Open Thread for All-Star Game 2009

because truthfully… screw the popularity contest.

The Suns will be firing Terry Porter & replacing him with Alvin Gentry. Porter lasted in Phoenix for just over 50 games. Yikes. And they have a winning record & are still in the playoff race.

From BSotS, Phoenix Stan is hearing that Amare + Dudley for Gooden + Tyrus + another player could happen. Not quite sure what Phoenix is thinking, but eh… if they take themselves out of the playoff race, it guarantees us a spot no matter what. (Good or bad on that still TBD.)

Allen Iverson cut his hair for the first time in 13 years or something. Why is this news?

The dunk at the NBDL Slam Dunk Contest (FT line jump) was solid. The heart-on-the-rim… what was he aiming for?

No Jazz rumors at all, save the one wwl shot down about Booze & Houston. Which I’ve never heard. Why would Houston want Booze? Don’t they have enough injury-prone guys?

Alex Acker from Detroit to the Clips for “an exchange of future draft picks”.
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Doesn’t compare with the major trade earlier this week (JON & Moon for Marion & Banks… a clear win for Miami in my mind), but is still a trade.

Hopefully there’s more to come.

what’s up with mo williams’ dnp?

As soon as I saw they won co-MVP’s I threw up in my mouth. Kobe deserved it and so did Chris Paul. Shaq put up awesome numbers with 17 points in just under 11 minutes. But Co-MVP! Really!!??

The NBA was pimpin’ Kobe/Shaq/Phil together again. The only thing that was wrong with it is leaving Phil out of the Co-MVP.

The NBA just crowned their own story line with those 2 winning it.

It’s hard not to believe some of the conspirators out there who say the NBA is rigged when you have that, and the ref scandal going on.

I am so sick of the Kobe/Shaq feud no-feud story. Does anyone besides the media still care about it?

Excuse me while I begin puking in my mouth again.