As much as I love Allen Iverson, it was a crock that he was voted a starter for this season’s NBA All Star game. It turns out that he isn’t going to be playing, and neither is Kobe Bryant.
DALLAS (AP)—Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers and Allen Iverson of the Philadelphia 76ers won’t play in the All-Star game this weekend.
Both former NBA MVPs were voted into the starting lineups by fans.
The NBA announced Thursday that Bryant will be replaced by Dallas point guard Jason Kidd on the Western Conference roster. Iverson’s spot in the Eastern Conference will be filled by New York forward David Lee.
Jason Kidd? Uh, whatever. I’m glad David Lee has finally been given the roster spot he deserves. The guy is a double double machine and pretty much the only reason the Knicks are ever in a game in the first place. It’s been a long time coming, so congrats to David Lee. A friend of mine knows a girl who hooked up with Lee while at UF, and apparently he’s just enormous. I realize that doesn’t have much to do with the All Star game, but the size of an athlete’s penis is always worth mentioning. You know this.
Anyhow, I’m not too upset about no Iverson, but no Kobe is kind of a bummer – he’s one of the few guys who actually takes the game seriously and will play hard throughout the game. You don’t think he’ll want to guard Lebron and send a message? Everyone else fucks around for three and a half quarters before finally playing a little bit of defense, but you know Kobe’s going to be a dick and try hard the entire game.
The All Star game is quickly becoming the Pro Bowl, though, and with the slam dunk contest as boring and watered down as it’s ever been, All Star Weekend just ain’t what it used to be. Maybe I’ll catch the highlights.
