Vote Derrick Rose to be a starter in the all-star game!

by NZB2323 on Nov 19, 2008 6:46 PM CST

You can vote for Derrick Rose to be a starter in the all-star game today here:

http://www.nba.com/allstar2009/asb/eng/ ... ?cid=nba18

You can vote once per day, and once per e-mail address you have.

Also, if you want to spread the word, then join my facebook group:

http://www.facebook.com/notifications.p ... 0434225870

Rose being in the all-star game would be awesome because:

1.) If he goes to the all-star game and plays alongside Bosh, they might enjoy playing with each other and enjoy hanging out. This could increase the chances of Bosh(or another 2010 free agent) of wanting to come here.

2.) It would be good experience for Rose to play alongside the best players in the world.

3.) It would make the all-star game a lot more fun to watch if our hero was playing in it.

To those of you who say that he has no chance of getting enough votes...they said the same thing about Obama when he began his career. I have the audacity to hope in the change that we need, namely a Chicago Bull in the all-star game!

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and will vote every day. Rose!

Everything I post is speculation. I have no insider information nor ideas deemed concrete enough by those who are self-elected to regulate post content.

by cranscape on Nov 19, 2008 7:20 PM CST reply actions

Rec this

by Jamaicanpi on Nov 19, 2008 8:11 PM CST reply actions

Hey, I was the one who mentioned this!

Go to the OVERFLOW Thread for the Atlanta game and you’ll see!

Get the rock to Rose!!

by stupidgenius on Nov 19, 2008 9:54 PM CST reply actions

And don't forget to also vote for Mo Williams

as the other guard

by Edicus2288i on Nov 20, 2008 12:41 AM CST reply actions

Mo Williams?

Sorry, but I want Rose to play next to all-stars not Yi Jianlian. Vote for D-Wade at the other guard spot!

Get the rock to Rose!!

by stupidgenius on Nov 20, 2008 7:14 AM CST up reply actions

The only way D Rose gets enough votes is if they're giving away free Big Macs with every vote.

by Juiceboxjerry on Nov 20, 2008 11:13 PM CST reply actions

That ain't gonna work on my vegetarian ass!

My hit list: Larry, Thabo, Lindsay, Demetris, Cedric, Aaron, Paxson, Reinsdorf, Del Negro, and Schanwald. We're left with Rose, Gordon, Hinrich, Deng, Noce, Gooden, Tyrus, Noah, Harris, and Bickerstaff. Harris takes coach and Bickerstaff takes GM. Who needs an owner? Pay for it with the money that the Blog A Bull community will spend on tickets to see a good team!
Correction: Matt takes GM, and Bickerstaff stays Head Assistant Coach.

by stupidgenius on Nov 21, 2008 5:01 PM CST up reply actions

Keep on

VOTING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

by SK23 on Nov 21, 2008 6:08 PM CST reply actions

25 points on 12-19 shooting along with 5 assists and 2 steals.

Those look like all-star numbers to anyone else?

by NZB2323 on Nov 22, 2008 7:14 PM CST reply actions

If you score 25 points on a regular basis, you're an all-star regardless of anything else.

Things could be worse.

by stupidgenius on Nov 22, 2008 7:56 PM CST up reply actions

Besides, look at his numbers compared to everyone else in the East.

As far as PGs go, he has been the best, with the only possible exception being AI if you count him as a PG (which I don’t but can see the argument). As a guard in the East, I can see him behind Wade, Joe Johnson, Devin Harris, Allen Iverson and Vince Carter. Probably Ray Allen and Rip Hamilton will get the other nods at guard, but Rose has been better than both of them, pretty handily. But they are vets and perennial All-Stars, so they will get the nod from the coaches. “Pay your dues, blah, blah, blah.” If your are one of the best 15 players in your conference, you should be on the team.

by Unrealcity on Nov 23, 2008 2:55 AM CST reply actions

Noce is on the ballot too!

Things could be worse.

by stupidgenius on Nov 23, 2008 1:29 PM CST reply actions

All-Star Numbers Again!

25 points, 9 assists, 10-18 on FGs, 1-1 on 3s, 4-4 on FTs.

by NZB2323 on Nov 24, 2008 11:37 PM CST reply actions

D ROSE AS AN ALL STAR NOT YET

Offensively and statiscally i think D Rose can be in the ALL STAR game but until he becomes a better leader especially on the DEFENSIVE end, I don’t think he deserves to be graced with that honor. D Rose should be able to dominate games on both ends on the court.

by lincoln3 on Nov 25, 2008 7:59 AM CST reply actions

SO you have to A GREAT DEFENDER TO MAKE the all star team!?

HERE I THOUGHT averaging 18 ppg and 5 ASSISTS as A rookie PLAYING the hardest POSITION in basketball to learn was good ENOUGH?

by RogersPark Kris on Nov 25, 2008 10:12 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs

19 ppg

after last night :)

by Jaina on Nov 25, 2008 10:19 AM CST up reply actions

Great Defense to be in the All Star game?

To answer your question bluntly NO you do not have to be a great defender to play in the All Star Game. Last time i check the All Star game has never been known for defense. And yes he is excelling at the hardest position to play as a rookie. That is not an excuse to be a poor defender. He is too good, too athletic, too talented not to play defense like Rondo, Bowen, Battier and past great Bulls like MJ and Scottie. Defense is about want to and pride. Its about setting an example for your teammates. If their leader is giving 100% on both ends, by Osmosis alone the other playas should be influenced and motivated.

Only a handful of players come to the game with the intentions on playing Defense like Kobe, MJ, Scottie, KG, what is the one thing they have in common RINGS. CHAMPS. D Rose should be on the Allstar Squad b/c he is the best TRUE PG in the East. Playing defense is not one of the intangibles that get you on the team.

by lincoln3 on Dec 5, 2008 10:30 AM CST up reply actions

Devin Harris fan?

by drew gooden's facial growth on Nov 25, 2008 6:23 PM CST up reply actions

I agree that Rose needs to get better at defense. But...

He is an All-Star now. Look at the PGs in the east. He is at the top with Devin Harris and he is more exciting already.

by Unrealcity on Nov 25, 2008 11:52 PM CST up reply actions

Sorry...

but ever since the fans have been able to vote the phrase “deserves” went straight out the window. Besides most PG’s in the east are pretty shitty anyway.Anyway these are my picks:

Billups, Kobe, Amare, Duncan, Yao
Rose, Wade, Kg, LeBron, Howard

Billups made Denver much better, and Duncan kept the Spurs afloat. Kobe, Amare, and Yao should all get in based on name recognition and the billions in China.

Rose (that crossover on old ass Miller instantly puts him in) Wade, LeBron have been absolute monsters while KG and Superman are in by default. Getting a ring and sky rocketing to stardom with that superman dunk contest thing will do that for you.

by Protocol on Dec 1, 2008 1:16 PM CST up reply actions

All Star Picks

My picks are very similar to yours i have to disagree with Billups over CP3 and Bosh is having a better statistical season than KG. Billups is worthy b/c of the impact he has had on that selfish no defense playing Nuggets but the All Star game is about rewarding individual playas 1st half performance. I say that with some reluctance b/c i am a big TEAM guy.

by lincoln3 on Dec 5, 2008 10:35 AM CST up reply actions

Don't forget to vote for Steph Marbury too!

1)because it would be funny to vote him in as starter

2)more importantly, so no one else cancels out a Rose vote.

by CJ Bulls on Nov 25, 2008 1:31 PM CST reply actions

Iverson won't be a starter

Check out this article:

http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/nov/27/tomasson-pistons-iverson-no-all-star-cinch/

Allen Iverson has been voted a starting All-Star guard eight of the past nine years.

Which was the one season in that span the fans gave him less love?

The one in which he was traded to the other conference.

The NBA prints paper All-Star ballots before the season, so they can’t be changed when a player later is involved in an interconference trade. The NBA does update its online ballots.

But it seems as if the odds are against a player dealt to the other conference after paper ballots are printed.

Iverson was an East starter from 2000-2006 but didn’t start in 2007, the season he was traded to the West. Iverson went from Philadelphia to the Nuggets in December 2006, and then finished third in voting at guard by a slim margin. (Houston’s Tracy McGrady topped him, 1.94 million to 1.81 million votes, for the second and final West spot.)

Iverson spent all of last season with the Nuggets. And again he was an All-Star starter.

But Iverson earlier this month was shipped back East, going to Detroit in a deal in which Denver landed guard Chauncey Billups. Could the trade affect Iverson’s hopes for a ninth start or hamper any chance that Billups, who has made three straight All-Star Games as a reserve, might have of a first start?

An NBA official, sent multiple e-mails by the Rocky, only would say a player involved in an interconference trade after the paper ballots are printed has his votes counted toward his new team and conference. The official wouldn’t answer questions regarding specifics for such traded players.

Not only might some general confusion cost such a player votes on a paper ballot, but there are other factors involved.

If a fan with a paper ballot knows a player dealt to the other conference will have his votes counted with his new team, the voter might try to balance his ballot. If a fan voted for Billups, listed on the paper ballot as being with Detroit in the East, the fan also might want to vote for one other guard currently in the West and two guards currently in the East.

But, assuming no vote on that ballot is cast for Denver-listed Iverson, such a paper ballot would show three punches under East guards and one punch under West guards. That apparently would be an illegal ballot, since printed instructions read “too many votes for any position will void the vote(s) for that position.”

And let’s say a fan casts a paper ballot of two guards listed for the East and two listed for the West. One of the guards picked is Iverson, but neither Billups nor Jamal Crawford, recently traded from New York to Golden State, is selected.

This apparently would be a legal ballot even though the fan technically would be selecting three East guards and one West guard. Then Iverson could be hurt in the voting because two other East guards, rather than one, would be getting votes on that ballot.

The NBA never releases full totals in All-Star voting, only the top 10 at each position. So there’s no way of knowing if, due to interconference trades, there is an imbalance of votes in the conferences.

As for Billups, in light of the wealth of top West guards, all this might be moot because it will be difficult to be elected a starter. But it’s certainly possible that Iverson, a perennial fan favorite who is a candidate to start alongside likely East top vote-getting guard Dwayne Wade of Miami, could be affected again during a season in which he changes conferences.

by NZB2323 on Dec 1, 2008 6:54 PM CST reply actions 1 recs

yeah

but the online voting has them in the correct conference, and i bet even from 06 the percentage of votes that are online are even higher, so it may not make too much of a difference at this point.

by Jaina on Dec 1, 2008 9:01 PM CST up reply actions

This is going to be the last comment on this, since it's moved off the recced fanposts list.

I WIN!

Things could be worse. We could have kept (name redacted).

by stupidgenius on Dec 2, 2008 3:44 PM CST reply actions

Rose continues to put up all-star numbers.

24 points on 11-19 shooting, and 6 rebounds.

by NZB2323 on Dec 2, 2008 11:38 PM CST reply actions

Vote at NBA games

If you attend an NBA game, then pick up as many ballots as possible and fill them out for Rose. I have gone to 2 NBA games this year, and at both of them I filled out more than 200 ballots for Rose.

by NZB2323 on Dec 7, 2008 9:01 PM CST reply actions