I have to say I'm positively shocked that this many people feel Chris Kaman is a deserving all-star selection! Chris Kaman? What am I missing?
The top 15 candidates for Brandon Roy's spot IMO were Monta Ellis, Carlos Boozer, David West, LaMarcus Aldridge, Al Jefferson, Kevin Love, Marc Gasol, Andrew Bynum, Baron Davis, Marcus Camby, Carl Landy, Corey Maggette, Tyreke Evans, Andrei Kirilenko, and Kaman. Keep in mind I only considered people who played at or near 1000 minutes this season. I personally think that should be the cut-off for all-star consideration. If you haven't played at least 1000 minutes, you haven't done enough to warrant a selection.
Among those 15 candidates, Kaman ranks 3rd in scoring, 6th in rebounding, and 7th in FG%. I would imagine that's the case most people would make for him being selected. Let's take a closer look, though. He also ranks dead last among those 15 in PER, Win Shares, Offensive Rating, and turnovers. Besides those, he's in the bottom 5 in assists, games played, FT%, and TS% (which invalidates his position in FG% anyway). Even then, I guess all of this would make sense if he were contributing big minutes on a championship contender... but his team is 22 - 29!!!
Somebody please tell me how he's an all-star! Among the Western Conference bigs alone Marc Gasol, Andrew Bynum, LaMarcus Aldridge, Al Jefferson, Carl Landry, Carlos Boozer, and possibly even David West are easily more deserving. His selection is an atrocity.
He deserves to be there as a center. Plain and simple. The only other player at that position worthy of consideration was Bynum, who has been terribly inconsistent all year long and whose numbers do not match up to Chris'. Congrats to the Kaveman, he DOES deserve to be there as one of the two best centers in the Western Conference.
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He deserves to be there as a center. Plain and simple. The only other player at that position worthy of consideration was Bynum, who has been terribly inconsistent all year long and whose numbers do not match up to Chris'. Congrats to the Kaveman, he DOES deserve to be there as one of the two best centers in the Western Conference.
As far as players who play the majority of their minutes at center, the Western Conference top 5 this season looks like this:
Kaman has played better than all those guys at the center position. He's putting up 20 and 9 for goodness sake', its not like he isnt having a good season. Boozer and Ellis have a strong case for making the game, but their positions are stacked. Ellis can still get in if Kobe sits out, but I really doubt Stern will put him in.
Kaman is a double edged sword. at times his game works but other times he can be pushed around by hard man to man coverage, especially when driving in the lane, and he gets dunked on way too much for a 7 footer
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Boozer embarrassed Kaman last night. Kaman's no all-star.
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