Rondo to take Joe Johnson's All-Star Spot

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Posted on: Wed, 02/22/2012 - 8:13am #36721

mikeyvthedon
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Joe Johnson out through All-Star break (also opens a spot in 3 point shoot out) and Rondo is taking his spot. Everyone cool with this or are there still some who think another Hawk (ie. Josh Smith) should have taken his spot? I for one am cool with Rondo getting the spot. Josh has been playing well, but not as well as Rajon.
http://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/219149/Johnson_Out_Through_All_Star_Break_Rondo_To_Take_Roster_Spot
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Posted on: Wed, 02/22/2012 - 8:26am #639906

atlienkev
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seriously? how can the NBA possibly keep snubbing Josh? tbh Josh should have got the spot over Joe.
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Posted on: Wed, 02/22/2012 - 8:26am #639908

MJBrown
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How could it not be Josh Smith. The man means more to that team’s success than Joe Johnson does right now
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Posted on: Wed, 02/22/2012 - 8:29am #639911

EverybodyHatesChris
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Jodie Meeks or Brandon Rush should take his spot in the 3 point shootout. I thought both of them deserved to be in it anyway.
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Posted on: Wed, 02/22/2012 - 8:34am #639913

FastAndFurious
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RONDOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Yes! Happy for him
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Posted on: Wed, 02/22/2012 - 8:36am #639916

Bossy13
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Im ok with Rondo getting in, he’s played great this year. The problem is that there’s now two players from a team that’s below .500 on the all star team. Thats kind of lame. Josh Smith might not get in ahead of Rondo but he’s played a heck of a lot better than Paul Pierce this year… thats whose spot he should have had originally.
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Posted on: Wed, 02/22/2012 - 8:38am #639919

TallmanNYC
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Rondo is fine. You can’t really argue with it, especially since in practice the All-Star position is also partly a reward for past performance and not just this year.
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Posted on: Wed, 02/22/2012 - 8:48am #639923

Tyrober
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Rondo deserves to be in there too, but not getting Josh Smith in there is ridiculous.
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Posted on: Wed, 02/22/2012 - 8:52am #639927

Chilbert arenas
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I think everyone would rather see Josh Smith in there for the theatrics but they did it by the positioning, which I never like, I’m just glad they didn’t really insult us by putting Lin in there. Rondo deserves it.
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Posted on: Wed, 02/22/2012 - 9:05am #639933

BasterdInABasket
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Redick hasnt ever been in a 3 pt contest right? Give him a shot or Novak
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Posted on: Wed, 02/22/2012 - 9:11am #639938

PrettyBoyPeeWee
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Wow Josh Smith got snubbed again, and 2 Celtics on the team again smh, I would have rather seen sumbody else from My 76ers (Lou Williams).
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Posted on: Wed, 02/22/2012 - 9:35am #639950

Chilbert arenas
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Good call on Redick especially since it is in Orlando
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Posted on: Wed, 02/22/2012 - 10:09am #639967

atlienkev
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indeed give jj the spot in the trey ball competition! considering they dont have a free throw efficiency competition, what else does he do.
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Posted on: Wed, 02/22/2012 - 10:13am #639968

Memphis Madness
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Too bad, I like Rajon Rondo and all but Josh Smith deserved it. The East could have had the perfect all-star team lineup with Rose, Wade, LeBron, Josh Smith, and Dwight Howard.
I guess the East team needed a backup point guard.
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Posted on: Wed, 02/22/2012 - 10:14am #639969

Ghost01
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I don’t mind Rondo but I felt like it was gonna be either him or Pierce, not both. A sub .500 team does not deserve 2 all stars when its neither of them are having "great" seasons.
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Posted on: Wed, 02/22/2012 - 11:04am #639997

aamir543
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A spot is open in the Three Point contest? Let Budinger(Or as Shaq likes to call him, Budabinger) move from the Dunk Contest to the Shootout, I bet you accidently applied for the Dunk contest instead of the Three point contest. Now we can get Lebron in this………….
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Posted on: Wed, 02/22/2012 - 1:55pm #640140

Tongue-Out-Like-23
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I’m still baffled as to how Paul Pierce made it. Sub-.500 team has two all-stars? I’m okay with Rondo making it but I would have rather seen Josh Smith. Pierce got in as a lifetime award, most likely his final all-star game.
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