The NBA will release the coaches’ picks for All-Star reserves on Thursday. The biggest debate will be how “good” someone is versus how much they’ve been available to play. johnhollinger debates who might not make the cut ⤵️
Really? I give up. Uncle. I have no great way of distinguishing among these players. If you want to flame me in the comments for not picking your guy, I mean, there’s 15 All-Stars for a 12-man team. Let me try anyway.
First, I can’t leave out Randle when he’s third in the league in minutes and 19th in BPM. This isn’t the fluke 3-point year of two seasons ago either. Sure, he and Siakam might be birds of a feather as high-volume innings-eaters who don’t necessarily scale up to leading-man roles on elite teams, but that latter clause also describes 98 percent of the league. Randle is in.
DeRozan or Siakam? DeRozan has played five more games, his team has been slightly less depressing and, even while hardly ever shooting 3s, he’s been a notch higher efficiency-wise . Apologies to Harden, who hasn’t been healthy enough and hasn’t defended enough ( , Siakam and Holiday, who somehow has only made one All-Star team in the league’s longest-running travesty.
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