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Posted by Rob Mahoney on January 28, 2010 under News |

Yahoo’s Adrian Wojnarowski and Marc Spears have unearthed the All-Star reserves, with a few surprises.

Dirk Nowitzki’s exclusion was not one of them. His selection was never even debatable. But the Western Conference reserves will be Chris Paul, Brandon Roy, Nowitzki, Kevin Durant, Pau Gasol, Deron Williams, and and Zach Randolph. Great picks all the way down the line, and particular kudos to the coaches for picking this crop over Denver’s Chauncey Billups. Billups is a fine player, but this just isn’t his year. Plus, I think there’s a very legitimate argument to be made for Tyreke Evans over Chauncey, anyway…but we’ll save that for another day.

In the East, the reserves will be Rajon Rondo, Joe Johnson, Chris Bosh, Gerald Wallace, Al Horford, Paul Pierce, and Derrick Rose. In related news, it really, really sucks to be David Lee right now. He’s doing just about everything humanly possible (ahem, offensively), and still can’t catch a break. Pierce is having an off-year, but his selection was more or less assumed. I just wish we could see Lee and Josh Smith in the game, but no such luck.

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  • Swilsin
    Wins and losses, year after year Chauncey has proven to be a winner, DWill is not better than CHAUNCEY. Detroit's plight since Chauncey left shows all who was running that winning show and now in Denver he does the same. DWill and Chrissy Paul and their loser teams will be at home watching while Chauncey takes his team AGAIN toward the real prize: the NBA Championship.

    Tyreke is overrated on a poor team.

    Robby you sound bitter at Chauncey cuz Denver shredded your Mavs. Well, if they make it, Denver will send them packing/crying again this year too.
  • Brayden
    It was a crowded field, but I'm a little sad to not see Chris Kaman in the mix.
  • @Scomez: All I said was that there is a legitimate argument to be made. But I do think that the race between Chauncey and Tyreke is closer than most people are willing to admit.

    http://www.basketball-referenc...

    Statistically speaking, the two are very close. Similar scoring, similar defensive numbers. Tyreke the superior rebounder, Chauncey the superior distributor. Tyreke the more efficient scorer shooting-wise, Chauncey the superior scorer. I don't think there's a clear, correct choice either way, but Evans has had a stellar season and deserves a place in the conversation.

    And as for the way in which these players score, you're honestly telling me that Billups, king of the unwise pull-up three pointer in transition, is some kind of team deferential martyr? The guy gets his. I'm not saying he's selfish or he's selfless, but he's not somehow holier than Evans.
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