Phoenix Suns phenom Devin Booker has inexcusably not made an All-Star team yet. If the first round of results is any indication, he might not make the team again.
Anyone who has worked one day in a retail setting (or has a Twitter account) knows the general public is full of nincompoops. Most people are generally solid, competent humans, but there is far too large of a chunk in the population that legit need the, “Caution: Hot” warning on the outside of their coffee cups. The latest example of this affects the Phoenix Suns‘ front man, Devin Booker.
The first round of All-Star voting ballots have been tallied and Devin Booker sits ninth on the Western Conference guard list behind the likes of an injured Stephen Curry, and guy-who-happens to be decent on LeBron’s team, Alex Caruso.
However, the most comical part of this fan vote is that Tacko Fall, the 7’5″ rookie for the Boston Celtics, has 110,269 votes, which is exactly 18,452 more than Devin Booker.
I get it. Tacko Fall has an awesome name, can dunk without jumping, looks a bit like a cartoon, and wears 99 because he’s self-aware enough to know he’s a bit of a character. All of those traits are undeniably admirable.
But voting for him as an All-Star is like a bunch of High School kids nominating the odd kid in class for Homecoming King to get a laugh. NBA All-Star voting isn’t exactly life or death with regard to seriousness, but a fraction of integrity would be nice to see.
So would Devin Booker, I’m sure.
Booker is the only guard in the league right now to average over 25 points per game and shoot over 50% from the field.
The. Only. One.
And not that All Star voting takes into account career numbers (although Carmelo Anthony did make the top 10 in front court players), Booker is only one of five players to have posted 6,500 points and 1,300 assists in their first 300 NBA games.
The other four? Michael Jordan, LeBron James, Allen Iverson, and Dwyane Wade.
Tell me how this man has not yet made an All Star team. It is because people like Tacko Fall have over 100,000 fan votes in their sophomoric attempt to be funny. That and the long-time frustration in all sports around name-recognition only voting that sees players like Curry and Anthony in the top 10.
Luckily, fan votes only count for 50% of the All-Star selection process, so hopefully clearer heads prevail in the end.
But, if you’re one of those fans who voted for Tacko Fall to be an All-Star, take a break from watching Tosh.0 reruns and go vote for Devin Booker five times more than you did Fall.
It won’t completely make up for the ridiculousness you partook in, but it is a good start.