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WAY TOO EARLY 2018 All-Star Predictions

Discussion in 'NBA Dish' started by Firebomb525, Jul 4, 2017.

  1. Firebomb525

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    I want to see what people's predictions are. What is the hardest exercise - picking which East players are worthy of being All-Stars and deciding who gets snubbed on the stacked West team.

    (Subtle "Who is going to make a leap/crash and burn next year" thread)
     
  2. FTW Rockets FTW

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    East

    Kyrie / Lowry / Scrub
    DeRozan / Scrub / Scrub
    LebBron / Hayward /Scrub
    Scrub / Scrub
    Scrub

    West

    CP3/ Curry/ Westbrook
    Harden / Klay Thompson / Butler
    Durant / Paul George / Kawhi
    Davis / Draymond
    One of Cousins / Blake/ Gasol/ Millsap
     
  3. justtxyank

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    East:
    Isaiah Thomas
    Kyle Lowry
    Lebron
    Hayward
    Giannis

    As starters

    West
    Curry
    Westbrook
    Kawhi
    Durant
    Anthony Davis

    Paul and harden both make it on the bench.
     
  4. Juxtaposed Jolt

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    For comparisons sake, here are the rosters from year's past:

    http://www.nba-allstar.com/allstargame/rosters.htm

    My predictions:

    Curry / CP3 / Westbrook
    Harden / Butler
    Durant / Leonard / PG13
    Davis / Griffin
    Cousins / Gasol

    vs

    Irving / Lowry / Wall
    DeRozan / IT2 / Wade
    Antetokoumpo / Hayward
    LeBron / Melo / Porzingis (Love)
    Horford


    I think Thompson, Lillard, Jordan, Gobert and LMA get snubbed from the West.

    I think it was freakin' hard to complete a 15 man roster for the East, lmao. I think Wade will have a great statistical year, as he'll be the guy in Chicago now that Jimmy is gone. Porzingis is a wild card; if the Knicks do well, he's definitely in the mix. If not, then sub him out for Love.
     
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  5. FTW Rockets FTW

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    Why did you go for 15?

    All Star Games are usually 12 players on each East and West
     
  6. Williamson

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    I can't believe you forgot Greek Freak.

    I think it's:

    Kyrie / Wall / Lowry
    IT / DeRozan / Beal
    LeBron / Greek Freak / Hayward
    Melo / Love / Porzingis
    Horford / Howard / Whiteside
     
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  7. Juxtaposed Jolt

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    Ooh, you're right. I dunno, I guess I was trying to be ambitious, haha. Post will be edited to reflect new changes!
     
  8. Os Trigonum

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    Dwight Howard in the east :cool:
     
  9. Firebomb525

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    I'll give it a go.

    WEST
    Starters -
    BC: Curry
    BC: Westbrook
    FC: Leonard
    FC: Durant
    FC: Towns
    Bench -
    G: Harden
    G: Paul
    G: Butler
    G: Lilliard
    F: Griffin
    F: Davis
    C: Gobert

    My personal snubs... Conley, Jokic, Draymond Green and Marc Gasol.

    EAST
    Starters
    BC: Isaiah Thomas
    BC: Lowry
    FC: LeBron James
    FC: Antetokounmpo
    FC: Embiid
    Bench
    G: DeRozan
    G: Irving
    G: Wall
    G: Beal
    F: Hayward
    F: Love
    C: Whiteside

    East is essentially 9 players from the top 4 teams and the Greek Freak + Centers
     
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    So basically only 3 guys in the East would make the All Star teams in the west.

    SAD
     
  11. ghettocheeze

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    Thomas / Wall / Lowry
    Irving / DeRozan
    James / Hayward / Anthony
    Antetokounmpo / Love
    Horford / Whiteside
    Coach: Kidd

    Curry / Westbrook / Paul
    Harden / Butler / Thompson
    Leonard / George
    Durant / Anthony-Towns
    Davis / Cousins
    Coach: Thibodeau
     
  12. malakas

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    Kyrie, Wall, IT
    DD ,Beal, Walker
    Lebron , Hayward
    Giannis, Porzingis
    Embiid, Whiteside

    VS

    A mess.
    Curry, Westbrook, CP3
    Harden, Butler, Thompson?
    Leonard
    Durant, Davis, Draymond
    KAT, Boogie (?)

    Popularity with the fans also matters. EMbiid and Porzingis will do well there. On the other hand not sure about PG13.
     
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    Dragic should make it. He ended up averaging 20 points a game last year with good averages.
     
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    Wow. malakas wins the Internet today with this perfect prediction from July 6th.

    [edit] @Juxtaposed Jolt calls 9 out of 10 starters. noice!
     
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    Derozan gonna be the last pick of the draft lol.
     
  17. da_juice

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    I'm going to cream myself if we can see a lineup of Porzingis-Embiid-Lebron and Greek Freak on the floor at the same time. That be a lot of fun to watch
     
  18. daywalker02

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    That Hayward guy seems to be crying somewhere.
     
  19. ClearLakeTX

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    He called west ! Nice
     
  20. Air Langhi

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    If the Captains are Drafting do All star starters still start. What if one team has 6 starters and the other has 4.
     

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