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Thing is, the hybrid voting (fans, media, players) is ONLY for starters iirc. The reserves are selected exclusively via coach votes. Point taken on Kawhi but I don't think he's beating out some of the other guys for the 3 frontcourt starting spots. If his only path is thru coach votes, I'm not sure they'll value legacy as much as fans would, for example.

I'm a huge Lauri fan and wanted him on an All-NBA team last season, so I'm sorta there with you, but I think he needs Utah to improve in the standings to have a shot to make it (would also be via coach vote on reserves).

Agreed Sengun's likely path is via injury replacement.

Selections are divided between frontcourt and guards. There are 3 starting frontcourt players and 2 starting guards, and these are selected based on a combination of fan votes, player votes, and media votes. There are 7 total reserves, and while there is no limitation on number of frontcourt or guard reserves, reserve selections are based on coach votes, and each coach votes for 2 guards, 3 frontcourt players, and 2 wildcards.

With that in mind, it is likely that 6-7 all star players will be frontcourt and 5-6 all star players will be guards. It could vary from that, but based on the vote allotment, that seems likely. In last year's ASG, for example, the East breakdown of selected players (ignoring injury replacements) was 6 guards and 6 frontcourt players, and the West breakdown of selected players (ignoring injury replacements) was 5 guards and 7 frontcourt players.

With that said, you have to consider not just Cs but all frontcourt players (SFs/PFs). I'd currently have Jokic, AD, Sabonis, KAT, Lebron, Zion, PG, KD, and Sengun as the top 9 contenders for a likely 7 spots. He's probably 8 or 9 right now in that group, so just on the outside looking in. Could definitely make it via injury replacement.

Also, maybe Markkanen gets a look if Utah improves, and maybe BI and Kawhi get a look if they can improve their scoring efficiency.

Him or Barnes, yeah. I'm taking Sengun tho ... he just scores so easily.

This is one of the more competitive regular season games I've seen in the last 5-10 years. IST haters in shambles

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On the other hand SRS has them as the second best team in the West, which tracks with their current record. Lots of teams have been beating up on injured teams so hard to distinguish that way.

Embiid easily due to defense. Love Harden tho.

He's stayed healthy and that should be the goal. No major injuries would be a huge success.

Unrelated but I feel bad for Sochan. He's a good prospect but just isn't a PG. Feel like this experiment could negatively affect his development.

Jalen Green cannot be the next Jordan Poole in terms of contracts. No shot he gets that kind of money, from anyone.

GS commentators are the biggest fkn nerds in all of sports. These guys seriously fkn suck. You'd think they'd be embarrassed by the notoriety but nah they just keep plugging along.

Why would MVP voting take into account whether a player improved or declined from a previous season? If a player put up 100 ppg in one season and then dropped to 80 ppg the next season, he's still almost certainly MVP.

Defending your guy in a he-said/she-said type scenario, one where the truth is dependent on your perspective or otherwise not knowable, is one thing.

This was not that. Dude just straight up mischaracterized the altercation. Just blatantly false statements that are provably false via video evidence. I don't recall that being the norm, but if it is, we need a new norm.