Who Are You Surprised About Not making the ASG As a Reserve?

[straightouttabahstun]

I'm only focusing on the reserves because that's where people who actually spend tons of time in basketball make the decisions. Lot of people seem upset guys like Kemba and Lillard didn't make it. Thoughts? Anyone get thrown off at all?

[manl_lui]

Jeremy Lin, not that I think he is an all-star but he had more votes than IT4. But can someone confirm this - starters are voted by the fans, and reserves are by coaches?

[number_n9ne]

I don't like the Wall over Walker pick. Kemba has put that team on his back and carried them into playoff contention. Wall is a quitter. He gave up on every turn over last time he played the C's.

And I love Lillard, he's definitely a star player. Portland is my favorite team out west and it seems like he's snubbed every year. But at the same time, the guards out west are so good that it actually is a tough decision. Westbrook, Curry, Harden, Paul, and Thompson are all actually more worthy.

[number_n9ne]

starters are voted by the fans, and reserves are by coaches?

This is correct. Which a lot of people have an issue with, myself included, because then it becomes more about name recognition then actual talent. You get hurt players like Irving almost making the starters even though he's hardly played and Kobe who's putting up awful stats but is super popular. Or even guys like Lin and Zaza who just have large fan bases campaigning for them even though they are far from stars.