Feb.1 at 10:53 pm

Mike says:
Carter and Kidd…All-Star game Co-MVP’s, oh and FIRST!!

Feb.1 at 10:54 pm

Will Lee says:
oh are you guys playing the first to reply game here?

Feb.1 at 10:54 pm

Will Lee says:
damn

Feb.1 at 10:56 pm

Herfdawg says:
Sure are…

Feb.1 at 11:00 pm

mavs-cavs fan says:
im glad ur supporting josh howard sam he definitly should make it. although tony parker on the reserves… idk i can think of more dserving players like zach randolph who is the only player avergaing 25 (or really close to) and 10

Feb.1 at 11:00 pm

Russ Bengtson says:
No Bulls and no Michael Redd—but two Nets, repping an under-.500 team. Yeah, and who needs the League’s leading scorer? Let’s invite his teammate instead, who’s been in the Western Conference for approximately 13 minutes. The NBA sucks.

Feb.1 at 11:01 pm

Ang says:
Stern chose Spree to be an all-star when one of the East players went down. I wouldn’t be surprised if he chose Melo.

Feb.1 at 11:02 pm

Tim Dennis says:
Josh Howard Deserves the spot and Melo must be the only player averaging over 30 to not be a allstar ever but its good to see dwight get in

Feb.1 at 11:03 pm

clapzilla says:
As A Nuggets Fan I Feel Completely Disrespected By The West Coaches. You’re Telling Me That Allen Iverson Being Allen Iverson Is More Important Than Anything Melo Has Done For Our Franchise The Past Four Years. Iverson Is Our First All-Star Since McDyess, Not Melo? You’re Snubbing Melo For A Third Time? A Third F*cking Time. Three Times You’ve Not Chosen The Same Deserving Player. But Iverson Is Iverson, Bow Down To Him. Tony Parker More Deserving Than Melo? Three Suns Before Melo? People Will Drop This ‘Cause Melo’s Going Anyways, But It’s Still A Huge Insult To Any Nugget Fan.

Feb.1 at 11:15 pm

Boing Dynasty says:
I Love This Game.

Feb.1 at 11:25 pm

MM says:
I cant wait to watch Kidd and Nash running these two squads…sh*t is gonna be crazy

Feb.1 at 11:26 pm

Tom says:
No offense to Caron butler, cause he’s good, but how does he get picked over Joe Johnson?

Feb.1 at 11:58 pm

Matt says:
As if 15 games wasn’t enough. Give the poor kid a break, he should be there.

Feb.1 at 11:58 pm

Cheez says:
please tell me I wasn’t the only one who heard magic make up the word “repitation” tonight! I think he was either trying to say reputation or repetition in regards to chauncey and vince getting picked off of past success… thankfully, I was still chuckling from that when I saw Josh Howard didn’t make it cause I probably would have broke something!

Feb.1 at 11:59 pm

Sparker says:
the all-star game is starting to look like an exclusive old boys club. no way both rip and chauncey deserve to be there over j johnson. and what about l deng? i could have done without j o’neal or even vince. no melo or j ho is just plain stupid.

Feb.2 at 12:07 am

Coooonnnnor says:
THIS IS F*CKIN B*LLSH*T MELO IS THE GOD DAMN LEADING SCORER IN THE N-B-FREAKIN-A I HAVE LOST ALL RESPECT FOR THIS LEAGUE AND ITS COACHES…IF THE LEADING SCORER IN THE NBA ISNT AN ALL STAR THEN WHO SHOULD BE??!!

Feb.2 at 12:08 am

Dblizzy! says:
Josh Howard is good, but he’s not all star material yet. And if you didn’t see Melo not making it, you haven’t been watchin the NBA. The new NBA motto is “Image is everything” and brawl-instigating sucker punchers will not be rewarded, even if they are averaging 31 ppg. And I doubt Stern will make him an injury replacement, but if he does, Melo should tell Sternbot to kiss his ass! But that wouldn’t really help I suppose.

Feb.2 at 12:27 am

true says:
No Melo. LIFE IS SO UNFAIR !!!!!!

Feb.2 at 12:59 am

thesubwayconnection says:
BULLSHIT. Melo needs to be there. Someone needs to step up and say, “I’ll give up my spot for him.” Iverson, perhaps? Of course, it won’t happen. But it should. AI is AI, but it would go a long way to that “chemistry” thing, even if Melo doesn’t accept.

Feb.2 at 1:09 am

Drolfe says:
Relax guy, like Sam said, he’ll make it as a replacement for The Booze Hound.

Feb.2 at 1:11 am

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Feb.2 at 1:29 am

Chief says:
Yeah if Melo doesn’t make it, I just want David Stern to know that I am sharpening my Tomahawk.
“play wit it” (slaps self)

Feb.2 at 2:01 am

kingstuffs says:
melo not being a allstr is bullllshhytttt
but we r all sayin that…
u cant really bang on ai for being a allstr
he would hav been a strter if he was stll in the east so iether way he gets in until he retires *cof* SHAQ *cof* OR if he does really bad one yeer…wich i dont see hapenning
o and the west is HELLA stacked

Feb.2 at 2:15 am

Gord says:
I hope that Melo gets an invite from Stern then tells him to shove it…the man should make the game from all he’s done this season, not charity because someone’s injured. The man was a legit MVP candidate before the suspension and who knows, if that hadn’t happened chances are AI wouldn’t have gone to Denver and Melo could have won it! I HATE YOU NATE ROBINSON!

Feb.2 at 2:28 am

Casey says:
Maybe I’m the only one, but where the fuh is Joe Johnson on the all star squad? He’s averaging 25 4 and 4 while shooting 48 percent from the field! Also, how the hell is Steve Nash not starting?! You’d think after two MVPs he wouldn’t have to worry about name recognition. 99% of what all star voting is all about.

Feb.2 at 2:37 am

Mehmet says:
Someone should give up his spot for him? That’s BS. Look, Melo’s suspension is the main reason that the Nuggets are struggling right now. They’re barely holding on the 7th spot, they lost 4 straight. He f—-d up the first half of the season for his team, I don’t care if he scores 50 ppg. I don’t care if a guy doesn’t get rewarded for that. There are already many All-Star worthy guys in the West.

Feb.2 at 2:40 am

Brad M says:
Josh Howard deserves sh*t all. There must be some award for most overrated player ever by you guys at SLAM. I guess he’d be runner up to Bassy Telfair, but still, there’s only one Howard deserving of the allstart gam. West extras: ‘Melo and Elton Brand, don’t hate on him either. Joe Johnson is more deserving of an All-Star spot than Carter, O’Neal and Butler, but i can let that slide for the moment

Feb.2 at 2:58 am

Blinguo says:
Commish better pick Melo and Baron Davis, Tony Parker isn’t having that great a year and he’s in? Terrible. But the upside is that Melo and BDiddy could have that chip on their shoulder that gives them a push into the postseason.

Feb.2 at 3:43 am

Mike says:
How the hell is joe johnson more deserving than carter?? Vinces numbers are better in every category and his team has more wins, wheres the logic?

Feb.2 at 3:45 am

Mike says:
The only snub that should be talked about right now is how Pat Burke didnt make the team. All this talk about Nash, Amare, and Marion. Phhhh, im pretty sure everyone knows that P-Burke is the one holding that shit together.

Feb.2 at 3:45 am

snyper 48 says:
“But the upside is that Melo and BDiddy could have that chip on their shoulder that gives them a push into the postseason.” Right on point B. Melo now have the opportunity to show what he is really made of, those are times that can turn good players into great players,the ball is in your hands Melo my man.

Feb.2 at 3:46 am

Karma says:
I think the NBA has taken over the “No Fun League” from the NFL, considering someone(merriman) who was suspended for cheating/steroids can still be named to the probowl and almost get defensive POY where as someone(melo) doesn’t get rewarded for his play by the coaches…I don’t really have a problem with him being left off considering he has 0 double doubles and gets a lot of his points from leaking out and the time he missed…

Feb.2 at 3:53 am

sharky says:
wat a load of fukin bullshit, leading scorer in the league and he still doesnt get a fukin all star spot.WHY? FUK THAT SHIT

Feb.2 at 4:26 am

FL1P says:
I really hope Melo tells stern to go f himself. i wouldn’t go there if i was melo. that would be cool.

Feb.2 at 4:31 am

5Dimes says:
If Stern doesn’t pick Melo, he better just pick Robert Swift.

Feb.2 at 5:37 am

abelp says:
carmelo shoudlve been an allstar 3 years ago!!!!!! i still cant believe my lakers traded all star caron butler for that moron kwame brown….

Feb.2 at 5:40 am

Gilbert0 says:
When Melo punched someone, ran off like a bitch and got a 15 game suspension he gave the coaches an excuse not to pick him. He cost his team a fifth of their season with out its best player. I think no suspension, he makes it no doubt, but in a loaded western conference his actions made it easy for the coaches to justify not picking him. Its not liek he was injured. This is purely his own fault. The all star game sucks anyway. Billups AND rip? bullshite

Feb.2 at 7:41 am

Ned says:
Aside from the Obvious Carmelo Carnage… Eastwise there have obviously been some omissions as well. Whats the current injury situations on the east… Rip Hamilton over Joe Johnson?
Neither Ben Gordon, nor Luol Deng? Luol has been having a silly season.
Michael Redd etc…
But to be honest if you have coaches like Isiah Thomas just choosing players because they are from their old team, rather than on merit we shouldn’t really be suprised…

Feb.2 at 7:57 am

Boyd says:
Why in f*cks-name is Tony parker on the all-star team?! 19 and 5, SO WHAT?! Melo is a bit of a dick, i’ll concede that, but he probably deserves to be on the squad more than Iverson, let alone Tony haw-he-haw Parker. As far as Josh Howard goes, he just aint good enough, sorry. I know his team has a great record and all, but in ‘96, the Bulls had a record of 42-5 at the break, and only sent MJ and Pippen; Rodman Kukoc et al didn’t deserve a look in just because they were the next best players on the team with the best record. By the sane logic, how in the HELL did Detroit get 4 in there last year? Who cares, just play Nash, Iverson, Kobe, Marion and Stoudemire as a much improved version of the near unstoppable Suns, forget the stiffs on the bench, give J-Kidd a running squad on the other side and that 161-157 OT game becomes a 181-175 all-star game. Happy days.

Feb.2 at 8:17 am

stevep says:
Melo gets in as an injury replacement no doubt… Well the Eddy Curry for All Star campaign didnt really seem to work… As for Parker the only reason he got in was so Eva Longoria would be waving from the stands… Whats up with people criticising AI making the team and yet Shaq gets a free pass? It was sad seeing him get stuffed by the rim on that dunk attempt tonight…

Feb.2 at 8:46 am

DeMarco says:
Echoing what Ned typed a bit earlier: There’s no way in hell Rip Hamilton deserves an all-star selection over Joe Johnson. Dude is killin’ it EVERY night. I see you #2!

Feb.2 at 8:48 am

Ryan Jones says:
Best part was somebody on tv last night saying Melo’s ASG exclusion MIGHT have been caused by the fight at the Garden. Yes, “might.”

Feb.2 at 9:10 am

James says:
I wonder where the limit is here, the threshhold. 31.2 points and 5.7 boards a game isn’t good enough, apparently. What if it was 35 and 10? 40 and 10? Would that make him worthy? What more does he have to do? A triple double with 50 points, 20 boards, 20 assists? If that doesn’t cut it add 10 blocks a game to that. Where’s the threshold Stern? I would accept this if the coaches and commish called a press conference and stated that achievement isn’t a criteria for choosing players for the ASG. Then the world would make sense to me.

Feb.2 at 10:19 am

Sam Rubenstein says:
The difference between people that are commenting on this post and NBA coaches is that YOUR opinions are being made public. I would love to see which coaches voted (or didn’t vote) for whom.

Feb.2 at 10:22 am

next says:
parker could be left off for melo. he’s playing nice, and their team’s 3rd in the league, but still, it’s possible. but 3 suns and only 1 mav? your numbers are so inflated when you play in phx that 1 of em could easily be left off to make room for melo. luckily, melo will still get in, but not the way he shoulda.

Feb.2 at 10:47 am

next says:
btw, they said on tnt, ZERO double-doubles? melo’s 6′8, well built, great ups, and he can’t get a double double? very odd, but he still shoulda been all-star. and i hold against him not the punch itself but the fact that he ran like a bitch afterwards. you’re not gonna vote someone like that in to start.

Feb.2 at 11:32 am

Shiz says:
The only reason Tony “The French Riviera” Parker made it was so that we get the chance to see Ms. Eva “Joumanna’s my hero” Longoria in a super tight, super sexy red Western All Star jersey…how do say “damn thats a bad bitch” in french?

Feb.2 at 11:48 am

Dblizzy! says:
Shiz it’s something like “We we voulez-vouz bitch” I’m glad Caron Butler made it though, that boy is nice.

Feb.2 at 12:13 pm

canadian_baller1867 says:
Granted, Michael Redd hasn’t seen action since the beginning of January, but doesn’t 57 points at least deserve a mention?!

Feb.2 at 1:00 pm

Coooonnnnor says:
k who the f*ck wants to start a god damn petition to put MELO in the f’n allstar game… this shit is unbeliveable
its not like hes averaging 31-0-0 hes doin 31-6-5…i lost all respect for NBA coaches if the leading scorer in the nba isnt in the all star game then who should be???!!! STERN if you dont put melo in the asg i swear to god….

Feb.2 at 1:17 pm

Myung says:
Melo will make the All Star team. Unless someone in the East suffers a serious injury, Joe Johnson won’t. Sigh. Eastern Coaches, don’t give me that “the record matters” BS. If that were the case, Chris Bosh wouldn’t have made the team last season. Be consistent. Idiots.

Feb.2 at 1:37 pm

Chris says:
30+ ppg speaks for itself, but did any other all star reserve miss more games than melo? I think part the definition of being an all-star is playing in most of your teams games (unless you’re shaq this year, or yao ming, or grant hill a couple of years ago, but fans voted those guys in) Also JJ is definately an all-star talent, but I think the coaches reward winning, which explains why Billups and Rip are all-stars this year, and damn near the whole pistons team were all-stars last year.

Feb.2 at 1:54 pm

Myung says:
Good points, Chris…but like I wrote above, Chris Bosh was on the All Star team last year. I’ve been watching All Star games since the late 80’s…and there have been plenty of guys who’ve made it on stats alone (though I agree that for the most part, they DO tend to lean towards guys from teams with winning records). I mean, it’s nothing to get worked up over since there are snubs every year. I just get a little bit more upset about reserves than starters because you can’t really blame the fans for voting for Shaq or Yao or T-Mac… but you’d think the coaches would be a little more discerning (and consistent). Oh well. Life goes on…

Feb.2 at 2:03 pm

next says:
myung, i think we can play the fans somewhat. they have the ability to vote in all-stars who might not deserve it, thus taking away one spot on the roster. also, i’m assuming coaches vote based a lot on what they’ve experienced in playing against teams. the west might not think highly on many east all-star level talents, and you only play em maybe once so far. you’re gonna base your vote on the rep of a guy from before, which still seems unfair.

Feb.2 at 2:06 pm

B.E.P. says:
k melo got snubbed. Picking rip and chauncey over JJ or Redd doesn’t make much sense either. Shaq even being on the all-star roster is ridiculous, let alone starting?…I’m not even going to comment on that anyway. O yah, fuck vince.

Feb.2 at 2:28 pm

albie1kenobi says:
i thought each conference’s reserves are voted in by only that conference’s coaches. but either way the selection is the most bizarre in years.

Feb.2 at 2:33 pm

Galo says:
as someone said, iverson is Iverson, so. Its like saying MJ shouldnt be on those all-stars on his late years. You knew he had it (still). Now i cant dump Parker, this kid is awsome. He’s like a tiny, classy copy of Iverson and Kidd put together. But you got to get Melo in there…i dont know how, but you got to. Maybe dump Marion. Or if kevin garnett wasnt gonna play SF he could have a chance. life is unfair…

Feb.2 at 4:00 pm

Myung says:
next, like albie said (btw, what’s up albie…i definitely need to get back on this site more than i’ve been doing lately…a quick shout out to all the “regulars” who i used to talk hoops with a few months ago), it’s the conference coaches. the east votes for the east; the west votes for the west. i know i’m biased because i’m a hawks fan, but joe got straight robbed. but whatever. the hawks haven’t earned the right to gripe since they’ve sucked for so long. i’ll vent today, but it’s not worth getting upset over. snubs happen all the time.

Feb.2 at 4:10 pm

Michael says:
What about Deron Williams he’s having a better year than Tony Parker.

Feb.2 at 4:32 pm

Casey says:
I’m not saying Joe Johnson deserves to be on the all star squad over V.C. Vince’s numbers are nice (although I can’t really stomach the dude) but JJ deserves a spot on there somewhere. Also, once again, how is Steve Nash not starting?!

Feb.2 at 4:35 pm

albie1kenobi says:
i haven’t been around much either, Myung. work’s been effing hectic. i didn’t even have time to go online.
anyway, just puzzled on the whole selection. it didn’t seem to have any sort of guideline or consistency (i suppose the coaches are following the league office’s example). i have JJ in my fantasy lineup so i’ve been rooting for him too (not that being picked as all-star would give me any points), but i thought he’s been doing a pretty good job leading the hawks. how did butler make it over JJ though? or what about JO? pistons sending two guys is ridiculous too.
the all-star game itself should be fun because we have two quick-pace offensive coaches, but the players leave a lot of questions on the floor.

Feb.2 at 4:42 pm

Casey says:
It would be hard for me to say take Caron Butler off the squad because I do think that he deserves it, he’s averaging 21 8 and 4 per, while shooting 48% from the field and 88% percent from the free throw line, but yeah, Joe Johnson deserves a spot. Unfortunately, he plays for the Atlanta Hawks and I don’t care how good you are, if you play for the Hawks your team is below .500, and your name isn’t Kobe, T-Mac, V.C., Wade, or Lebron, you’re just not gonna make it. Oh yeah, and how is Steve Nash not starting:)

Feb.2 at 4:53 pm

Darksaber says:
C’mon Melo supporters, i know Vegas is the showtime town, but if i wanted to see a moonwalk, i’d watch my old tape of Michael Jack. doing his perfect rendition at Motown in the 80’s. He bitch-slapped his season away. 2 bad

Feb.2 at 5:55 pm

J says:
How the hell did no one mention Ray Allen? Y’all must be stupid. Someone said Baron Davis over Tony Parker? F both of them. Ray deserves to go along with Melo, who should have been there to begin with. This is worse the Arenas’ “snub” last year. Tony Parker is not an All-Star. And by the way, Shaq being in the game pisses me off. He’s only played 7 times this year.

Feb.2 at 7:50 pm

albie1kenobi says:
people need to chill out with the starting lineup. they ARE in fact popularity contest. nash and dirk, both mvp candidates, should be starting, while shaq should be sitting on the sideline in his 3 piece suits (or maybe with a dunk.net beanie, y’all remember that?). fans want to see certain players in the game and playing well is not a criteria for that. remember magic made the all-star game AND won the MVP that year in orlando even though he was retired already? exact same thing.
and last i check, seattle is 2nd to last in the west. ray allen wouldn’t have made the cast even if sonic is an east team. neither would baron.

Feb.4 at 10:03 pm

christian says:
‘melo not a reserve on the all-star?? give me a break. even with the 15 games suspension, ‘melo deserves it.doesnt being a league leading scorer count?? come on guys. he deserves it more that boozer,or parker.

Feb.23 at 11:27 pm

PLAYMAKER 23 says:
The guy deserves to be there he’s the nba’s leading scorer but Melo’s always getting snubbed even when he came into the L he got snubbed he led all rooks in scoring and they still gave rookie of the year to Lebron. I mean how do you get dubbed the king when still in high school dont you have to play an NBA game first?