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By: fillmoe mike

fillmoe mike — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 02:31:04 +0000

Monta is easily an all star based on his stats alone…he’s also an all star becuz he’s a highlight film..I mean I wud love to see monta play n an open court game with his skills n the open court….

Also I don’t see the point in trying to trade monta ellis…if fans want to trade monta ellis then they are obviously dumb asses…

Who trades the 3rd leading scorer n the league not even in his prime yet???

By: Wilson

Wilson — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 07:39:23 +0000

Monta is the third highest scorer in the league. Very good assist and steals totals. High shooting percentage (better than Kobe and Wade) including three pointers. The all-star game selections are largely political and whether he makes it or not doesn’t change the fact that he’s turned himself into a truly great player. That’s what matters to me.

By: Playoffbound

Playoffbound — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 19:38:00 +0000

Meir,

I think the coaches will select Monta. Phil Jackson likes him and gave him praises, so there is hope that a Warrior will finally be an all star after so many years.

By: meir34

meir34 — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 19:29:23 +0000

Playoff,try voting online it’s a killerdiller to get through. And I don’t want to give them permission to spam me with unwanted offers, etc. That’s like yeast in an oven.

But I never vote more than once, it’s too much of a joke to play that game. Of course fan voting for the all star game has always been a joke. Much as I like David Lee, if he’d played last year for say Charlotte, no way he’d have made the Eastern All Star Game.

And from my Fall trip to DC and Williamsburg, I wouldn’t have known the Warriors actually completed games or Monta existed. It was always scores not in and then not there the next day. Had to go online to find out if they really existed or if it was my West Coast imagination. For Monta I’m counting on the coaches or Stern.

By: Playoffbound

Playoffbound — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 18:28:30 +0000

Meir,

As big as a Monta fan you are, I figured you would have voted more than 4 times. Since the all star game is a popularity contest (you got guys that haven’t played that are voted in), I try to vote almost everyday. I’ve voted for Curry, Monta, Lee, and even Beans–though he drives me crazy. Nevertheless, I am a fan and I will support who we have.

Bottom line, I feel that many Warriors fans don’t vote for Monta because they hate his game, and still holding grudges on his past mistakes. As I’ve said, these fans want to trade Monta.

By: meir34

meir34 — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 18:17:28 +0000

I don’t do text messages and tried to vote online four times, all four unsuccessful. I wonder if I went into another que because I deselected wanting offers from their 3rd party partners, but this isn’t a very good system,inmo.

Last year Stern all but said that if Monta had another year like last one’s he’d be in this year. I, therefore, expect him to select Monta. Knowing even as I write this that Blake is the NOW Star. If the team were over 50% by then, it would be easier. But I’m hoping Lacob has more viorgish than Cohan did, hard to believe he wouldn’t. Or they might go for a flagging team’s star to build up attendance. It’s all so political, like the Academy Awards.

By: Playoffbound

Playoffbound — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 18:16:33 +0000

W’s in 2010

“99% of Monta votes are from Warrior fans…”

99% out of how many fans possible? So for example, Monta’s votes maybe be 99% Warriors fans, but if 50 out of 100 fans did not vote, then that’s only 50% of POSSIBLE fans that voted. You can vote more than once. So for a sell out home crowd, Monta should have way more votes just from home fans alone. There are folks who make excuses for Biedrins’s deficiencies numerous times in blogs. There are folks who debate Monta versus Curry in blogs multiple times. Yet, they can’t click the mouse or text multiple times for Monta. Sad. Don’t be so naive!

Where do you get that number anyways? I’ve asked around in various blogs and no one has voted for Monta. Heck, some fans still want to trade Monta.

By: Yoda

Yoda — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 16:16:35 +0000

I couldn’t care less about the All-Star game, but if I were voting I wouldn’t be voting for Monta anyway. He’s having a great year, but he’s flat out not one of the top five or six guards in the West.

The fans shouldn’t have a say in it to begin with. They mostly don’t know a thing about the game.

By: Earl Monroe

Earl Monroe — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 14:05:18 +0000

Anyway who cares? I never watch the all star game, sometimes I watch the dunk contest because its entertaining, the actual game? Now if they gave each winning player a million bucks we might actually have a real basketball game, maybe even
a few thousands might do it.

By: Earl Monroe

Earl Monroe — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 14:02:43 +0000

Marcus, I like that, reverse psychology to get Warrior fans to vote for Monta-you should have been a psychologist