Xericx

Looks like it.

Telfair not invited to Sophomore-Rookie game.
ROOKIE TEAM ROSTER
Player Team Pos. Ht. Wt. School/Country
Andrew Bogut Milwaukee F 7-0 245 Utah
Luther Head Houston G 6-3 185 Illinois
Channing Frye New York F 6-11 248 Arizona
Danny Granger Indiana F 6-9 228 New Mexico
Sarunas Jasikevicius Indiana G 6-4 197 Maryland
Chris Paul NOK G 6-0 175 Wake Forest
Nate Robinson New York G 5-9 180 Washington
Charlie Villanueva Toronto F 6-11 240 Connecticut
Deron Williams Utah G 6-3 210 Illinois

Head Coach - Sidney Lowe, Detroit Pistons
Assistant Coach - Elvin Hayes

SOPHOMORE TEAM ROSTER
Player Team Pos. Ht. Wt. School/Country
Luol Deng Chicago G/F 6-9 220 Duke
T.J. Ford Milwaukee G 6-0 165 Texas
Ben Gordon Chicago G 6-3 200 Connecticut
Devin Harris Dallas G 6-3 185 Wisconsin
Dwight Howard Orlando C/F 6-11 265 SW Atlanta Christian Academy
Andre Iguodala Philadelphia F 6-6 207 Arizona
Nenad Krstic New Jersey C 7-0 240 Serbia & Montenegro
Jameer Nelson Orlando G 6-0 190 Saint Joseph's
Andres Nocioni Chicago F 6-7 225 Argentina
*Emeka Okafor Charlotte F/C 6-10 252 Connecticut

Head Coach - Del Harris, Dallas Mavericks
Assistant Coach - Moses Malone

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Xericx

Uhh...not to mention that TJ Ford isn't a sophomore.....

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Dan

well I can't say that I'm surprised, both in that neither have "earned" a spot, but also that they included a 3rd year player instead. I now have officially no interest in watching any of the all star weekend events.

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when will the loss of life end?

That Phelps is a fast mother shut your mouth!...just talking 'bout Phelps!

I'd like to say I made this, but I didn't

Xericx

That rookie-sophomore game is like one long streetball game with fancy passes, crossovers, and dunks.

I'm pissed that we're not able to see Telfair do all of his fancy passing with zero defense or consequence. Would have been fun to watch.

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mook

When was the last time a Blazer participated in any event in the All Star week? was it Sheed as a reserve in the All Star game?

I think it's a sad statement about the direction of our franchise that the answer doesn't immediately pop into my head.

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Dan

I think we stand a good chance at being one of the only, if not THE only team not represented by a player in some manner.

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when will the loss of life end?

That Phelps is a fast mother shut your mouth!...just talking 'bout Phelps!

I'd like to say I made this, but I didn't

Xericx

We've long been snubbed or screwed in the ASG festivities as a franchise for a while. Its all about us being a small market.

DAMN YOU SKY WALKER!!!!

Even with Drexler in his prime, he would get benched a lot by the AS coach...he did have that one game where he put up like 20 pts though.

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hasoos

Weird they put Ford in as what was pointed out up above...Just because Ford sat out a year injured does not make him a sophomore, this is the NBA, this isn't a college where he can be a redshirt job.

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Dan

the NBA did the same thing iirc, with Zydrunas. Maybe that was 'rookie team' instead.

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when will the loss of life end?

That Phelps is a fast mother shut your mouth!...just talking 'bout Phelps!

I'd like to say I made this, but I didn't

Foulzilla

Didn't they do that with Collison also? I seem to remember something about it.

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mook

I'm actually pretty curious about my question. Was it really sheed 6 years ago?

There must've been SOMEBODY since then.

Btw, I don't buy the small market argument. I can't think of another small market who hasn't had at least one guy in an All-Star event in the past few years.

The simple truth is that we've just had a lot of mediocre and bad players, as is reflected in our record.

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RedHot&Rolling

Yes, truth.

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crandc

Sheed was an all star in 2001.

As far as Portland having mediocre and bad players ... from 1993 to 1999 inclusive there were no Blazers on the All Star team. In those years Portland had a winning record every year, went to the playoff every year, went to the WCF in 1999. In all those years Portland was the ONLY team with a winning record and no all star representation. At times teams with losing records would have 1, sometimes 2 all stars ("stars" who lose?) but Portland, never. Among those who could easily have been considered were Rod Strickland, Rasheed Wallace, Kenny Anderson and others.
Yes, a small market has a lot to do with it. Portland players did not get votes from fans and when it came to being chosen by coaches, well, they were also influenced by who they saw on TV all the time.

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