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A spoonful of sense to sweeten the All-Star Game: OK, so we'll probably never have a perfect system for picking All-Star starters. But at least we can get the reserves right.(NBA)
Now's the time when NBA observers everywhere adopt a standard pose of indignation, a haughty pooh-poohing of the opinions of the masses. Every year, the results of fan balloting for the All-Star Game come in, and every year there's something that makes the know-it-all writer gnash his teeth and demand that the league forever ban the outdated practice of fan balloting. But every year, the NBA does not listen (because the All-Star Game is played for the enjoyment of fans, perhaps the league has good reason to give them a vote, but NBA observers are not supposed to mention that).
So the outrages pile up. Vince Carter will be an All-Star starter, which will make him ...
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