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Thursday, January 28, 2010

NBA All-Star 2010 Rosters

Waddup guys,

The All-Star reserves were announced today on TNT, and we got 7 newcomers coming for their first career All-Star Game. Rajon Rondo, Derrick Rose, Gerald Wallace, and  Al Horford in the East, and Kevin Durant, Deron Williams (about time!), and Zach Randolph in the West. Great choices overall, except the Horford selection. Personally, I would have put either David Lee or fellow Hawk Josh Smith instead.

Now explain this.

Deron Williams is averaging 19.0 PPG and 9.5 APG this season. Good numbers. Great, even. Last year, he had 19.4 PPG and 10.7 APG. Before that, he had 18.8 PPG and 10.5 PPG. In his sophomore year he averaged 16.2 PPG and 9.3 APG. So...

...HOW IS THIS HIS FIRST ALL-STAR SELECTION???

Derrick Rose, now a sophomore, is averaging 19.8 PPG and only 5.9 APG. No offense to Rose, but Williams was averaging 3.4 APG more than him and only 3.6 PPG less. Also, Deron Williams lead his team to 51 wins, while Rose is on pace to lead the Bulls to only 41 wins, 10 games less.

We can't do anything about this now, but I just wanted to point out how much people overlook Deron Williams, who is arguably the best point guard in the league not named Chris Paul. So please, give this man some love and get him into some All-Star Games in the coming years, all right? Good.

Peace out.

All-Star Rosters (link): http://www.nba.com/2010/allstar/2010/01/28/reserves.release

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