All-Star Preview (Awards And Outcome)

This all-star game promises to be exciting, with lots of players making their debut, and lots of olders players making probably their last all-star appearance. Both teams have great line-ups, I think that the West has a slight edge over the East, even though I would really like for the East to win, the West just has a better all around line-up. The biggest reason that I think the west has a more powerfull line-up is not Kobe Bryant, but Carmelo Anthony. The reason for that is Kobe Bryant's play will more or less be pretty much cancelled out by Lebron James points, but unless Lebron puts up at least 40 points in the all-star game, there is no way that he could cancel out Carmelo and Kobe. When you combine those two, and then add two very solid post players in Amar'e Stoudemire and Tim Duncan, the West will be hard to overcome. Add to that two more great players coming of the bench, in Chris Paul, and Dirk Nowitzki, and you have a very spectacular all-star team. On the other hand, there are few ways that the East could pull of the upset.

Dwayne Wade is lots of times forgotten about because he has such a low quality team. Dwayne Wade is one of the greatest players in the NBA no matter how good or bad his team plays, and this was proved when his team won just 14 games (And lost 67) when he was injured for almost the whole 2007-2008 season. With him, this year they have won are one of the top five teams in the Eastern Conference in terms of wins. Why is this so important? Because if the East are to have any chance of winning, then Dwayne Wade will have put up stellar numbers in the all-star game. Even though Dwayne Wade's numbers are down, he has proven himself to play the best whenever the stage is the largest, as evident in his 2007 NBA Championships MVP. Another way that the East could win in the all-star game would be if the Kobe Bryant and Carmelo Anthony's egos get in the way of good basketball. If those two don't gell for that one day, then the West will have a problem.

As for the MVP of the all-star game, that depends on the winning team. If the East can pull of the upset, the Lebron James will most likely be named MVP. On the other hand, if the West wins, Kobe Bryant will most likely be named MVP unless he brings a bad attitude. You would think that if Kobe had a bad attitude, but the West still won, Kobe would be named MVP anyway if he puts up big numbers. But, if Kobe's ego rubs Carmelo the wrong way, and both of them start playing for their stats, and the West still manages to win, the MVP might fall to Steve Nash, the pass-first starting point guard for the West.