Breaking News: Hedo Turkoglu is Not an All-Star

by Ben Q Rock on Jan 31, 2008 7:29 PM EST in News Comment 3 comments

USA Today has the list of the reserves for the 2007-2008 NBA All-Star teams; Magic forward Hedo Turkoglu was not among the players selected.

The East will be represented by

Chauncey Billups
Chris Bosh
Caron Butler
Richard Hamilton
Antawn Jamison
Joe Johnson
Paul Pierce

The West will be represented by

Carlos Boozer
Steve Nash
Dirk Nowitzki
Chris Paul
Brandon Roy
Amare Stoudemire
David West

The only player on either team who doesn't deserve the honor is Joe Johnson. Turkoglu, Josh Smith, and Gerald Wallace are just three of the players who have had better seasons.

Poll

What do you think of Hedo Turkoglu not being on the All-Star team?

It's not fair; Turk's had a great season and deserved to be on the team.

34 votes

It's fair; although he's putting up All-Star numbers, other players were simply better.

3 votes

No, and the notion that he should be on the team is ridiculous.

0 votes

37 votes | Poll has closed

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Errie

Damn Ben. I just commented over at PN how Hedo should have made it over J. Johnson and I come over here to see you say the same.

by PistonsNation on Jan 31, 2008 7:33 PM EST reply actions

Re: Errie

I'll try to have more on this story tomorrow. Joe Johnson? Are you kidding?

by Ben Q Rock on Jan 31, 2008 7:36 PM EST up reply actions

Put me in the "Joe Johnson shouldn't have been in the All-Star Game" camp as well. Joe Johnson isn't even the best player in Atlanta. I still think that the David West selection was a little worse but at least it's understandable considering that the game is in New Orleans.

And for the record, I was torn between Hedo and Josh for the final spot but I gave the nod to Hedo.

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by Jake Whitacre on Jan 31, 2008 8:18 PM EST reply actions