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On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 11:09 AM, petirburung <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Sekali2 kirim berita basket aaaahhhh > > ================================ > Celtics' Allen wants to limit fans' role in All-Star selection > > The Memphis Grizzlies quickly parted ways with Iverson. The Houston Rockets > are trying to trade McGrady. > > Maybe the players can swap stories of their rocky roads while covering each > other at the All-Star game. > > Despite having little to no impact this season, both went into the final > hours of voting in position to start, thanks to loyal fans who still > consider them stars even though their stats say otherwise. > > And with fans showing signs of getting it so wrong, Boston Celtics guard > Ray Allen thinks it's time to limit their influence. The nine-time All-Star > said the fan voting has made the game "watered down" and calls for a change > in the process. > > "I like the fact that the fans get the opportunity to vote and pick who > they'd like to see in the All-Star game, but I don't think it should be 100 > percent," Allen said this week. > > Allen said fans should have 50 percent of the vote, with the other 50 > percent being divided evenly between the media and the players. He said > players know who is playing the best, and believes with his idea, "you'd > look at five guys starting the All-Star team regardless of hype or > highlight." > > The NBA likes things the way they are. > > "We look at it as a great way to engage the fans," NBA spokesman Brian > McIntyre said. "We think it's a good system." > > The NBA went to fan voting for the starters in the mid-70s and this season > made it even more available to its fans by allowing them to vote by text > messaging. Paper balloting has already closed, but votes can be cast until > 11:59 p.m. Monday night on nba.com or by texting a player's last name to > 6-9-6-2-2 (MYNBA). Starters will be announced Thursday night. > > McGrady has a good chance of being passed, as his lead over Steve Nash for > the second guard spot in the Western Conference was only 2,375 votes when > the most recent update was released on Jan. 7. He hasn't been able to > strengthen his case since then, since he'd already been granted a leave from > the Rockets while they try to find a trade. > > He's played sparingly in only six games this season since coming back from > knee surgery, and Allen thinks commissioner David Stern should consider a > rule mandating a player appear in a minimum number of games to be eligible. > > "Tracy, if he played, I'm sure he'd play well enough to be an All-Star > player because he's done that his career," Allen said. "But again, that's > taking away from another player in the Western Conference that's having a > great year, that's been playing, that deserves to be in there." > > Iverson had a better shot of holding on to his No. 2 spot in the East, > leading Vince Carter by more than 185,000 votes. He's listed with West > players on the paper ballot after starting the season in Memphis, but his > votes count in the East since he signed with the Philadelphia 76ers. > > He hasn't played at an All-Star level this season, but fans may be looking > at what he's done in the past. > > "A lot of times voting reflects career achievement as well as yearly > achievements," McIntyre said. > > Allen also mentioned getting the coaches, who pick the reserves, involved > in selecting the starters. Even that may not guarantee the most deserving 10 > players, since coaches could have their own opinions about who belongs in > the All-Star game. > > During Shaquille O'Neal's unproductive, injury-plagued final season in > Miami in 2008, former Knicks coach Isiah Thomas said he planned to vote him > as a reserve anyway, recalling when he played that respected older players > such as Julius Erving still made All-Star teams late in their careers. > > That's why Charlotte coach Larry Brown supports Iverson's election. > > "I've seen Willie Mays and those older guys start based on what they've > done in their career in baseball and we've had that happen in basketball for > years, guys that have made a contribution," Brown said. "That's why the fans > are involved and I think it's kind of neat that they are involved. They > support the league, they vote for their favorite players. I always look at a > guy's body of work." > > That's fine for some, but it means worthy players are going to be left out. > Unlike baseball, which mandates every team be represented in its All-Star > game, the NBA has only 12 spots per conference to fill. > > "You figure if there's 24 players that get named to the All-Star team, > there's always 30 that deserve it, and you figure that's six that should be > on the All-Star team," Allen said. > > Toronto forward Chris Bosh had little chance of starting the game in his > hometown of Dallas, sitting well behind LeBron James and Kevin Garnett > despite a terrific first half. Yet he doesn't want to change the voting > format. > > "It's all about the fans," he said. "It's all about who they want to see > because they generate the dollars, they're going to watch the game, so > they're going to vote for their favorite players and that's probably how it > should be." > > > -- Q Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach<http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/m/marie_von_ebnereschenbac.html> - "Even a stopped clock is right twice a day." [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ HAPUS BAGIAN EMAIL YG TIDAK PERLU SEBELUM ME-REPLY. ========================================================== Milis Tabloid BOLA Untuk KELUAR DARI MILIS INI. Kirim Mail kosong (tanpa subject) ke alamat [email protected] ==========================================================Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bolaml/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bolaml/join (Yahoo! 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