January 29th, 2010 by Chase

The Eastern and Western Conference All-Star Reserves were announced yesterday and course like every season, there are notable players who were snubbed while others should never have made the list. I’m going to leave any arguments concerning the Starters out of this blog post, since you really can’t hold any selective group of people accountable because it’s the fans as a whole who choose the All-Star Starters. So let’s talk about the Reserves that were chosen by the coaches and GM’s around the league. Let’s start with the Eastern Conference.

2010 Eastern All-Star Reserves

1. Rajon Rondo
2. Paul Pierce
3. Chris Bosh
4. Joe Johnson
5. Al Horford
6. Gerald Wallace
7. Derrick Rose

Who Should Have Made It?

1. David Lee
2. Josh Smith
3. Stephen Jackson

Let me start off by saying that New York’s David Lee should have made the team. Over who? You could argue that David Lee has had a better season than Paul Pierce and therefore should be on the team instead. You could even argue that Atlanta’s Josh Smith should have made the team over Pierce considering the type of season he has had. Pierce, as great of a player as he has been, just has not had a great season. With Kevin Garnett expected to skip playing in the All-Star game because of a bad knee, expect one of these 2 players to fill in as his replacement. Now let’s take a look at the Western Conference All-Star Reserves.

2010 Western All-Star Reserves

1. Brandon Roy
2. Chris Paul
3. Deron Williams
4. Dirk Nowitzki
5. Kevin Durant
6. Zach Randolph
7. Pau Gasol

Who Should Have Made It?

1. Chauncey Billups
2. Chris Kaman

Pau Gasol missed 17 games during the first half of the season. How was he chosen to be a reserve? Yes Pau is an All-Star caliber player. But when you miss that many games you shouldn’t be playing in an All-Star game. The Clippers Chris Kaman should have that spot instead. He’s had a better season than Pau statistically. Period. I know the Grizzlies are doing well, and I know Zach Randolph has had a good stat year. But the Denver Nuggets are easily the second best team in the West, and are nothing without their floor leader Chauncey Billups who is having yet another solid NBA season. I think he should be on that list rather than Randolph.

What do you guys think? Who should have made it? Who should not have made it? Also, congrats to Deron Williams for making his first All-Star Appearance. It was long overdue!

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