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All Stars 2017

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courtesy: nba.com Of all the years I have been writing this blog, I've been ranting and raving about all star selections.  Some years haven't been so bad, but others have gotten downright ugly.  This year is about as close to perfect (in my mind) as it's going to get. West: Anthony Davis Kawhi Leonard  Kevin Durant Stephen Curry James Harden Russell Westbrook Demarcus Cousins Klay Thompson  Draymond Green Marc Gasol Gordon Hayward DeAndre Jordan East: LeBron James Giannis Antetokounmpo Jimmy Butler  Kyrie Irving Demar Derozan John Wall Paul George Kyle Lowry  Paul Millsap Kevin Love Isaiah Thomas Kemba Walker The root of the problem every year was the fans voting the starting lineups.  Fans are morons.  (Myself included on that list.)  This year, and hopefully forever going forward, fans only accounted for 50% of the votes.  Which we are lucky that is the case because otherwise Zaza Pachulia would be sta...