NBA to eliminate center and forward position for all star voting, calls it "front court" position
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After carefully weighing both sides of the argument, the NBA is ready to re-cast its ballot.
The league is set to tweak its All-Star Game balloting process, doing away with position designations for forwards and centers and instead asking fans to vote for three "frontcourt" players, according to NBA.com.
The website said the announcement is scheduled for Wednesday and the change is based on the more nebulous definition of player positions in NBA lineups and a reaction to San Antonio's routine designation of Tim Duncan -- a listed power forward who often played like a center.
"It makes sense," vice president of basketball operations Stu Jackson said to NBA.com. "It made sense to our competition committee. Having a center is the only specific position that was singled out on the ballot. It just seemed a little outdated and didn't represent the way our game has evolved. By the same token, it also affords the same opportunity, if you have two good centers in a given year, pick 'em both. They both can be selected. Which is impossible right now."
The NBA is scheduled to debut the 2013 All-Star ballot on Nov. 13 with the All-Star Game slated for Feb. 17 at Houston's Toyota Center.
The league is set to tweak its All-Star Game balloting process, doing away with position designations for forwards and centers and instead asking fans to vote for three "frontcourt" players, according to NBA.com.
The website said the announcement is scheduled for Wednesday and the change is based on the more nebulous definition of player positions in NBA lineups and a reaction to San Antonio's routine designation of Tim Duncan -- a listed power forward who often played like a center.
"It makes sense," vice president of basketball operations Stu Jackson said to NBA.com. "It made sense to our competition committee. Having a center is the only specific position that was singled out on the ballot. It just seemed a little outdated and didn't represent the way our game has evolved. By the same token, it also affords the same opportunity, if you have two good centers in a given year, pick 'em both. They both can be selected. Which is impossible right now."
The NBA is scheduled to debut the 2013 All-Star ballot on Nov. 13 with the All-Star Game slated for Feb. 17 at Houston's Toyota Center.
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aka the "Tim Duncan" rule.............
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David Stern has too much power...
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meh i got no issue with it, because there's only what 2-3 legit centers in the League anyway. so im good they can vote 3 forwards (pf or sf) for all i care. long as we past giving ? all star nods for PAST glory. thats my only beef
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If it stated the same it would Bynum and Howard everyone. They just switch teams
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Alot of the centers and forwards have no talent anyway. Any regular 7 foot ? with size can join the NBA.
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I got no problems with that. It makes sense imo.
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So basically Roy Hibbert won't ever make another all star game
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Like others have said, only 2 or 3 of the Centers in the league can even ball and take over a game at times.
The rest of them are just picking up checks.
They need to put a * by every center's resume that has made an allstar game in the league that is not named Dwight Howard, or Andrew Bynun -
Al Horford is ?