Originally posted by ZaytovenCat:
Here are the first returns to the NBA AllStar game:
In the second post in the thread I posted the different ways to vote. You can vote every way listed every single day. Honestly I'm shocked that fans have Wall as the top vote leader as East backcourt players. I expected Kyrie to be the leading vote getter at PG in the East with Rose second. I say that because the media has dangled all over Irving since his rookie year and the fans took to him as well with all the exposure. But the fans have the East backcourt voting right so far. Wall is the best PG in the East and it's not really even debatable IMO. He might be the best PG in the entire NBA.
It is sad to see Brandon Knight isn't getting any fan support though. He's actually been better than Rose this year but Rose will make it off name alone. Knight should be in the top 10 in the East backcourt voting IMO.
Even cooler than Wall leading the East in backcourt voting is Anthony Davis leading the West in frontcourt voting. Davis is 3rd in voting overall and is just slightly behind LeBron and Curry for the most votes overall. As it stands there are 2 UK alum in the All Star Game starting lineups, Wall & Davis. BBN needs to actually use it's power for something that actually means something and keep Wall and Davis at the top of the voting list and in the starting lineups.
But most of all, BBN has got to make a HUGE push for DeMarcus Cousins. He's a true wildcat that bleeds blue and comes back and talks about how great UK is whenever he can. He's currently 7th in West frontcourt voting. I'm assuming he's listed as a center on voting, Marc Gasol is the current starting center in the West. Gasol is great without a doubt, better than Pau even, but Cousins is better than Marc Gasol. Cousins is the best center in the NBA. Cousins put up some numbers last year that had only been done by 4 or 5 guys in NBA history and he's putting up even better numbers this year. Other than Davis, I think he's the best frontcourt player in the entire NBA.
With Cousins currently in 7th in the West frontcourt voting he's right on the line for possibly not making it. He's not getting the votes he deserves strictly because he plays on a west coast team that nobody pays attention to and most fans outside of Kentucky and Sacramento don't like him and it's not justified. DeMarcus is the most misunderstood player in the NBA. Critics want to bad mouth him all the time and while he did have a small temper, he's not the bad guy people make him out to be. He's a great person and model citizen off the court. On the court the other team baits him on a near nightly basis and sometimes it gets to him but this year and this past summer it's been obvious that he's matured as a player.
DMC is an emotional guy who is a huge competitor and the losing ways of the Kings plus opposing players took its toll on him his first few years. Cousins should be a legit contender for MVP this year so making an Allstar game should be a lock if people were objectionable. Like Jason said, it was a load of crap that he didn't make it last year, but it would be the biggest and worst snub in pro sports history if he doesn't make it this year. He should be the starting center in the West as it is, but it's unquestionable that he should atleast be an AllStar reserve.
So I beg of y'all, the BBN, to PLEASE make sure Wall/Davis/Cousins are in the AllStar game and hopefully starting. I'm going to be voting everyday from now until January 19th on every platform available to vote from and as many times as possible.
