All Star Reserves

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Thu Jan 28, 2010 1:25 pm EST
Spoiler: All-Star reserves revealed

By Adrian Wojnarowski & Marc J. Spears

Point guards Deron Williams(notes) of Utah, Chicago's Derrick Rose(notes) and Boston's Rajon Rondo(notes) will make their All-Star Game debuts next month in Dallas, sources said Thursday.

Williams, Rondo and Rose top the list of reserves chosen by the league's coaches to participate in the Feb. 14 game at Cowboys Stadium. The names won't be made official until Thursday night, but Yahoo! Sports has obtained the list of reserves.

Besides Rondo and Rose, the East roster includes Boston's Paul Pierce(notes), Toronto's Chris Bosh(notes), Charlotte's Gerald Wallace(notes) and Atlanta's Joe Johnson(notes) and Al Horford(notes).

The West reserves are the New Orleans' Chris Paul(notes), the Lakers' Pau Gasol(notes), Oklahoma City's Kevin Durant(notes), Dallas' Dirk Nowitzki(notes), Memphis' Zach Randolph(notes) and Portland's Brandon Roy(notes).

Among the notable candidates left off the team are the Los Angeles Clippers' Chris Kaman(notes), New York's David Lee(notes) and Denver's Chauncey Billups(notes).

 

[Ridders]

Al Horford over Josh Smith..Wow.

 

[Ridders]

Rondo will be insane for the ASG. Pity he's not a starter, although he should see good minutes.

 

[ByRd]

Im happy that Williams has finally made an all star game, long overdue.

 

[Tiger Hawk]

Can't advocate Horford - he's been great but Smith has been our best player and not sure he's been any better than Lee.

Other than that, no real surprises.

 

[andrew057]

Good for Zach Randolph, quietly been putting up great numbers all season.

 

[Ridders]

Along with the Zach theme, Gerald Wallace is a guy who's been putting up great rebounding numbers for a SF. Well deserved.

 

[El Coconuto]

Paul Pierce over Josh Smith is a bigger travesty than Al Horford over David Lee.

 

[Ridders]

I think PP deserves to be on the All-Star team. The real problem comes from the fans voting in KG, which eats up a roster spot that could have gone to J-Smoove.

David Lee should have been put on the team just to give Knicks fans something to smile about.

 

[attamarrap]

unlucky for bogut but you cant argue with the selection of al horford

 

[mortz]

I think PP deserves to be on the All-Star team. The real problem comes from the fans voting in KG, which eats up a roster spot that could have gone to J-Smoove.

David Lee should have been put on the team just to give Knicks fans something to smile about.

bosh should of started over both KG

 

[Ridders]

bosh should of started over both KG

Definitely should have. If KG isn't voted in by the fans then Bosh might have been a starter in the East, and theres no way the coaches are voting in KG on the bench. That means a worthy candidate like J-Smoove or David Lee could have made it on the bench.

 

[Ridders]

Stan Van and George Karl will be the coaches for their respective conferences in the ASG.

I'm so excited to see how SVG will handle it. The guy's so uptight, he'll probably be screaming at his players to show more energy and draw up set plays.

 

[El Coconuto]

I'm so excited to see how SVG will handle it. The guy's so uptight, he'll probably be screaming at his players to show more energy and draw up set plays.

He's also a smart cookie. He'll run bodacious plays for Pierce, KG and LeBron all game in the hope they will get injured and give the Magic a clear run back to the Finals. Just wait, he'll do it :sarcasm:

 

[Ridders]

Roy and Cp3 both to miss the ASG with their injuries.

Monta and Billups to step in?

 

[ByRd]

Billups has already been confirmed for Paul, not sure who will replace Roy.

 

[Ridders]

Ah k. Roy was only announced today so we'll probably hear something soon.

 

[SilverSteeler]

Paul Pierce over Josh Smith is a bigger travesty than Al Horford over David Lee.

Couldnt agree more, exactly what I was thinking.

Surely Ellis will be Roy's replacement.

 

[Ridders]

Can't think of anyone else tbh.

 

[Ridders]

Kaman will be replacing Roy. I thought they would have gone like for like, but seeing Chris get in is good.