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Let's play the "Guess which player is an All-Star" game.
Player one is currently averaging 19.2 points and 10.8 rebounds per game on one of the best teams in the West. His true shooting percentage, which takes free throws and threes into account and is therefore better than FG%, is 58.9%. His Player Efficiency Rating is 20.4.
Player two is currently averaging just 15.1 points and 8.2 rebounds per game, but he's on the best team in the West. His true shooting percentage is a robust 60.6%. His PER is 20, and he's an elite defender on one of the league's best defensive teams.
Player three is averaging 20.2 points and 9 rebounds per game, but he's on one of the worst teams in the West. His true shooting percentage is just 53.4% and his PER is just 17.6. He's also a bad defensive player.
Naturally, the NBA selected player three -- Chris Kaman -- over player one (Carlos Boozer) and player two (Andrew Bynum) to replace the injured Brandon Roy in the All-Star game. Wait, nevermind, this makes no sense. No disrespect to Kaman and Clippers fans, but there's no way he's better than Boozer or Bynum.
I guess the NBA couldn't say no to this face.
UPDATE: As Matt Moore of Hardwood Paroxysm and NBC's Pro Basketball Talk blog points out, Memphis' Marc Gasol has a pretty good case as well. Epic fail, NBA.
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He's better than Bynum.
And prettier. No, wait. Not prettier. But still a better player.
"All by their heads, he places crowns."
Matt Prater, pre-2009 season: Despised, lambasted, Josh McDaniels is derided for not replacing him.
Matt Prater, post-2009 season: Loved, praised, everone forgets the time when they called Josh McDaniels an idiot for not replacing him.
by Tempestuous Binary on Feb 10, 2010 7:01 AM EST reply actions
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