De'Aaron ≠ All Star

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Absolutely ridiculous, especially when you realize the stat keepers in Memphis inflate his stats at a ridiculous rate.

I know that this has become a popular refrain as of late, because a handful of people like to be real loud on social media, and a bunch of other people are predisposed to believe conspiracy theories, but this claim doesn't seem to be supported by video evidence.

 

[hrdboild]

Why is Paul George listed as a guard? I can understand Memphis getting 2 All Stars instead of us though because they have a better record. Fox deserves to be there but the way spots are meted out, some teams don't get any and for a team to get two they need to be a top contender or have a ton of name recognition. We're just not there yet and Domas played his way into DeAaron's spot.

 

[SLAB]

Mike Conley!

That’s fair. I don’t remember him / have ever considered him quite at that level. Honestly didn’t even consider Fox from last year because he was sleepwalking through the season before the trade happened.

 

[NewArena]

Why is Paul George listed as a guard? I can understand Memphis getting 2 All Stars instead of us though because they have a better record. Fox deserves to be there but the way spots are meted out, some teams don't get any and for a team to get two they need to be a top contender or have a ton of name recognition. We're just not there yet and Domas played his way into DeAaron's spot.

Just feels like there’s always going to be a new reason as to why we don’t have two. Fox will likely get in due to injury though, i can see it happening.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Why is Paul George listed as a guard?

I'm guessing it's because, when the Clippers are at full strength, their starting lineup is Mann, George, Leonard, Morris and Zubac. And between George and Leonard, one of them has to be "technically" classified as a guard.

 

[Livinthedream]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1621307702285832192

 

[Tetsujin]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1621318060421574658

 

[hrdboild]

I'm guessing it's because, when the Clippers are at full strength, their starting lineup is Mann, George, Leonard, Morris and Zubac. And between George and Leonard, one of them has to be "technically" classified as a guard.

Yeah, I kindof remember this from the two seasons I played fantasy basketball in the distant past. I think it's silly though. If he's always been a SF/PF, that's who he is -- he's just playing out of position now. Heck, in an All Star game he's more likely to play C than G but I suppose it doesn't really matter. I probably won't watch the game anyway.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Kevin Fippin on Twitter: "The fans didn’t vote for JJJ, the players didn’t vote for JJJ and the media didn’t vote for JJJ… https://t.co/lI3Dzi8QDj" / Twitter

I mean, that might be true, but that graphic isn't really evidence of that.

 

[Tetsujin]

national media just as befuddled as we are

https://twitter.com/x/status/1621305519058350080

https://twitter.com/x/status/1621303524121518080

https://twitter.com/x/status/1621303388687273984

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Yeah, I kindof remember this from the two seasons I played fantasy basketball in the distant past. I think it's silly though. If he's always been a SF/PF, that's who he is -- he's just playing out of position now. Heck, in an All Star game he's more likely to play C than G but I suppose it doesn't really matter. I probably won't watch the game anyway.

I don't think he has always been a SF/PF, though. He's been eligible at SG in fantasy for as long as I can remember. And I'm positive that when he started out in Indiana, he was playing SG until Granger got injured. I think he's always been a SG/SF.

 

[Kingz19]

I think he probably should’ve got in over SGA based on the criteria that has kept Fox out in 2020…but even then, the Thunder aren’t as bad as the Kings have been most years. Neither Portland or OKC are bad teams to this point.

he’ll probably be named an all star anyway over the next couple of weeks and being snubbed for real this time might see him going into another gear.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

I think he probably should’ve got in over SGA based on the criteria that has kept Fox out in 2020…but even then, the Thunder aren’t as bad as the Kings have been most years. Neither Portland or OKC are bad teams to this point.

Now this has got to be the most legitimately frustrating part: kid is averaging the second highest PPG of his career, on a career-high field goal percentage, and right around his career average in assists, while averaging close to a career-low in turnovers. On top of that, for the first time in his professional career, his numbers are making an impact on winning, and they still say, "Nah."

 

[MizzouKing]

This sucks so bad. He must have gotten word earlier, as he is listed as Out for tomorrow’s game “for personal reasons.”

Fox had more than earned it, but what really makes the difference is the decisions about who gets aired on national television. If a national audience had been able to see the Kings without having to buy LeaguePass, he would’ve been voted in easily.

 

[hrdboild]

I don't think he has always been a SF/PF, though. He's been eligible at SG in fantasy for as long as I can remember. And I'm positive that when he started out in Indiana, he was playing SG until Granger got injured. I think he's always been a SG/SF.

Not to be argumentative, but couldn't the same justification be used to list Lebron James or Kevin Durant as guards?

 

[Tetsujin]

His wife went into labor

This sucks so bad. He must have gotten word earlier, as he is listed as Out for tomorrow’s game “for personal reasons.”

Fox had more than earned it, but what really makes the difference is the decisions about who gets aired on national television. If a national audience had been able to see the Kings without having to buy LeaguePass, he would’ve been voted in easily.

 

[TaxMan]

I really don’t understand why the league cares about filling all star rosters with a certain number of each position. For one thing, all the players go into a pool and get “drafted” to their all star team anyway. Plus, who the heck cares at this point if you run a squad of guards out there. Most regular season games have at least some time where each team has at least 3 guards on the floor if not 4 and a big. And oh, I didn’t mention that all star game play is a travesty of no defense non-sense anyhow (haven’t watched for years and not sure I will this year even with Sabonis). Just put the 12 most deserving guys out there and let them put on their show

 

[Spike]

His wife went into labor

Guess it's someone else's turn in the family to make a late push.

 

[TaxMan]

His wife went into labor

Yikes…. Good luck to the fox family! Wouldn’t be surprised if he misses more than just the pacer game. If he misses pacers and pelicans, wonder if they just roll the dice and keep him out of the Houston back to back. Would give him a nice break to get right physically.

 

[Bosnian Diehard]

This makes me so mad. The double standards for All-Star voting are hilarious. It feels like Fox will never make it at this rate…

 

[kingsboi]

Dame has had a killer month of January on top of still having plenty of juice in him so that is well deserved. It was always going to be between Fox and Shai and we see that for certain now.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Not to be argumentative, but couldn't the same justification be used to list Lebron James or Kevin Durant as guards?

Not really? According to basketball-reference, LeBron has only played 7 percent of his career minutes at SG, and none since 2020-21. Durant has only played 9 percent of his career minutes at SG, none since 2015-16. Paul George has played 15 percent of his career minutes at SG, 33 percent so far this season. It doesn't seem like an apples to apples comparison to me.

 

[sactowndog]

Our victim complex is ridiculous. You can’t argue with Dame or SGA. It is what it is. JJJ is hilarious though.

Yeah JJJ is great when he plays but be barely plays. Really Gordon at Denver has the biggest gripe. Denver is first by a lot and only got 1.

 

[sactowndog]

Absolutely ridiculous, especially when you realize the stat keepers in Memphis inflate his stats at a ridiculous rate.

This has been disproven by a number of people. JJJ could be derided on availability but not fake stats.

 

[NewArena]

Any chance Fox plays tomorrow? Not looking forward to all the slobbering folks will do on Hali tomorrow

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Any chance Fox plays tomorrow? Not looking forward to all the slobbering folks will do on Hali tomorrow

https://community.kingsfans.com/threads/fox-out.88957/

 

[Livinthedream]

This has been disproven by a number of people. JJJ could be derided on availability but not fake stats.

Yeah. I'm not sure the irritation is with JJJ himself. It's that it shows the NBA can shoe horn a player in if they want. Any arguments about why someone was picked over Fox is meaningless.

 

[coolhandluke]

Fox deserved the All-Star nod but the competition is brutal out West.

Respect is a trailing indicator and comes after sustained success on the court. I hope he comes out firing after his break to let the world know what they missed. Keep going Fox!

 

[Insomniacal Fan]

I just think it's a pity that it doesn't look like Fox will be able to take revenge on SGA and Dame in the playoffs...

 

[KainLear]

With the news of his newborn about to arrive, I'd take that as a blessing in disguise so De'Aaron and Recee can spend more time with the newborn and do family things.

It's a popularity contest that's unfair anyway.