The starters for the NBA All-Star Game will be announced on Jan. 22, and when they are, Kobe Bryant will, in all likelihood, get the nod over James Harden. It seems that almost every year there is at least one ridiculous result, and for the second time in a row, Bryant’s election will be it.
Last year, Bryant made it even though he had scarcely played. There was 2011, when Yao Ming got voted in despite having only played five really horrible games in two seasons. Allen Iverson was elected in 2009 and 2010 in spite of putrid numbers.
There’s no point in parsing here. Harden unequivocally deserves the nod over Bryant. So do Chris Paul, Damian Lillard, Klay Thompson, Russell Westbrook and Mike Conley. And that’s where the real issue is. It’s not a problem that Bryant is getting an honor he doesn’t deserve; it’s that other players aren’t getting honors they do deserve.
Usually, the outcry is over how horrible it is the player got in, but we forget about the player who was affected by it. Perhaps that’s because typically the snub getting bumped either isn’t as much of ...
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James Harden, Not Kobe Bryant, Deserves to Be Starter at 2015 NBA All-Star Game
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