Tatum is an All Star; Brown Isn't

[Moranis]

Congrats to him for making all star reserve. Only Celtic

[seancally]

Might still end up as a starter if Durant is out, potentially?

[Celtics2021]

Might still end up as a starter if Durant is out, potentially?

Certainly possible.

[celticsclay]

Feels like a lot of players may end up being out. Sad matter allen didn’t make it.

[Roy H.]

No JB, at least for now.  We'll see how many injury replacements there are.

[Celtics2021]

No JB, at least for now.  We'll see how many injury replacements there are.

So far just replacements for Durant and Draymond Green will be needed, so one from each conference.

[18isGREATERthan72]

JB individually probably deserves to be an all star, but the Celtics as an organization don't deserve both with how they've performed so far.

[RJ87]

Might still end up as a starter if Durant is out, potentially?

I think Lamelo is next in line, after that I would lean towards Jarrett Allen.

[Who]

A bit surprised Garland and VanVleet both made it. They already have Trae Young. Three little PGs. There is only so much court time to go around. I thought they'd take 1 of 2 rather than both.

East's bench has no big men. Guards and forwards. I wonder if that will swing things the way of Jarrett Allen or Sabonis or a Mobley as an injury replacement over another wing like Jaylen Brown.

[RJ87]

A bit surprised Garland and VanVleet both made it. They already have Trae Young. Three little PGs. There is only so much court time to go around. I thought they'd take 1 of 2 rather than both.

East's bench has no big men. Guards and forwards. I wonder if that will swing things the way of Jarrett Allen or Sabonis or a Mobley as an injury replacement over another wing like Jaylen Brown.

Really? Garland was a no-brainer to me. Cleveland is having an unexpectedly competitive season and he's been the guy tying it all together for them.

[LilRip]

A bit surprised Garland and VanVleet both made it. They already have Trae Young. Three little PGs. There is only so much court time to go around. I thought they'd take 1 of 2 rather than both.

East's bench has no big men. Guards and forwards. I wonder if that will swing things the way of Jarrett Allen or Sabonis or a Mobley as an injury replacement over another wing like Jaylen Brown.

Not sure I understand this take. Especially since the captains will draft their teams so it’s not like it’ll be East vs West

If another player gets picked over JB (like Jarrett Allen), it’ll be because they deserved it rather than for roster balance reasons

[Moranis]

I assume when James or Durant takes Jokic/Embiid, the other will take the other big guy withm their next pick.  I mean you almost have to, don't you, or you are going to be stuck with Gobert and/or Towns as your centers and that would be disastrous. 

[trickybilly]

Didn't JB have some salary incentives for making all-star?

He should be p---ed.

Does this hurt his trade value one iota though? Not sure.

It's been funny watching Marcus try to "fire up" Jaylen, yelling at him after big plays (e.g. after Marcus's big transition block on Oubre Jr.), and Jaylen just walking away, not looking at him, uninterested. Marcus is so naturally expressive, and Jaylen is so stoic. Have you ever seen Jaylen complain about a call for more than a half second of a pained face look? There is something almost creepy about the guy (like Roger Federer creepy).

Anyway, I hope to see him at least play out the year... it's obvious we are not winning the chip (unless Rob takes another leap, Nesmith or Romeo become sudden all-stars, and Grant learns an elite post up game), but let's see what damage this group can do in the playoffs, and then make trades in June.

[Who]

A bit surprised Garland and VanVleet both made it. They already have Trae Young. Three little PGs. There is only so much court time to go around. I thought they'd take 1 of 2 rather than both.

East's bench has no big men. Guards and forwards. I wonder if that will swing things the way of Jarrett Allen or Sabonis or a Mobley as an injury replacement over another wing like Jaylen Brown.

Not sure I understand this take. Especially since the captains will draft their teams so it’s not like it’ll be East vs West

If another player gets picked over JB (like Jarrett Allen), it’ll be because they deserved it rather than for roster balance reasons

Yeah, maybe roster balance doesn't matter anymore with how captains pick the teams. You're probably right.

[keevsnick]

Some possibilities for the injury replacement:

Bam- Hasn't played enough at only 27 games.
Jaylen- Not giving a second to a 9th place team
Siakam- Not giving a second to an 8th place team
Holiday- Not giving a third to the fourth place team. Although he should have made it over Middleton.
Sabonis- His team is truly awful this year at 19-34. There are no other all star's from teams out of the play in.
Beal- Hasn't been good enough this year, team out of play-in.

I think that leaves it between Jarret Allen and Lamelo Ball for the final spot. It will probably be Lamelo since if Atl, Bos and Tor all in the play in get one Cha probably should too. Although Allen is a frontcourt guy and the guy they are replacing is a front court guy.

Notice how I just made an all star argument many people agree with despite never mentioning the players actual level of play. Thats kind of dumb in my opinion (it leads to stuff like Kyle Korver and Jeff Teague making the 2015 team happen). But that is usually how it works at least to some extent. They should just expand the all-star game to 15 guys, the league has grown in size since the 12 man limit was last set.

I think Jaylen will make it if a second guy drops out.