Comments on: Devin Harris is not on the All Star Ballot ?

By: Herb Hays

Herb Hays — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 20:25:25 +0000

Not only are Harris and Diop not on the ballot, but if you try to add them in he write-in votes, it completely ignores the vote. I have written four times about it and get no response. What a rip!

By: sam knight

sam knight — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 03:00:06 +0000

Seriously?
You are a homer, and i have to respect that, i mean if you didn\'t bring up the argument, who would?
Best Defensive point guard, none ring a bell so let me look on the NumBA.com site:
J-kidd (old man, maybe, but you can\'t post him up, so what he can\'t hit a jumper when it counts)
Willie green ( from philly, yes he is a real person, look him up)
Eric snow ( i mean what else does he do, except play D. He is actually a horrible basketball player and always has been. You can\'t hit a jumper and your in the league, this guy must have a velvet tongue, \"your right coach, I keep telling that. Can i start?\"
Jamaal Tinsley: very underrated, and has good footwork and hands, but mostly is just a caggy veteran with a few tricks up his sleeve.
Derron Williams: best defender at his position. He got some rough calls because he was a rookie and the refs didn\'t take it easy on him (you all about this!!), but size, speed, and skill this kid is the truth.
Josh childress: he sucks but i thought it would be funny to throw him in.

Obviously there are guys like marquis daniels ( your old friend) who can cover the point and do a pretty good job at it, but i think that this list pretty much says it all.
Devon is a pretty good defender, but seriously
(like i said above, in case you don\'t find it funny, say it an al gore voice and if that doesn\'t work say \"i\'m super serial\" (also in an Al gore voice, if this reference doesn\'t catch you watch south park\'s ManBearPig episode, or just youtube it)
--it\'s hilarious.
\"super seriously\"
I could post up Devin Harris, don\'t belive me next time your in Miami, give me a chance, the kid weighs less than the last dump I took, toilet water not included.
I like Devin\'s game he has a great jump shot and is a decent scorer (which he proved in college, Wisconsin I think, i watched him put up nice numbers he was thier main scorer)
Which tells me he has great work ethic he developed his game as a scorer and now on a team where scoring is not a problem he has adapted and found a place for himself, which is great.
But i would not pick him for the all star game no he dosn\'t deserve to be on the ballot he needs to prove his value on the team a little more before he gets mentioned among the leagues elite players.
And you know this

By: Ben

Ben — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 22:47:34 +0000

Better defensive point\'s:

Jason Kidd
Rajon Rondo
Maybe Chris Duhon

That being said, why is anyone left off of the all-star ballot? Shouldn\'t all players be in the running?

By: Chad

Chad — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 20:44:53 +0000

It\’s not like he\’d be voted on anyways, so it really doesn\’t matter.

By: Steve

Steve — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 19:28:57 +0000

Devin Harris should have been on the ballot. Michael Finley should have been left off instead. Chris Wilcox of Seattle is a bigger snub.

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 13:21:38 +0000

I agree that Devin Harris is one of the best up and coming point guards in the league and he deserves to be at least on the ballot… but the allstar game is all about \”me not we\” despite what the NBA commercials try to say.

By: Devon Ellington

Devon Ellington — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 19:52:14 +0000

I\’m a thoroughbred racing and hockey writer (and fanatic — nice I can get paid for my passion). I\’m not up on how it works in your sport, but the hockey ballots never cease to amaze me — mostly in who\’s left off.

I generally get the feeling it\’s done by who the ubiquitous \”They\” believe will sell the most tickets, not who\’s the best player, or which group of great players would have the best chemistry.

By: John Newberry

John Newberry — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 17:50:17 +0000

Their\’s always next year.

By: Dave

Dave — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 11:38:02 +0000

Jeff,

Mark said the All-star ballot and not the all-star team. You forgot to make an argument on why he shouldn\'t be on the ballot. I guess because there is none.

Mark,

The all-star ballot is always 1 or 2 years back in time. If you would remember Magic Johnson made the all-star team when he wasn\'t even activly playing. (Then he decided to play) I don\'t that the media should be able to decide who is on the ballot, but instaed give the individual owners a choice in putting 5 players on the ballot instead. The remaining players should be voted in by the people.

But lets just hope Devin will justify being left off the ballot with a ring. I think he would enjoy that scenerio than any individual recognition.

By: jeff

jeff — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 20:53:36 +0000

I hate to break it to you Mark, but Devin is not an all-star at the point guard position. Yes, he is a really good defender, however there are many points who are just flat out better then him. He is an ok shooter, an ok distributer of the ball, and an ok finisher/scorer. In the all-star game I want to see great in front of all of those verbs! In other words he is no Stevie Nash!