#SLOE: People's Basketball Sim League

Who is going to be the biggest All-Star snub?
Why should this player be an All-Star?
Why is he not going to be?

Rules: 1 point if you give thoughtful answers, which I will award after the timer ends for responses. The timer ends for responses at the moment the corresponding week's Sim is run.

Note: Use approximately 5 sentences as your bare minimum for 1 point. If you write 3 long, complex sentences, you'll still get a point. If you write 5, 3 word sentences, you will not get a point. Don't @ me.

Due: Due by the deadline for sim 7

Mike Lowry wrote: Sun Mar 02, 2025 10:20 pm Who is going to be the biggest All-Star snub?

This is a more complicated question than it seems, since it requires me to first project the all-stars for each side. But I'll bite anyway. The West has a lot of deserving players at every position, but in the East, I think the snub is easier because there's really only one Center that deserves a spot (Joe Barry Carroll), and somebody is going to get the backup C spot that doesn't deserve it compared to the guys that get squeezed out. I think Larry Nancy in Philadelphia loses out in the numbers game - he'd go if he was listed at C, but since he's playing forward, he gets squeezed out due to all the great forwards in the East.

Why should this player be an All-Star?

He's averaging a double-double 18.9 ppg and 10.1 rpg, 3.0 apg, 0.5 spg, 1.5 bpg, and only 2.9 fouls), and I suspect Elvin Hayes is your backup Center in the East (21.4 ppg, but only 7.8 rpg, 1.4 apg, 0.4 spg, 0.8 bpg... and 4.1 fouls per game)... yes, Hayes scores 2.5 ppg more, but I think Nance's 2.3 rpg, 1.6 apg, and 0.7 bpg and fewer fouls per game make him the better al-around player.

Why is he not going to be?

As mentioned, it's a numbers game. You have to have two centers per team, and while I think in a vacuum Nance is having the better season, and if he played Center he'd be going, he's not, so he won't.

Who is going to be the biggest All-Star snub?

I think Mark Aguirre will be snubbed. I know I am being bias when I mention him as being a possible snub. Think he will be in the rookie/sophomore game but not the all star game.

Why should this player be an All-Star?

I think he should be an All Star because as rookie he's averaging 27 points, 6 rebounds, and 3 assists per game. He came out as a small forward but has embraced playing at power forward. He's the team leader in points.

Why is he not going to be?

I think he wont be simply because he's a rookie. IDK if he would get the benefit this season since we are our 2nd season in with players with experience kinda established, if that makes sense.

Mike Lowry wrote: Sun Mar 02, 2025 10:20 pm Who is going to be the biggest All-Star snub?
Why should this player be an All-Star?
Why is he not going to be?

Hands down, Robbie P is gonna be snubbed. Robert Parish is averaging a double-double and dominating the league. A massive reason the bucks are in the position they are. However, having 6-7 players averaging double digit scoring is impacting his ability to just crush the opposition with his iron fist. Additionally, he'll be an all-star snub because he's playing at a position that has so many dominant players in the league. And of course, he's gonna be snubbed for the biggest reason... because he's a Buck.