Finally – Ray Allen Suggests All-Star Voting Is A Joke

Brandon Cohen — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 15:53:33 +0000

After many, many years of complaining to my peers about how dumb the NBA all-star voting is (to which most reply, “you still watch the NBA”), Celtics guard and 9 time all-star, Ray Allen has come out and said it himself. “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”.

The big issue is that Tracy McGrady and Allen Iverson are currently holding two spots according to fan voting when neither one deserves to play in the game. Tracy McGrady has played 46 minutes this season and Allen Iverson is having a less than mediocure season with the Sixers.

“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.”

Couldn’t have said it better myself Ray. All-Star games should be an honor and privledge, not who can sell the most jerseys or gets the most press. So someone like Steve Nash or Chris Paul doesn’t get to start the All-Star game because Tracy McGrady’s 46 total minutes this year gain him international stardom. I’m a fan of McGrady, don’t get me wrong, but this system has huge issues. This isn’t about honoring the best players in the NBA anymore. How can you factor hall of fame thoughts or rememberences of a player on all-star appearences when they are a joke.

The NBA needs to fix this to a system that allows coaches and players to get 50% of the voting to ensure that the fans are picking the correct players. And it needs to be dones ASAP.

Iverson Returns To Sixers

Brandon Cohen — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 02:51:39 +0000

After retiring for about a week, Allen Iverson has resigned with the Philadephia 76ers. I can say this is a great move for everyone. The Sixers are only 5-13 to start the season, even though that isn’t bad in the east unfortunately. Iverson will not just provide help to a team that can use the scoring and someone that can handle the ball, it also should increase ticket sales as well. Philly loves Iverson, there is no question about it. He brought the team back to the top of the NBA and even to a finals in 2001, also winning the NBA MVP that year. Its great to see a team reunite with a player who will most likely get their jersey retired and also should go into the hall of fame with that team. Playing 10 seasons with the Sixers, “The Answer” was a 7 time All-Star, won four scoring titles and two All-Star Game MVPs.

Now, the big question is can Iverson help Philly enough to get them in the playoffs? In the east, the answer is yes. Now you have a line up that looks like this… Iverson (career average of 27ppg), Andre Iguodala, Thaddeus Young, Elton Brand, and Samuel Dalembert. That is a pretty decent lineup for the east. Not saying they can winning the Eastern Conference, but being that they are 5-13 and only 2.5 games out of the playoffs, I would say they can at least being looking at some games in June.

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Finally – Ray Allen Suggests All-Star Voting Is A Joke

Iverson Returns To Sixers