« Reply #45 on: November 20, 2017, 04:28:47 PM »
The 13/14 Spurs won the NBA championship and were the only 60+ win team (62). They only had Parker make the all star team.
This notion that the best team has to have multiple all stars is just silly. Sure it happens all the time because the best team is often the best team because they have great players, but it certainly isn't some given.
Again you are coming with examples which are not what I am talking about. The Thunder were 37-11 in 2014 when the all stars were announced. The spurs had a worst record at 37-13. Neither team was dominating the conference.
I am already acknowledged to you that if the Celtics don't have the best record by a substantial margin I don't think we will get extra all-stars. However, we have seen time and time again that when a team is running away with their conference and the all-stars are announced they are rewarded for it. The Hawks from a few years ago are a very clear example of this. Thompson has gotten in when some other players had better numbers than him cause the Warriors were dominating the regular season. This isn't ground breaking and you have picked a strange hill to die on.
You have come up with one example of this from 8 seasons ago where the all star was one of the greatest to ever play the game and was dominating the league. Maybe there is one other time of this in the past 10 seasons
Its extremely uncommon and hardly a silly notion.
The Thunder only had 1 all star that year also. The Spurs had 1 that year. So the two best teams in the West, including the future champion, had 2 all stars between them.
and I'm certainly not suggesting Horford won't make it, I just don't think it is a given. There are a lot of very strong players in the frontcourt in the East, many of which have significantly better numbers than Horford.
Edit: BTW, the 15/16 Cavs only had 1 all star also. They had a 3 game lead on Toronto around the all star announcements towards the end of January. And while 3 games isn't necessarily running away with a conference, everyone knew Cleveland was coming out of the East that year.
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