Under the Boards

You'll be happy to know, apropos of Bengo's comments below that we're already crafting an event at the mothership. It's currently slated for May 17th, more details to come.

Quick hit here. Reading Marc Stein yesterday I was pleasantly surprised to see him having Ben Gordon going to the All Star game. As guard-rich as the east is, I really have to agree. First, Stein points out that you can't really have teams in the top tier of the conference without an all-star (that is, team performance should be rewarded) and Gordon's one of the most electric players in the East, and also, I'd wager one of the more valuable. There aren't many guards who can fill it up like he can, and have such knack for clutch shooting. He's also greatly improved his defense and passing and cut down on the turnovers. I also feel pretty strongly that if BenGo doesn't make it, they'll be no Chicago representation in Vegas. For the first month of the season I thought Deng would be a shoo-in, but he's slowed down a bit, and become less agressive scoring the ball. My namesake will make an All-Star game before his NBA career is over. Mark my words. But it's clearly not happening this year.

Curious what other TYI'ers think.

(Anyone wanna start a pool on when I finally given in and purchase an ESPN subscription so I can read all those tasty morsels hidden behind the orange paywall?)