How else do you explain the clusterfuck that is this year’s All-Star voting?
Once again the fans are out to prove that they should in no way, shape or form be allowed to influence the outcome of the NBA All-Star game. Because as it stands now, with the end of voting set for January 18, Allen Iverson and Tracy McGrady are All-Star game starters.
Well fuck me in the goat ass.
The NBA All-Star game is a showcase for the game’s top talent, so obviously you’d expect to see your LeBrons, your Melos, your Kobes…but not your T-Macs and your AI’s. Not this year anyway. Hell, T-Mac only made his way back from injury, what, like a week ago, and in six, count ‘em, six whole games, is averaging a whopping 3.2 ppg. Or should I say was, since he and the Rockets came to the mutual agreement to release McGrady until a trade for the oft-injured forward can be made (yeah, good luck getting rid of that albatross of a $23 million contract, Houston).
Iverson’s soon-to-be inclusion in the All-Star game, where he sits 2nd in the Eastern conference voting behind Dwyane Wade, and ahead of Orlando’s Vince Carter, is a bit easier to take. He’s played in four more games than T-Mac, and is averaging 15.4 ppg. Not bad, but certainly not All-Star worthy. But apparently the fans still love AI, for some reason.
As for T-Mac’s improbable inclusion–blame China.
See, the Chinese love Yao Ming. Therefore, they love anyone on the Rockets. So, since McGrady is still technically a Rocket, the Chinese still love him.
So fuck you too China.
David Stern needs to change the All-Star voting rules immediately, if not sooner. The game itself has evolved into a defenseless joke, with more scoring than a Midwest prom night, and now the game is going to feature two guys who have about as much right to play in the game as Penny Hardaway does.
