If it’s about making it on the all-star team then I don’t think you can  overlook the production of  David Lee. Last year he got overlooked by the coaches and fans. This year there should be no reason why David Lee can’t make the all-star team. You would think with millions  of people in New York this would be an easy task. Right now Lee’s   playing better basketball than he was a year ago. We already know that it will be a tough task for Lee to get in the all –star game because Bosh and Josh Smith playing the forward spots. His other competition is Gerald Wallace, a player he just made a poster out of.  There is still strong hope for Lee.

If Lee can not go in as a forward he should at least be allowed to beat out Shaquille O'Neal this year. Shaq has been looking like a shell of himself and does not have the numbers to make the All-Star Team. To be honest the “Big Aristotle”, “Superman”, “Big Diesel”, or the “Big Chicken McNugget” or whatever you want to call Shaq has done nothing to get into the all-star game. This season Shaq is averaging 10 points, 7 rebonds, and 1 assist. Shaq’s numbers are nothing to be doing back flips about. However, coaches might vote in Shaq based on his reputation and what he has done in the past.

David Lee’s other competition for the center spot if he gets voted  by the coaches as a center is Nets center Brook Lopez. Lopez this season is having a great year. The problem is his team is not winning. In the fact the Nets have only won 3 games. That being said that gives David Lee the spot over both Brook Lopez and Shaquille O’Neal for the backup center spot behind Dwight Howard.

Now we all know that the starting lineup is normally picked by fans and the bench normally is picked by coaches based on merit. An all-star appearance is not supposed to be charity folks. Coaches are supposed to pick the backups. One thing that I find that is flawed is that David Lee was listed at the forward spot  when Lee has been battling centers and playing center for the last two years.

David Lee has been playing this year like his life is on the line or should I say his contract is on the line. This year we have seen him hit the 15 foot jumpshot with no hesitation. He has developed a crossover to take his man off the dribble. Lee has also improved on his spin move to the basket. Not to mention Lee might be the best player in the league at playing the pick N’ roll game. He has been playing it so well that even Karl Malone and Stockton would have to give him props or some dap. When the Knicks first acquired Lee he was compared to Oakley for his rebounding talent. Now he is the Knicks go to guy. If that is not improvement I don’t know what is. Right now David Lee is averaging 19 points a game, 11 rebounds, and 1.1 steal a game. If Lee is not made an all-star this year then when?

The bottom line is Lee has been putting in work this year and needs to be rewarded. Shaq-fu an All-Star? No I don’t think so. Let’s make the player name David Lee an All-Star.

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