Wow, you sure can catch a lot of grief when you tell folks you voted LeBron James to 2nd Team All-NBA. I put that word out on Twitter at midweek, and I have been fending off venom ever since.
Hey folks: Here’s the explanation. Try to read through it and watch the entire video before tweeting your disgust, OK?
Actually, I find the selection quite reasonable.
First of all, the All-NBA ballot must include a center, two forwards and two guards on each of the three All-NBA teams. Second, I voted Kevin Durant first and Blake Griffin second on my MVP ballot. And since both are forwards, there was no room at the inn for LeBron.
Hey, that’s the way it is in a crowded house.
And by the way, Griffin got my second-place MVP vote because he was a rock over the course of the season for a Clippers team that posted more victories (57) then the two-time defending champion Heat (54). And they did it in a tougher conference.
So there.
If that seems illogical to you, I don’t mind. You are entitled to your opinion.
But I am not the only one who believed Griffin deserved a higher placement on the ballot than James. Doc Rivers, the coach of the Clipper, said the same thing less than two weeks ago.
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More on my ballot, plus a playoff preview, in this video with CineSport’s Brian Clark.
You’re a fucking dipshit. It’s especially sad when the only source you have to back your wrong voting ballot (yes it’s wrong, LeBron IS first team all nba, that’s just a fact) is the dude’s own coach. You fucking suck.
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I’m not Lebron fan, but there is no possible way he isn’t a first-team player. Griffin can’t do half the things Lebron can. He’s the best driver and finisher in the league, two of Griffin’s strong points. But he can also hit jumpshots and occasionally the 3. He’s a better 1-on-1 defender and creates opportunities for his teammmates.
So… you basically just trolled for clicks? Yuck.
This will die of old age and ignorance soon enough
I’d feel better if you just admitted to doing this for selfish reasons….
You got your interviews, and got people to come to your site.
Congrats.
You’re a dipsh@#
Using a team’s record as justification for putting the team’s best player ahead of another team’s best player, is just as poor of an argument as the rings argument, which is often used when comparing players. Is Tony Parker a much better player than Chris Paul, because the Spurs have 5 more wins than the Clippers? Should Tony Parker be ahead of Paul in the MVP ballot and All NBA honors because of 5 more wins?
Also, it’s not like the Heat are 40-12 against the East and 14-16 against the West. For the 4th straight year, the Heat had a better record against the West than they had against the East (in terms of %)…
Griffin (2870), Jordan (2863), Paul (2171) and Crawford (2094) are the Clippers 4 best players and they have played the most minutes (sum: 9998) over the course of the season – Paul, Griffin and Jordan have played 1700 minutes together on the court, For the Heat it’s James (2902), then Bosh (2531) and next are Chalmers (2178) and Cole (2014) – James, Wade and Bosh have only played 1000 minutes together. If I were to consider Ray Allen the Heat’s 4th best player, the Heat’s best 4 players would only combine for 9102 minutes. Over an 80 game stretch, that’s 10 minutes a game that a lesser player was on the court for the Heat.
It’s kind of mute to discuss whether the Heat have a better or worse supporting cast around James than the Clippers have around Griffin. However the fact of the matter is, the Clippers best players have played a lot more minutes and a lot more minutes together than the Heat’s best players have. Seems a bit more important to point out, when mentioning the teams’ records…
James is a better jumpshooter, has a higher usage, is more efficient (!) and has a higher FT%. Despite playing 3 games less, James has logged 32 more minutes than Griffin. Seems like he was a rock for the Heat during a long regular season, huh.
Griffin gets more rebounds and has a lower TO%, but he doesn’t handle the ball as much as James. Griffin still relies too much on his athleticism and strength in the post and too often tries to overpower his opponents instead of taking his time and making controlled moves. Too often he jumps off of one foot or with his back to the basket and has to flip the ball up instead of making a controlled hookshot or bank it in of the backboard.
Still, Griffin’s growth under Doc Rivers has been rather impressive and during the stretch of games in which Chris Paul went down, the team kept on winning and performing at a high level. Griffin has improved a lot and he should be recognized for his improvement.
However that doesn’t mean that he is a better player than LeBron James. It doesn’t mean that he is more valuable than LeBron James and he shouldn’t be ahead of James in the MVP ballot or the All NBA honors.