Let’s argue about which players deserve to be NBA All-Stars
In our latest podcast, we create NBA All-Star teams from scratch and imagine a world where we don’t have to listen to the fan vote.
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After audio issues torpedoed several episodes before they could go public, the SB Nation NBA podcast is back to talk about the All-Star teams. We recorded this just before the fan vote for the starters concluded, so we imagined a world where we could pick our teams from scratch.
Among the topics discussed:
- Why did Mike leave DeMarcus Cousins off his team entirely? Why did Ben leave off Dirk Nowitzki?
- Why Paul Millsap should have been a starter in the East if it was based on merit.
- Which East selections were toughest to make? Is there really a case for Kristaps Porzingis, as Ben tried to make?
- What do the center-less lineups, especially the five-man unit that should have started out West, say about the state of the league?
- Is it time to fix fan voting? (Note: we discussed this before we knew about the online campaigns that nearly made Zaza Pachulia a starter).
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