No dish, no game, no STATs. seriously.
why is everyone fooled?
Dunks and powerful layups can only get you so far. If Amare was really the shit would there be (serious) straight up trade talks for Kirilenko??? A stick-man white dude for Mr. Universe??? ya’ll need to really think about that

Small forward: Dirk Nowitzki, Mavericks
Yes, I’m cheating here. Dirk is mobile enough to play the 3, especially in a game like this one, and the West is overloaded with great power forwards. Additionally, we have a bit of a shortage of qualified small forwards this year, which I’ll delve into further in a moment.

Nowitzki hasn’t been up to his usual MVP self so far this season, but his recent play and previous track record suggest to me that it’s more of a short-term blip than a new reality. Besides, it’s not like he turned into Jason Collins — even with the early slump, Nowitzki is 11th in the league in PER.

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The Subs

Backup Center: Yao Ming, Rockets
Believe it or not, Yao isn’t second among Western Conference centers in PER — Al Jefferson of Minnesota is 0.20 ahead of him. Of course, Yao has four times as many wins as Jefferson and has been far more consistent with his defensive effort, so we take his candidacy a little more seriously. Though having an off-year by his own standards, shooting a career-worst 48.7 percent, Yao remains a dominant post player and an All-Star shoo-in. Not that it matters since the fans vote him in every year, and will do it again this season.

While we’re on the topic, I’ve heard rumblings about other centers — Marcus Camby, Tyson Chandler and Chris Kaman — making the squad. But none of them stack up against the big boys yet. Camby is dominant on D and the boards but has essentially taken a powder on offense (seriously — 8.9 points a game for the league’s fastest-paced team? And he’s not even shooting a high percentage). Chandler’s offense hasn’t been much better, and Kaman, though one of the league’s most improved players, remains far too mistake-prone to hang with the West’s elite.

Actually, the No. 3 center out West right now is probably Andrew Bynum, who has put up an impressive 21.84 PER in 28.9 minutes per game for the Lakers. It’s a tough crowd out West so it will take more than that to earn him a spot, but don’t be shocked if he’s on the West roster a year from now in Phoenix. Now, back to our regularly scheduled program …

Backup guard No. 1: Steve Nash, Suns
Chris Paul has taken some of his thunder this season, but Nash has been the gold standard for point guard play for half a decade now and even at 33, only Paul outranks him in PER among Western Conference point guards. Throw in that he’s the orchestrator for the league’s most efficient offense, and that coming into 2007-08 his teams had led the league in offensive efficiency for six straight seasons, and he’s a slam dunk choice.

But my favorite Nash stat is his unbelievable 64.0 true shooting percentage. Nash is hitting 51.1 percent from the field, 45.5 percent on 3s and 89.1 percent from the line, which makes it the fourth straight year that he’s hit at least 50 percent from the field, 43 percent on 3s and 88 percent at the line. He’s had a true shooting percentage (TS%) of 60-plus in all four seasons. Yes, the passing is brilliant, but the part everyone forgets is that this guy is the best shooter in the game. (thats why i think hes the best not jason kidd)

Backup guard No. 2: Manu Ginobili, Spurs
Ginobili is the game’s least recognized superstar. He finished ninth in the league in PER last season and is fifth this season — yes, fifth in the entire NBA. His per-40-minute numbers are staggering: 26.4 points, 6.3 rebounds, and 5.7 assists; per minute he creates nearly as many shots as Kobe and converts a higher percentage. He’s no longer just a slasher, hitting 39.3 percent on 3-pointers after making 39.6 percent a year ago, and he’s also a good defensive player.

But he plays 29 minutes a game, and a lot of people look at a scoring average in the high teens and think he’s a complementary player. No, no, no, no, no. Ginobili is a total freak who could get huge numbers in a different system. Coming off the bench in a small market, his contribution is vastly underestimated.

and someone here mentioned that nocioni is just as good as manu LOL Please

btw heres the complete team

paul
kobe
dirk
duncan
amare

yao
nash
manu
boozer
iverson
davis
marion

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