POLL: Off-Season Brain-Teaser
by lazNirv on Aug 1, 2009 10:10 AM PDT
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PrintAlthough NBA rosters are still being firmed-up for the coming season, we are now in the doldrums of the doldrums of the offseason and I have a little brain-teaser for all y’all to keep your NBA analyst skills sharp.
In 2009 Yao Ming was the starting center for the Western Conference All-Star Team and Shaquille O’Neal was the back-up center. Unfortunately, Yao is out for the season and Shaq has been traded to the Eastern Conference Cavaliers. So I want all you brainiac’s out there to tell us who will be the STARTING center for the 2010 Western Conference All-Star Team.
Below I’ve listed the teams in order of their 2009 finish along with names of their centers. I’m not familiar with all the rosters so forgive me if I listed the wrong person(s). Just leave a comment and I’ll try to update it if needed. And I did combine some of the non-playoff teams to shorten the poll. Good luck because I haven’t been able to figure it out myself yet.
Please note: The poll question is NOT “who is the best center in the west?” (If you want to discuss that in the comments, feel free.) I specifically asked about starting in the all-star game which is based on fan voting. So it involves some interesting wrinkles beyond just ability like popularity, small-market vs. big-market, etc.
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andrew bynum...oh boy
i voted for him…but honestly its tight. al jefferson is REALLY good as well. but if bynum can play like he did last year before his injury (that one month he basically dominated) then he will get in. also lets not forget he is in LA
I love Bynum, but Al Jefferson is the cream of that crop.
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knowing the nba however they are going to move duncan, or stoudamire to the center position so that both duncan, nowistki can start for the west lol
the WCF allstars next year will be
CP3, Kobe, Carmelo, Nowtiski, Duncan
bench: Dwill, Billups/Nash/Parker (whichever one isnt injured lol), Roy, Durant, Artest, Pau, and Stoudamire.
If they don’t let duncan be a center, either jefferson or bynum. The lakers could potentially have 4 all stars this year in that scenario.
Duncan or Gasol will get moved to center probably
Los Angeles Lakers 2009-2010 Western Conference Chumps
not many solid choices
I’m not sure Jefferson is even a C. And let’s not forget, Yao will most likely be voted the starter, regardless of his injury. In every sport, All-Star fan votes usually select the most popular players, regardless of production. Some people won’t even realize Yao is injured. Maybe the NBA will do us all a favor and leave him off the ballot? Probably wishful thinking.
If Yao remains, and get’s voted, then most likely selected to “start” will be Duncan. If Yao is off this list, then Bynum might win, but Jefferson, if listed as Center, might instead.
"The problem actually is that PER is a extra-long, double high wagon load of horse crap." - timbo (7/3/09)
Jefferson is a PF that plays out of position and I've come around to the idea that Pau's best position is C...
So, ironically, both those guys could make the team “out of position”…
"A bizarre and extremely rare hybrid Blazer/Laker fan, Timbo has always struggled to contain the Beast Within, like Dr. Jekyll, Bruce Banner, or Ted Kennedy." — Miled Animal
AJ is usually on their as a center
But he has gotten zero love in recent votes
Los Angeles Lakers 2009-2010 Western Conference Chumps
hahha well its not really fair that yao get all of chinas 3 billion people voting for him online lol
By the way, there are ~1.3 billion people in China (1,338,612,968 – July 2009 est.) From CIA World Factbook
During the Olympics they said that there are more people who play basketball in China than the entire population of the US – ~300 million plus.
LA is big and nobody from the list is decisively better than the others..
If Tim Duncan gets listed as a Center, it will be him.
"A bizarre and extremely rare hybrid Blazer/Laker fan, Timbo has always struggled to contain the Beast Within, like Dr. Jekyll, Bruce Banner, or Ted Kennedy." — Miled Animal
AL JEFFERSON
He is seriously underrated. Watch some clips of him; he’s like Hakeem with his ball fakes and footwork. Although the All-Star contest is a popularity contest, so Bynum would have an edge …
Still, Bynum and Okafor (playing with CP3 should give him All-Star stats) would deserve to come behind Jefferson, with Greg Oden as a dark-horse candidate if he finally has his breakout year.
AJ plays C though because Love is the PF
His minutes have swung from PF to C slightly more in each of his NBA seasons.
Los Angeles Lakers 2009-2010 Western Conference Chumps
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