makes his team go It would it would have felt weird for me to put jared allen the also game and not dearest garland Because that would be like putting deandre jordan in the also game and not chris paul You know I'm saying those two guys work in tandem and I think they deserve to be there together Okay, now let's talk about the snubs because there are a bunch already mentioned that jaylon brown is a snub He just had a fucking He said a 50 piece. I'm sorry. This is not the channel where I talk like that I thought I was in my it feels like I'm on a podcast right now I'm sorry it on the podcast we kind of got no filter He just dropped a 50 piece it feels weird to have him snub But there's a team that I don't think deserve to have to They do not deserve to have to and I had to pick between tatum and brown and since brown is a guard I couldn't put them in the wild card spot because now that leaves a forward spot It's a lot of weird stuff here now again with jimmy butler being out with his injury and maybe being out for his injury Who gets the nod at the four position where you can make a you can make an argument Uh, you can make an argument for chris middleton But he's been up and down and I'll feel weird if chris middleton was in the also game because I think drew How they deserves it better and he's one of my snubs Who else is in the four position that might deserve to get a little bit of love here? You can say myles bridges. Maybe you know, I'm saying if we're talking about injury replacements But it will feel weird for him to be an injury placement if lamello not in it I think lamello might make it over freve and blea honestly Um, but like the four position is weird man. The four position is definitely weird Like maybe some bonus some bonus is a guy that maybe deserve a little bit of love I don't think julia's randall gets a lot of love this season I don't I just don't think I think that with the the next um Losing more that they were last year and him not living up to their standards. I don't think he deserves I think that subbonus would deserve it just a little bit more because he is the the focal point of that offense and everything But maybe he is the injury placement. John collins is a guy but you can argue that the ellen hawks don't deserve too because Their numbers they're not even gonna play in right now. So I don't know Another guy that is snubbed is drew holiday. Um drew holiday all the advanced stats absolutely love him And when I know that they struggled a bit when yannis was out Which makes sense yannis is one of the best players in the in the world right now So of course they're gonna struggle when he was out But I I remember that that drew holiday was stepping back up and looking great Um, the defense is still elite and all the advanced stats love drew holiday I I felt weird about not having two all stars for the bucks Um, so maybe that's another case for drew holiday just to be in there because the team is so elite If i'm looking at the standings right now, I got two bulls player and this wasn't by design By the way, I got two bulls players. I got two nets players and the the um The bucks are right there on the same tier as them So I feel weird to just have yannis and a self But I just couldn't find a place for drew holiday. He deserves to be there But again, there's only 12 roster spots. Um, lamello is probably my biggest snub. Oh, no, you know what? There's two big really really big snubs. Um lamello is a big snub He is super entertaining to watch obviously. He is super good at what he does. Um, but it's You can make an argument for him over dg But I just feel like when dg doesn't play dares god doesn't play the cavaliers don't stand a chance to play a chance to win I think that the hornets could still potentially win some games When lamello is not there and maybe they have maybe they haven't but I vividly know that um dares god them is three games and they lost all three of those games and it was bad, you know, I'm saying um But when it comes to fun and exciting and that's what the all star game is about I think lamello is a guy that should be in there It's just hard for me to put him on my personal ballad But if you have him there, I can completely understand and then I actually I know I said this for a few people but brally bill Brally bill might be the biggest snub because he started off very very slow Even though the team was very successful at the beginning brally bill completely started off slow But if you look at his stats over the last month, it's hard for me to say he don't deserve to be there He definitely deserves to be there Especially now that special dimity is out in the last couple games. He's been the point bill I think they were calling them back stuff bill because since he got the vaccine. He's been killing the game. Um I like I can't this this is what makes the all-star bet because I will never say How do I want to work this? I can't say that garland or fred van vleet deserve it more than bill than lamello Than jur holiday, but I'm going to say on my ballot. I want to see them there. Does that make sense? It's there's not a big argument for like brally bill not making it because his counting stats are coming around in the last month or so You can make the argument that it's a full season and you need to perform for more than just a month I don't know But I think brally bill has the potential to play himself into the real game if he continues to play like this Right if he continues to play like this for the next two to three weeks I I don't see a world where he doesn't actually make the all-star game. I just don't he's a guy That was average at 35 points per game like did he make the all-star game last season? Oh my god Because I remember that there was a conversation about whether brally bill deserves to even be there He was leading the league in scorn, but the team was god awful He didn't make it last year, but the year before that he did it when he averaged 30 That was the year he averaged 30 the year before that it didn't make it but last year the world was like I guess team record don't matter Um, so the eastern conferences is interesting. It's hard. These are my ballots You can even tell I'm having second thoughts about some of the picks, but it's a fluid conversation ladies and gentlemen It is a very fluid conversation. So that is my eastern conference. I'm looking at the standage right now There are other pikao larry. I know it's counting statue trash. She can't hit a shot But the Miami he were missing bam and jimmy buller for a very long time And though kyle larry wasn't like the leading score of this team that was still good He was the quarterback. He was he was a guy that was on the court telling people where to be Still drawing a lot of charges playing good defense. He deserves some recognition at least Um, but I think I gave all the the notes to people that deserved it Let's go to the western conference Because the western conference started situation is a little bit more difficult than the eastern conference Um, I'm going to start off with the absolute locks and lock number one is stephan curry Don't need to tell you why lock number two is lebron james. I don't need to tell you why Lock number three is nicole. Okay. So those are my locks in the starter position Other than that I got to think about my other guard. I got to think about my other ford Um, and you know what dear dear two people I basically flipped the coin between these two people who deserve to start who deserve to come off the bench And the starter that came up was donovan mitchell. He just won player of the month He's been having an amazing season I don't know if the counted stats say he's better this year than he was last year But we're not when I watch him play this year. He feels better than what he was last year I know for sure that like and the previous years of donovan mitchell's career He struggled to finish at the rim and have that little floater game And this year he's doing that to like a little above league average Which is great considering before that he was torched the bottom of the league for that type of value So the fact that he's got that added to his bag just makes him and the team more dynamic We're talking about the number one offense in the league by an absolute mile and donovan mitchell Is the focal point of that offense? So I flipped the coin between him and another guy we're going to talk about and donovan mitchell got the Notch child to dono and then the other starter spot for the for the west recovery starters Was uh, what's what's uh, it was a bit tough man if we talk about a ford here Um, I ended up giving it to draymond green Is he have the best raw stats? Hell no And ain't and ain't nobody else on my list that that don't they got uh, county stats worse than draymond green But I gave him the all-star starter now I understand if you don't have him as a starter completely you understand But as an all-star player draymond green in my opinion is an absolute lock He is the defensive player of the year by a mile this season He is the on-court coach for the best team in the in the league right now Well, let's see. Do they still have the best record the best team in the league record wise Um, he's the on-court coach for that and the team struggles when he's not there I mean, what what can I say draymond green deserves to be an all-star? I just have him as a starter right now. If you don't have him as stardom. That's that's completely okay It does hurt that we have like Positions again if if I could bring a guard up I would bring a guard up to be a starter, but I cannot so I will not let's get to the bench again I think that the western conference was easier than the eastern conference Like I had a bunch of players on my list that I saw as locks. Let me read them to you jammer Ran is a lock. He was a guy That flipped the coin for who should start dot of Mitchell jammer ran and ended up on dot of Mitchell regardless jammer ran is a lock To be an all-star game. I don't need to explain to you He just won a game against the Cleveland Cavaliers and we're talking about a team that has three seven footers He said he's not scared He had a game against the the nets the other night on the back This is back to back a net's the other night absolutely dominated There's nothing that jammer ran can't do when jammer ran was drafting into the league They're like ah, he reminds me of dare rose with the shot ever come around It took dare rose like 10 a decade for him to become a plus three point shooter Jammer ran has got that in his bag in year number three. He's shooting 40 percent from three on four attempts That's not like um, he's just shooting two and he's getting lucky. He's shooting four three point attempts a game and he's shooting 40 percent The most electric player when it comes to getting to the basket. It's also a dual threat from the three It's ridiculous bruh It's ridiculous. He has an argument for the most entertaining player to watch in the entire NBA the all-star game needs that and jammer ran is an absolute lock The next absolute lock for me on the bench devon booker Devon booker might not have the same counting status He did the previous years in the previous years which is funny because devon booker for the lat Let me i'm gonna look this up really quick But if i'm not mistaken devon booker the two times he has been an all-star. He was an injury replacement Um, he was a guy that wasn't an actual all-star, but somebody got injured So here you go de book you deserve it. He has the worst counting stats Since his rookie season or his secondary second season in the NBA But he's not but the the sons have got to the point now where they can win games without relying on devon booker to drop 30 There's games where he deserves. He decides that he wants to play make a little bit more the thing that the big um development and devon booker's career is he's shooting six three pointers per game and he's shooting 41.7 percent from three Devon booker is always a bucket. Don't get me wrong Now he's hitting the streets Now his two point attempts aren't looking as good as previous years But i'm just going to go out on the limb and say that devon booker a guy that has been a for the last three seasons average 54 percent from the mid-range area. He will get back to close to 50 percent I'm just I think that he will get back there But the fact that the three-point shot is looking so much better makes him an absolute lock and to add On to it. He has one of the best teams in the entire league too Devon booker lock next absolute lock rudigo bear I don't need to make an argument I saw some people have their ballots and rudigo bear wasn't there and I don't understand it He is the defense of the utah jazz now They're not one of the top five defenses like they were in previous years, but he is still the defense They don't have much perimeter defense on the entire team It is all about funneling to rudigo bear and let him do a sting This man is he might still be leading the league in total dunks And I know that I don't really say none for a guy that's 71. I don't need to do I need to give you the reason why rudigo bear is not so I don't think I do at this point That was something I was trying to pitch to y'all four years ago. You understand it now He also gets a ton of screen assists. So him and Donovan Mitchell work well together You know I'm saying him and my colleague work well together there. They're tested the limb They play a lot of minutes together. Um next guy that was a lock to me Was carl anthony towns now the minnesota timbos are 17 to 20 and they looked really good before he went to help To save the protocol now. They were able to weather the ship a little bit They're five and five in the last 10 But carl anthony towns always been a guy that's going to be able to give you the good counting stats But it was like cat he went us more games and this team has been better this year than they have in the previous however many years What is his actual averages 24 points per game? 50 percent from the field which is better than last season. Um, and then from three he's shooting 42 percent That is a career high You know and we're talking about about six attempts for your center and his defense isn't terrible anymore No, he's not rudigo bearer, but his defense ain't terrible anymore So for me, he was a lock to get his first all-star appearance since the 2018 2019 season. Wow He was 23 years old and I remember I remember when uh gms were polled if you were to start Your franchise with any player in the league right now We're talking about 2018 majority of them said carl anthony towns and then I think this year or the year before He didn't get a single vote He's back to being an all-star carl play now. He had always been an all-star talent for sure But he's winning more games and that that like I said, it shouldn't matter, but it shouldn't matter. You know what I'm saying Um, but he does get the nod here. Okay, great. Now after that I don't have any more absolute locks Absolute locks. You can make an argument against some of the people that I haven't here and replacing them 100 Percent, but let me read you the rest of the people that I have here paul george paul george has missed some time Dillon outside of health state the protocol, but because of injury. I don't know his timetable. He might not even get back in time to make another Um, like push for the all-star game and because of that He might not actually get in it because if I'm not mistaken the media has to get their votes in in the next week or so Which matters, but I don't know when um, like the coaches or whoever does the reserves I don't know when they have to do there So paul george is a ford the forward position in the western conferences a little bit Like luster kind of similar to these the four position This is a guard centric league and I understand that. Um, but the four position is kind of weird So like if I was going to take paul george out because he's injured What forward do I put there? I already said that that um, anthony davis is injured So he not if anthony davis is back, he'll be the forward I slide in there But if he's not back, who is the other forward you have like chris. That's where zingas has an argument He's averaging good stats. Um, and he was able to continue to let the team be okay While poor um, well, uh, luka was out. Who was the other forward I have on my lids brandon ingram deserves some type of recognition I don't know if injury replacements have to fit the position. That is something I don't know But if they don't great if they do, I don't know Um, let's talk about my two wildcard spots Wildcard spot number one is christopher emmanuel paul I think he should be a lot, but I can understand if you're saying that he is he isn't He's not having the same statistical season that he had in the recent years But he still the the quarterback or one of the best teams in the league His counted stats look like 14 points per game nine assists for rebounds 48 percent from the field and only 31 percent from three, which is absolutely terrible for chris paul who's been a career Um, 37 percent three point shooter. So this is a down year from three It's like devin booker took the three point shooting at a chris paul Um, but I would assume that that's going to go up his free throw percent is even down I never really even noticed that. Um, but chris paul Has an argument to be an all star placement or not all star placement all star wildcard spot And then the last guy's a guy that has also missed time But I think that he is similar to bradley bill in the sense that he's going to play his way back into it And as luka doncha since he came back from his injury He had a double double in the first game Oh, he had a double double in both games one of them being like a 15 assist game luka donchas is Is an all star talent It just sucks that he missed so much time and that the dallas maverick started off kind of slow Because usually a guy that will be a starter But since he missed time and since he started off out of the gate kind of out of shape and slow He's more of a wild card for me this season, but regardless he is an all star Talk about the snubs because there are many as you can see I did not add damien lilor to my all star ballad and if he wasn't y'all so game If you have many also game, I'm not saying you're wrong Um, because he started off very and I mean very very slow, but in the last month or so He's completely gathered together the only problem is I guess i'm kind of picking and choosing when this matters as i'm talking about it But the team being so damn bad Is a knock on damien lilor because honestly the team Came out the gate struggling and if he was playing better I don't think they're in the place that they are right now I know that the defense has got off who imparted that is damien lilor for sure I mean, he's a focal point guy. He's the guy that's guarding other guards You know, you want his defense to be better? But if he was an all star, i'm not saying that they're wrong for having him You know i'm saying um, but he's not on my ballad man It's tough to say damien's one of my favorite players to watch for sure But it's tough to not have him on his ballad even somebody on twitter It was like hey if damien on your ballad it's going to be a problem And i said hey get ready for some problems man Get ready for some problems I think that every every guard that i had over him Have had a better season have had a better season than him right now Every guard that i named over him has had a better season He might be the first one off the list when it comes to replacements of a guard where to get injured but Yeah, everyone has had a better year another guy that got snubbed and i really and i mean really really really wanted to put this guy on my Ballad it was the jante murray And i know they're going to be spurs fans like man we get snubbed again and i honestly i think you will and not just from my Ballad i think from the overall mba i think the jante murray is going to get snubbed He's averaging about 18 points per game about nine assists i'm rounding up for him a little bit in eight rebounds 44 percent from the field 34 percent from three he is fun to watch You know his defense is maybe not at all defensive caliber like it was early in his career but he's still a good defender and I The spurs are a weird team because even though they're sitting at the 11th seat They're in a three game lose streak right now, but the last time i checked they had a positive point differential So they should be winning more games of what they're they are um, but they're just not And it's not a knock for the jante to not have him but again seeming to what i said about lillard I just think the other guards on the list deserve it more at this point And then another guy that was snubbed was shake yield just alexander Yeah, she's been hoping man She's been hoping My boy cone asked if i was pushing the sga agenda unfortunately I'm not it's hard for me to have him over the other guards in the league Now if i'm looking across the league some other people that might deserve to get some nods um It's not many man It's not many the kings don't have a player that deserves to have it. I gave it to lebron I don't think the lakers other than anthony davis deserve another one Um, I already said that brennan ingram is in conversations the rockets don't deserve one shea got his nod It's tough man It's tough Those are my 12 players Those are my 12 players on each conference to make it I gave y'all some snubs that I absolutely hate but again everybody can't get in there I'll be in there. I mean, I won't be in the games, but I'll be in the arena. You feel me? I wouldn't be surprised if this is a year where some people to opt not to Not to make it and as far as like injury replacement without having a real injury Um, and I wouldn't even blame people, you know, I actually I actually I kind of thought that last year nobody actually did it um I wouldn't blame people though You know, there's a real world a weird world we're living in right now where Maybe making that extra trip ain't really worth it Maybe you're a player that would rather just be at the crib with the family in these this weekend I want to rejuvenate on your body. That's what jimmy butler did a few years ago. He's like, ah, I'm an all star I'm I don't feel like playing though. I don't feel like playing. I would rather rejuvenate on my body and I think that I think it was an option last year that if you were Invited you could opt not to go and previous season before the virus that was an option If you were an all-star you had to beat up my boy Whether you wanted to or not But last year they gave them an option because of all the stuff that's going on around the league and around the world That if you wanted to opt out it's okay. You can and I would be I wouldn't be surprised if more people did that Um Yeah, man, this is this is tough man. I spent the last couple days doing it It's not the perfect list at all by any means Um, but it's my list let me know in the comment section what you think Who are some people that I miss that that you have there? And who do you think? You know, we'll just wait to see who actually makes it. You know what I'm saying? I'm appreciate y'all. Oh, who's the guy? This is a good question, too Who's the guy that you think might make it who doesn't deserve to make it? There it is All right, and I'll be looking in the comment section. Um, and I see y'all soon. Enjoy basketball y'all