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Poll Dancers Tourney Round 2: NBA allstar team Western Conference


Rules:
Only name player in first arguement argue in second and third
Remember fans vote so popularity matters
5 starters and 7 bench
You must have at least 2 differences

Starters:
C- Yao Ming
PF- Tim Duncan
SF- Carlos Boozer
SG- Kobe Bryant
PG- Steve Nash
Bench:
1. Al Jefferson
2. Dirk Nowitzki
3. Chris Kaman
4. Chris Paul
5. Allen Iverson
6. Carmelo Anthony
7. Josh Howard

Thats my team...


This is a good one and a lot of guys out there i've been throwing around. So here is my list.

C-Yao Ming
PF- Tim Duncan
SF- Carmelo Anthony
SG- Kobe Bryant
PG- Steve Nash

Bench:
Dirk Nowitzki
Carlos Boozer
Allen Iverson
Amare Stoudemire
Chris Paul
Josh Howard
Tracy Mcgrady


K, we arent going to argue about bench till our last arguement so lets argue about starters now...
Boozer vs. Anthony
ppg. 25 vs. 25 (tie)
rpg. 12 vs. 7 (Boozer wins)
apg. 3 vs. 4 (Anthony wins)
fg% 56% vs. 45% (Boozer wins)
Overall: Boozer wins 2.5 vs. 1.5
Boozer gets 5 more rebounds per game shoots 10% better fg% and gets only 1 less assist. They are both popular among fans so that won't really matter either. Also fans may want to do something different then electing Anthony every year.


Well one of the main resons I chose Carmelo over Boozer was his ability to shoot three pointers. It adds just a little more of a threat when your forward can throw down a three pointer in the all-star game for the fans. And popularity is just an opinionated part of this throwdown. We both know that there is no way either of us can argue who is more popular. I feel Carmelo is more popular because I'm on the west coast and hear of him a lot more than Boozer.

So with Anthony you have same amount of points, few less rebounds, one more assist, and few less FG%, BUT you have the three point stretch, that's the only reason I chose him over Boozer.


A few less rebounds? Boozer nearly doubles him in rebounds!!! A few less fg%? Boozer has 10% better!!! Neither of those are a few they are a lot! Yes Anthony can hit 3pters but Boozer is a much better dunker, so Boozer can have entertaining dunks just like Anthony can have 3s. Now for benchs.... fans don't vote for the bench so popularity matters a little less.
Stoudamire vs. Kaman- they get about the same amount of points per game but Kaman gets like 6 more rebounds and 1 more block per game than Stoudamire. Those are the stats that really matter for a center adn Kaman kills him in them.
Mcgrady vs. Howard- Once again, they get like the same amount of points, however Howard gets more rebounds and Mcgrady gets more assists. They are pretty even.

So for starters I win and for bench I also win!!!


I just believe the fans will ultimately vote Carmelo over Boozer. He's pretty far behind right now in the votes. I do think Boozer deserves to be on the team, just don't think he'll start.

Stoudemire might get more rebounds, but he also has taken some three's, and has almost 10% better field goal percentage (57.5% to 47.9%) And I don't know about Kaman killing him in overall but again it's opinionated.

As for Howard, I don't know why you put him up against my Mcgrady. I put Howard on the bench with my picks too. Don't know why you are arguing that.

I put Mcgrady instead of your Al Jefferson. Guess you didn't read the list.

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Stoudemire over Kamen
Roy over Howard

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Stoudemire over Kamen


what? no way!

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Yes, Stoudemire over Kaman. In the throwdown, it specifically says that popularity matters. Amare is definitely more popular than Kaman.

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Popularity only matters in the starters. Backups are not decided by the fans.

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yah you only choose starters when you vote

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I may not be able to get back to this so soon cuz im going away for half of today and tommorow so plz don't blame me if I have to forfeit an arguement

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The media voters will put Stoudemire ahead of Kaman as well. Don't forget he was first team all NBA last year and those are the same people picking the All Star bench.

Boozer won't start as he's currently 500,000 votes behind Duncan, Melo & Dirk for the 2 foward spots.

The problem with both your line-ups are Steve Nash. He should absoultely start but since the ballot simply states "Guard", there won't be a point guard in the starting line-up.

Kobe and T-Mac are your starting guards.

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sorry about the Howard vs. Mcgrady thing I didnt see him on your bench

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da masta rips up hokie on boozer, hahaha

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BOOZER ISNT A SF GENUIS

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