We're going to start in the Eastern Conference named last night.

A good mix of returning guys but a few new faces.

Zach Lavine, Julius Randle, Jalen Brown.

Per usual.

There was an uproar afterward about snubs.

Richard snubs.

I don't want no stubs, so I'll start with you, who belongs on the squad.

That didn't get the nod.

But remember, if you add someone in, you must take someone's name off the board.

Go.

Nikola Vucevic's does not belong on that team.

I think it needs to be Sabonis now.

I'm not saying that that Vucevic's in great.

His team is just not performing at a level and a lot of times we use that against players.

But then you go and look at Sabonis.

His numbers are great and then you go and look at his team.

His team is playing well.

They traded players.

They traded out Victor Oladipo.

They bring in Caris, Levert, Caris.

Levert is not playing with the team and all he did was step up and put them in the fourth place, fourth place in the Eastern Conference and we're not talking about one of those like like like Oh, we're just okay.

They're literally playing quality basketball with a brand new coach and he is doing a great job.

I think he belongs.

He should have got it.

Overview ceviche.

Just a good take.

Um, you know, the rewarding teams that have have their team in position.

And obviously, you know, Sabonis has had a great season.

You look at Bam.

Who's playing well, you look a trade young who's having 27 points.

But these guys, if I'm not mistaking the only person who made the All Star team out of the East, that's team, is not in playoff contention right now is Bradley Beal, and we all know what kind of season he's having.

So, you know, I see what Richard is that with that, will you, bitch Sabonis.

But overall, it's hard for me to take anyone outside of, uh, Vucevic off that roster.

Replace him with someone else's.

We're going by Rachel's rules.

E again met.

This is physics.

You cannot jam an extra human on there unless you take a human right.

I'm just saying, all right, I want to move on to the West.

Mostly vets with guys like CP three Damian Lillard, who should have been in the starter anyway.

Paul George, Donovan Mitchell.

Rudy Gobert's ion.

The only first time All Star here now Anthony Davis got the nod.

He's unlikely to play due to injury, but that means do we get Devin Booker right on their Matt?

Where do you lie on this?

The commissioner gets to pick who the injury substitution should be.

Yeah, e think 100%.

It should be Devin Booker again.

A nice list.

It's hard to remove anyone else, but Devin Booker's having a great year with his running mate.

CP three have his team probably the biggest surprise team of the year there, sitting at fourth place in the Western Conference.

10 games over 500.

And I just love the kind of basketball they're playing.

So like, LeBron said, Devin Booker has consistently been looked over, and the commissioner should definitely do the right thing in hand that not to Devin Booker.

Yeah, I agree.

Now again, this is where you're fortunate, where we don't have to take somebody off because we know Anthony Davis is not playing, but I I think this is more of a credit to Chris Paul right the minute Chris Paul got on that team, even though Devin Booker is putting up great numbers, which he has done for multiple years in his career cracking the All Star Game last year, I think you look and you're like, Well, the only reason why they're truly in fourth place is because Chris Paul brought a level of calm, security, veteran leadership.

So that's why he was an All Star in O.

K.

C.

Last year.

That's why he's an All Star this year.

People are giving him the credit for the success for the Sons and not Devin Booker.

But I think Devin Booker will get it with Anthony Davis, uh, sitting out the All Star Game.

That's a great point, because when you say people are giving him credit, it's the coach's right.

The coaches are the ones who picked the reserves, and coaches love that.

So, yeah, I am not surprised it fell that coaches not all coaches love that secure coaches, coaches that air secure, insecure coaches don't like that because they because because that's no the rial from the fake so secure coaches like him.

I think you might be missing that up.

It's that coaches didn't like you when you were a vet.

Richard.

I don't expand that out to everyone.

77 17 years, right?

Like like, you know, 17 years I was doing something right.

Absolutely many, many things, right?

I'm gonna keep I'm gonna keep bragging on you because we only put that little thing up in the corner.

This'll man has been in four MBA finals.

They I I had good teammates.

Yeah, but I give them all the credit just like Chris Paul deserves.

Ah, lot of that credit gave 100 10%.

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