Wearing my homer-glasses, but given how well Perk played in the first round... if he continues on that level and just keeps getting a little bit better (like he has every year he's been in the League), how many centers in the East are better than him? Dwight Howard, of course, but who else? Big Z?
He's not one of the twelve best players in the east.
He's not one of the four best centers in the NBA; I'd put Howard, Yao, Shaq, Big Al, Duncan, and a few others ahead of him.
But, most of the really GOOD centers are still in the West. In the Eastern Conference, who else would you take other than Howard? Brook Lopez? David Lee (who knows where he'll be playing, anyway)
I mean, they'll probably cop out and just bring along another PF, but can't you make a legitimate case that Perk is the second-best pure center in the Eastern Conference and therefore deserves to be considered for the All Star Game?
Hell, if Jamal Magloire can make it, why not our guy?