bulls: john salmons is my favorite. this guy was a joke when he came into the league, but steadily improved. he’s a late bloomer who is a borderline star. and yes, he is better then ben gordon.
i dislike a lot of players on this team. luol deng is overpaid and overhyped. derrick rose is getting too much undeserved credit. but my least favorites has to be tyrus thomas and joakim noah. but of them have no low post moves whatsoever. the only thing they do is block shots. this is the nba people. start brad miller ahead of one of these bums.
lakers: i’m not a big kobe fan. i respect his game, but i still feel like lakers could’ve won a lot more rings if he didn’t feud with shaq and phil jackson and ran both of them out of town. my favorite player on this squad is ron artest. he’s an old-school, hard-nosed guy that you don’t see in this era. i missed these sort of players from the ’90s. his offensive game is underrated.
there are a lot of annoying guys on this team too. luke walton is a frontrunner and overpaid bum. andrew bynum is by all account, a total asshole. lamar odom is on drugs. pau gasol pisses everybody off. but sasha vujacic is overpaid, overexposed and annoying.
rockets: the rockets are boring to watch cuz mcgrady is injured. i love t-mac and his creativity on the court. he is a joy to watch. if not for injuries, he is just as good as bryant and iverson.
one guy i hate is yao ming. he plays soft, lacks swagger plus he robbed shaq at least 3 all-star starting nod just because he’s chinese. i will never forgive him for this. this is one of the reasons i stopped watching all-star games.
jazz: not much to like about this team since jerry sloan is in charge. i respect their game, but not much to ga-ga about. matt harpring, whose career might be over due to injuries, is one guy i always thought could emerge as a star. it obvioiusly never happened.
as for least favorite, i don’t have a problem with boozer. nba is a business. teams don’t show loyalty when a player struggles, so why should a player show loyalty? i really don’t have a problem with anyone other than jerry sloan. maybe its salt lake city or maybe it’s sloan, but everybody who plays for the jazz become very boring and unmarketable. let the player show their personalities and emotions, sloan.
suns: a lot of likeable guys on the team. steve nash is my fellow canadian, so i’ll always root for him. amare is a big star. j-rich is a 2-time dunk champ and a very exciting player. but out of everybody, my favorite player is grant hill. he’s the lebron james of the ’90s. a small forward who does everything. rebounds, ballhandling, scoring. his inspirational comeback from major injury is storybook.
my least favorite has to robin lopez. this guy couldn’t even cut it in stanford, then he somehow ended up as a lottery pick just because he is brook lopez’s twin. what a waste of roster space.
heat: dwyane wade. no contest. i’ve been following his career since he was at marquette.
there are a lot of bums on this team. michael beasley is a ballhog who doesn’t rebound, defend, or draw fouls. daequan cook sucks. mario chalmers was underrated coming out of the draft, but now he’s vastly overrated. beasley gets the nod cuz he is the biggest bust out of the 3 and has the worst attitude.
knicks: i have always been a big fan of larry hughes. i still feel like lebron james ruined his career. if he stay with the wiz, he could’ve been better than gilbert arenas.
people i dislike include jordan hill, jared jeffries (overpaid bum), and toney douglas (if he ever cuts into hughes’ playing time, i’ll kill him), but the worst is chris duhon. he sucks so bad and is so overpaid. start nate robinson now.
hawks: i love mike bibby. who could forget that epic kings-lakers series that got fixed? bibby was sensational and i will always root for him.
one guy i hate is marvin williams. it’s clear that he is a bust yet he still cashed in. why didn’t the hawks offer the same money to josh childress? he’s better than marvin williams.
pistons: i always feel like chris wilcox could be the next zach randolph if he puts it together. that obviously never happened, but i still like his potential. ben wallace is another guy i like a lot. he changed the dynamic of the team.
as for who i hate, simple answer: rodney stuckey. neither allen iverson nor rodney stuckey killed the pistons season last year, it was joe dumars and michael curry’s obsession with rodney stuckey. i fail to understand why a player can’t "develop" without starting. earn your playing time. stuckey obviously will never amount to anything.
thunder: i honestly don’t like anybody on this team. i do think dj white deserves to consistent minutes. this guy can ball. all he needs is an opportunity. same goes for kyle weaver.
least favorite? sergey ibaka and bj mullens. didn’t they learn anything from petro, robert swift, and sene? stop drafting 7-foot project. they never work out.
pacers: danny gran
Obviously the degree of liking or not is different in each case, but it was fun to pick a favorite player (and the least one) for each team:
Atlanta
Like: Al Horford
Dislike: Jamal Crawford
Boston
L: Marquis Daniels
D: Rasheed Wallace
Charlotte
L: Boris Diaw
D: Vladimir Radmanovic
Chicago
L: Derrick Rose
D: Joakim Noah
Cleveland
L: Shaq
D: Delonte West
Dallas
L: Jason Kidd
D: Josh Howard
Denver
L: Carmelo Anthony
D: Kenyon Martin
Detroit
L: Richard Hamilton
D: Kwame Brown
Golden State
L: Ronny Turiaf
D:Stephen Jackson
Houston
L: Luis Scola
D: Yao Ming
Indiana
L: Danny Granger
D: Mike Dunleavy
LA Clippers
L: Marcus Camby
D: Ricky Davis
LA Lakers
L: Kobe
D: Sasha Vujacic
Memphis
L: Allen Iverson
D: Zach Randolph
Miami
L: D-Wade
D: Quentin Richardson
Milwaukee
L: Brandon Jennings
D: Kurt Thomas
Minnesota
L: Al Jefferson
D: Mark Blount
New Jersey
L: Devin Harris
D: Bobby Simmons
New Orleans
L: David West
D: James Posey
New York
L: Wilson Chandler
D: Eddy Curry
Oklahoma City
L: Kevin Durant
D: Nenad Krstic
Orlando
L: Dwight Howard
D: Matt Barnes
Philadelphia
L: Thaddeus Young
D: Jason Kapono
Phoenix
L: Steve Nash
D: Robin Lopez
Portland
L: Brandon Roy
D: Greg Oden
Sacramento
L: Andres Nocioni
D: Kenny Thomas
San Antonio
L: Manu Ginobili
D: Richard Jefferson
Toronto
L: Chris Bosh
D: Hedo Turkoglu
Utah
L: Deron Williams
D: Carlos Boozer
Washington
L: Caron Butler
D: Gilbert Arenas
Nocioni | Nov 07, 2009
you seem to be a big shaq fan but although I respect his game yao ming still deserves those all star spots. he has more heart than shaq any day. Shaq`s got a huge ego and it gets annoying sometimes.
Also don`t get me started on T-mac, this guy is so full of sh1t. he doesn`t have the work ethic or the heart that players that he`s compared to have. It pisses me off when he gets compared to lebron, kobe, wade, melo bosh etc.
He left toronto when they pretty much build him from a sh1tty player into all star material, he left orlando when they went out and built a team around him spending millions, and then he goes to houston and the only time they leave the first round is without him. This guys a joke. I believe it was the 2007 all star games when he was `supposedley injured sitting on the bench for the rockets, that he scored like 27 points. the guy is a disgrace to basketball, he`s just too lazy
kerr to u | Nov 07, 2009