Will Harden be an all-star this year?

The allstar selection is based on popularity. Lin has a billion and half of fans and they want to see a hardlin backcourt.

 

Who cares I'm voting Beardsanity, I'm a fan!

 

Why would it be embarrassing for the franchise though? The ASG are a popularity contest so if he has enough fans to get a fan vote who cares if his numbers aren't as good as CP3 or Russ. It has nothing to do with merit in terms of being a starter at the games. Wouldn't you be happy to have both players at the games as opposed to just one. I've been a Raptor fan for years now & it has been a while since we had a player at the ASG. LOL. Makes no sense to me why it would be an embarrassment to the franchise if Lin was popular enough to get a spot as a stater in a game based on popularity but to each his own.

 

this . Chinese fans will vote for them only if they perform good enough. ask YiJianLian

 

Asik, Lin, and Harden will all make it

 

Just googled him, funny how people say china will vote for a player just because he's chinese.

 

Well I am not saying that only Chinese fans will vote for him. I actually disagree with that assertion (see Yi Jian Li) It isn't like his fan base is located only in Asia, & Asia alone. He has a lot of other fans outside of Asia in a lot of random countries where the NBA isn't even popular. I just think he is overwhelmingly popular & people will vote for him China or not.

 

What's all the crap about china only voting players that perform well? The last year T-Mac was on our team (you know, when he played 8 minutes a game and then tried to force a trade to the Knicks) he was in the lead for the 2 guard spot in all-star game votes for a good part of the season. Who's fault you think that was?

 

I don't know you tell me?

 

I actually think Harden has a better shot at making All-NBA 3rd team than the all-star team.

 

its not just china , i the rest of the community in asia.

 

But hey the kid is american .

 

i doubt the whole asia will root for him , some might even against him because of his race, for example, because of the island issue between japan and china/taiwan , there's probably some japanese don't like him.

i actually think that most that root for him it's not because of his race but his underdog story.

 

I defo think that... YES! He was with U.S National team this year, so I don't see why not!?

 

Remember guys, the coaches vote for the reserves

 

As far as guards go:

Kobe - In
Westbrook - Probable
Paul - In
Nash - Probable

5 spots go to guards. Rubio, Harden, Gordon, Curry, Parker, & Ginobili are your most likely candidates of the rest.

 

Brandon Roy sounds pretty spot on how he might perform with the Rockets.

 

Agreed

but Lin has a BIG number of fans in

Thailand (70 mill) , Phillipines (110 mill) , Indonesia (400 mill people) , India (1,5 billion people live there) , Japan (120 mill) and Bangladesh etc.

Maybe the fans outside China in Asia are in bigger numbers.

 

i don't want offend you.

But in Asia, they don't think Taiwan is China. Only China think this.

 

World Population Figures

China 1,347,350,000 Taiwan 23,268,372

No way Lin and Harden get in? Think again. Fair, no. Real, yes.