2nd team All-NBA for DMC!
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It has, which is kind of silly in latter days when you can actually track individual impact.
As an aside, Boogie was the only player from a losing team to make any of the All NBA teams. Even so he got the least overall votes on the Second Team, and if the voters this year had not really ****ed around with the Forward and Center designations (calling a bunch of guys Forward/Centers to squeeze in faves like Duncan etc., who knows how far the stupidity would have gone).
As an aside, Boogie was the only player from a losing team to make any of the All NBA teams. Even so he got the least overall votes on the Second Team, and if the voters this year had not really ****ed around with the Forward and Center designations (calling a bunch of guys Forward/Centers to squeeze in faves like Duncan etc., who knows how far the stupidity would have gone).
awesome! congratulations, demarcus!
i think it's really important that DMC continues to earn these honors while the kings are still mired in irrelevancy. i think being shut out of such individual awards last season was damaging to his sense of what he could accomplish in sacramento, and another round of disappointments this season could have started him on the path towards a legitimate trade demand. now he's a first-time all-star and he's got a 2nd team all-nba under his belt. he's in the club. he's crested that hump...
from here, its on ownership/management/coaching to lift up a quality team around big cuz. he deserves a chance to shine without the "...on a losing team" asterisk that hovers over his accomplishments, and kings fans certainly deserve a chance to root for a winning team without the rug being pulled out from under us, as it was at the end of 2014...
i think it's really important that DMC continues to earn these honors while the kings are still mired in irrelevancy. i think being shut out of such individual awards last season was damaging to his sense of what he could accomplish in sacramento, and another round of disappointments this season could have started him on the path towards a legitimate trade demand. now he's a first-time all-star and he's got a 2nd team all-nba under his belt. he's in the club. he's crested that hump...
from here, its on ownership/management/coaching to lift up a quality team around big cuz. he deserves a chance to shine without the "...on a losing team" asterisk that hovers over his accomplishments, and kings fans certainly deserve a chance to root for a winning team without the rug being pulled out from under us, as it was at the end of 2014...
Yes, which tells me annoyingly that he was left off a lot of ballots, which is 100% a team record thing. I already mocked Zach Lowe for that when he made his Gasol-Duncan-Al ****ing Horford picks public a couple of weeks ago after he submitted them. A HOF center is putting up HOF numbers right under his nose, and the dude is so lost he can't see it.
Waiting here to see the voter by voter breakdown which nba.com will release after the official announcement is made. Be interesting to see who the numbnuts are. Going to punish their various emails again as I did last year. Morons.
Waiting here to see the voter by voter breakdown which nba.com will release after the official announcement is made. Be interesting to see who the numbnuts are. Going to punish their various emails again as I did last year. Morons.
Here was the breakdown voter by voter, so you can see exactly who got it right, and who was insufferable and left him off entirely:
http://ak-static.cms.nba.com/wp-con...5/05/2014-15-All-NBA-Teams-Voting-Results.pdf
http://ak-static.cms.nba.com/wp-con...5/05/2014-15-All-NBA-Teams-Voting-Results.pdf
Got it right list:
Bill Schoenig -- WOAI Radio
Chris Dempsey -- Denver Post
Chris Marlowe -- Altitude Sports and Entertainment
Chris Sheridan -- Sheridanhoops.com
Craig Ackerman -- Sportstalk 790 AM
David Mayo -- Mlive Media Group
Eddie Johnson -- Fox Sports Arizona
Eric Hasseltime -- 92.9 ESPN/680 AM
Ethan Skolnick -- Bleacher Report
Jason Jones -- Sacramento Bee
Keith Pompey -- Philadelphia Inquirer
Matt Bullard -- Root Sports Southwest
Matt Pinto -- WWLS 98.1
Phil Chenier -- Comcast Sportsnet Mid-Atlantic
Ralph Lawler -- Prime Ticket
Sage Steele -- ABC Sports
Sean Grande -- WEEI Radio
Stephanie Ready -- FoxSports Carolina/SportSouth
Bill Schoenig -- WOAI Radio
Chris Dempsey -- Denver Post
Chris Marlowe -- Altitude Sports and Entertainment
Chris Sheridan -- Sheridanhoops.com
Craig Ackerman -- Sportstalk 790 AM
David Mayo -- Mlive Media Group
Eddie Johnson -- Fox Sports Arizona
Eric Hasseltime -- 92.9 ESPN/680 AM
Ethan Skolnick -- Bleacher Report
Jason Jones -- Sacramento Bee
Keith Pompey -- Philadelphia Inquirer
Matt Bullard -- Root Sports Southwest
Matt Pinto -- WWLS 98.1
Phil Chenier -- Comcast Sportsnet Mid-Atlantic
Ralph Lawler -- Prime Ticket
Sage Steele -- ABC Sports
Sean Grande -- WEEI Radio
Stephanie Ready -- FoxSports Carolina/SportSouth
For all his pimping of Cuz, Bill Simmons left him off entirely.
As did Broussard, Dave McMenamin who had freakin Horford as a 1st teamer, Dorris Burke(shame on you, Dorris), Isola, Howard Beck, Adande, Arnovitz, Calabro, Whitaker, Marc Stein, Fratello and Zack Lowe, as a few names people likely are familiar with.
Frankly, ESPN has a large number of dumbasses in their ranks.
As did Broussard, Dave McMenamin who had freakin Horford as a 1st teamer, Dorris Burke(shame on you, Dorris), Isola, Howard Beck, Adande, Arnovitz, Calabro, Whitaker, Marc Stein, Fratello and Zack Lowe, as a few names people likely are familiar with.
Frankly, ESPN has a large number of dumbasses in their ranks.
Assmunches who deserve to be slapped. Hard:
Aaron Falk -- Salt Lake Tribune
Antonio Harvey -- Fox Sports Radio / 620 AM
Bill Oram -- Orange County Register
Bill Simmons (!) -- Grantland (repeating the Grantland line set by Lowe??)
Brian Davis -- Fox Sports Oklahoma
Cedric Maxwell -- WEEI Radio
Chris Broussard -- ESPN The Magazine
Chris Denari -- Fox Sports Indiana
Dante Marchitelli -- Fox Sports Florida
Darnell Mayberry -- Oklahoman
Dave Johnson -- 106.7 The Fan
Dave McMenamin -- ESPN.com
Doris Burke -- ESPN
Dwain Price -- Ft. Worth Star Telegram
Frank Isola -- Sirius Radio/New York Daily News
Gary Washburn -- Boston Globe
George Blaha -- WMGC/Fox Sports Detroit
Howard Beck -- Bleacher Report
Israel Guittierez -- ESPN.com
JA Adande -- ESPN.com
Jeff McDonald -- San Antonio Express-News
Jody Genessy -- Deseret News
Kevin Arnowitz -- ESPN.com
Kevin Calabro -- ESPN Radio
Kevin Ding -- Bleacher Report
Lang Whitaker -- NBA.com
Leo Rautins -- Sportsnet/TSN
Mark Stein -- ESPN.com
Matt Winer -- NBA TV
Mike Breen -- ABC Sports
Mike Fratello -- TNT
Mike Gorman -- Comcast Sportsnet
Rod Boone -- Newsday
Ron Boone -- ROOT Sports
Ron Tillery -- Memphis Commerical Appeal
Sam Smith -- Bulls.com
Sean Deveney -- The Sporting News
Steve Martin -- Fox Sports Carolinas/SportSouth
Steve Popper -- The Record
Tim Bontemps -- New York Post
Zach Lowe -- Grantland
Notice how many ESPN people are on that list. They remain a solid self-reinforcing rock of Boogie ignorance. I tire of engaging them but it must be done.,
In general the morons are far more established/big name then are the people who got it right. Boogie still has a problem with the national media Establishment.
Aaron Falk -- Salt Lake Tribune
Antonio Harvey -- Fox Sports Radio / 620 AM
Bill Oram -- Orange County Register
Bill Simmons (!) -- Grantland (repeating the Grantland line set by Lowe??)
Brian Davis -- Fox Sports Oklahoma
Cedric Maxwell -- WEEI Radio
Chris Broussard -- ESPN The Magazine
Chris Denari -- Fox Sports Indiana
Dante Marchitelli -- Fox Sports Florida
Darnell Mayberry -- Oklahoman
Dave Johnson -- 106.7 The Fan
Dave McMenamin -- ESPN.com
Doris Burke -- ESPN
Dwain Price -- Ft. Worth Star Telegram
Frank Isola -- Sirius Radio/New York Daily News
Gary Washburn -- Boston Globe
George Blaha -- WMGC/Fox Sports Detroit
Howard Beck -- Bleacher Report
Israel Guittierez -- ESPN.com
JA Adande -- ESPN.com
Jeff McDonald -- San Antonio Express-News
Jody Genessy -- Deseret News
Kevin Arnowitz -- ESPN.com
Kevin Calabro -- ESPN Radio
Kevin Ding -- Bleacher Report
Lang Whitaker -- NBA.com
Leo Rautins -- Sportsnet/TSN
Mark Stein -- ESPN.com
Matt Winer -- NBA TV
Mike Breen -- ABC Sports
Mike Fratello -- TNT
Mike Gorman -- Comcast Sportsnet
Rod Boone -- Newsday
Ron Boone -- ROOT Sports
Ron Tillery -- Memphis Commerical Appeal
Sam Smith -- Bulls.com
Sean Deveney -- The Sporting News
Steve Martin -- Fox Sports Carolinas/SportSouth
Steve Popper -- The Record
Tim Bontemps -- New York Post
Zach Lowe -- Grantland
Notice how many ESPN people are on that list. They remain a solid self-reinforcing rock of Boogie ignorance. I tire of engaging them but it must be done.,
In general the morons are far more established/big name then are the people who got it right. Boogie still has a problem with the national media Establishment.
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That's exactly what I was going to say -
How the hell does Jason Jones have a vote?
That guy hasn't proved he knows anything about the NBA for YEARS!
Isn't there ANY, like, requirements of skill/knowledge to this thing? Don't you have to take a test or something? Prove you know more than a below-average fan?
OTOH - I am pleasantly surprised Boogie got voted to any team at all!
I thought he was going to be historically screwed like last year - really, the same justifications to ignore him last year are there this year, too.
When the voting ignores on-court statistics, anything can be justified.
How the hell does Jason Jones have a vote?
That guy hasn't proved he knows anything about the NBA for YEARS!
Isn't there ANY, like, requirements of skill/knowledge to this thing? Don't you have to take a test or something? Prove you know more than a below-average fan?
OTOH - I am pleasantly surprised Boogie got voted to any team at all!
I thought he was going to be historically screwed like last year - really, the same justifications to ignore him last year are there this year, too.
When the voting ignores on-court statistics, anything can be justified.
