Boom-Dizzle gets the snub!!???

Are you fucking kidding me!!! This is an absolute outrage. Baron Davis, the dynamic point guard of my beloved Golden State Warriors was denied, this afternoon, from playing in the upcoming all star game. Davis would have been the warriors first All-Star in 10 years (we've been the victim of similar snubs, though none on the same level, during that duration). If you're unfamiliar with the way all-stars get picked let me give you the run down real quick. There are 12 players total for each team, the West all-star's and the East all-stars. The starting five get voted in by the fans, a process that is always questioned and debated. After the starting five for each conference is selected the coaches vote for the remaining players by position: 1 center, 2 forwards, 2 guards, and 2 "wild cards" (coaches cannot vote for their own players). Usually the "wild card" slots are reserved for one big man and one guard.

This year in the western conference the amount of All-Star worthy guards were plenty. A good case could be for a good 3 or 4 players along side Davis, and if Davis had got selected the player whose place he took would be making one too. The player that most likely was chosen for Davis was Portland's 2nd year star, Brandon Roy. Roy is a deserving player. It is not that he is undeserving it is that Davis is MORE deserving.
Brandon Roy is a classic NBA feel good selection. The Portland Trail Blazer were supposed to suck, be the bottom feeders of a superior conference. They had the first pick in the draft and with that pick they selection Greg Oden, who is projected by many to be an elite big man in the league. Unfortunately for the Blazers (the leagues best surname) Oden suffered a season ending injury and subsequently catapulted them to the projected status that I just mentioned. However, lead by Roy and a number of young talented players, the Blazers took the basketball world by complete surprise. The went an amazing win streak of 13 in a row, and have firmly planted themselves in the unyielding playoff race in the Western conference. Because of this feel good, unpredictable, performance Roy was selected to the All-star team, despite the fact that Davis leads him in almost every important statistical category and is playing on a better team (the achievement of the team is a major factor in these selections).
Its tragic really. But maybe in the end it simply serve as motivation for not only Baron, but his team as well since it was just as much a snub to them as it was Davis himself (the league likes to use this awards as symbols and like I alluded to earlier Roy being selected was really rewarding his team for their success thus far). I know though, that when the season is over Davis and the Warriors will get the respect they deserve.