Yesterday, the NBA had it’s yearly popularity contest, the “All Star” Game. I’m not sure why they even call it a game…it’s just a bunch of guys running up and down the court shooting 3’s and dunking. Wait a minute, that kinda sounds like the type of game the Warriors play. Surely, the Dubs have to have 2 or 3 players in this type of “game”, right? WRONG. Because of the ridiculous way the players are selected to be on these teams…the Dubs 2 best players had the worst chances of making the team because of prejudice.

To be a member of the team, you need to either be selected by the fans via popular vote or by the head coaches from each team in your conference. There are only 12 players per team.

Baron Davis was robbed this season…probably because Coaches Karl (TEAM USA) and Scott (New Orleans) remember a Baron that we in the Bay Area are probably not familiar with. And Stephen Jackson, well he will never get the benefit of the doubt. At least not yet, but if he maintains his positive attitude, that may change.

This years All Star team selection was a slap in the face to all Bay Area basketball fans, who have remained faithful with their team through THE worst years that ANY NBA franchise has EVER had to go through. And to have an All Star team starter whose team has only won 9 games this year and to play the All Star game in a city that can barely get 15,000 fans to a game when their team leads the entire conference. What a joke.

So instead of watching the stupid game, I spent the Sunday afternoon dreaming about Hawaii which is about 6 months away.

jm
The Editor