It’s no big surprise, but Kevin Durant was named to his third All-Star team and his second straight as a starter for the Western Conference.
Durant finished with 1,345,566 votes, which placed him fifth overall in the league and second in the West behind Kobe Bryant.
KD tweeted after the announcement: “Thank u guys for voting me into the all star game, I really appreciate it!!”
Durant has lead the Thunder to the best record in the league at 17-4 while averaging 26.6 points (third in the NBA) on 51 percent shooting from the field, a team-high 8.1 rebounds and 3.1 assists in 37.1 minutes. Through the first six weeks of the season, Durant has recorded eight double-doubles.
Starting with Durant for the West will be Chris Paul, Kobe, Blake Griffin and Andrew Bynum. For the East it’s Derrick Rose, Dwyane Wade, LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony and Dwight Howard.
Russell Westbrook was the only other Thunder player even close to the conversation as a starter, but finished fifth among point guards.
i love blake as much as any player in the league not on the Thunder but kevin love should be the starter at the 4...
I'm substantially more wary of Denver this year than last. The reason I didn't buy into the Denver hype last year wasn't the absence of superstars, but rather the proportion of knuckleheads on their roster last year, even after shipping out Melo.
They've used the lockout this year to literally "Shanghai" a good chunk of knucklehead off their roster for this year, which makes them more dangerous.
No offense to Shiki, by the way, "Shanghaiing" is just an old school American way of ridding yourself of knuckleheads. Think of that the next time you see an American businessman in China, lol.
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@deleted_1998213_Don'tStoptheSergeing We don't own the Nuggets. Last year's series was closer than the final outcome. They didn't have Afflalo for several of those games and we got the benefit of a huge goaltending call at the end of Game 1. If we had lost that game, it might've changed the entire series. Plus they go 10-deep. We would probably be favored to beat them in a series, but I don't think we can say we own them.
@Daniel Hawaii@deleted_1998213_Don'tStoptheSergeing They dont have a player who can stop KD,.It means zero chance to win thunder in series.KD limited their 3pt shooting and got 40+ in 2 games.KD and Ibaka hurt Wilson Chandler so much that he escaped to china.
Russ was 15-45 in last game,it was the big reason we played 2 ugly games but i dont think it will happen again.
@deleted_1998213_Don'tStoptheSergeing Plus we have Durantula and the honey badger.
What's with all the Nuggets love? They could very well be our biggest competition in the West!
@Daniel Hawaii You're right, but we're thinking with our hearts and egos right now. The Clippers had such a smug sense of satisfaction and the media absolutely lost it over one basket last Monday. It does us good to see them roundly humbled on their home floor.
@ThunderChick2010 The fact that the Nuggets just did what we couldn't doesn't make me feel all that good.
@Daniel Hawaii Well . . . it's not like the Clippers had an identical game and Denver beat them anyway. The Denver win just feels like the lesser of two evils right now.
@Daniel Hawaii@ThunderChick2010 I don't feel bad at all.
Clippers were hot from 3 against us
Cold against Denver.
Plus Denver was on fire from 3.
@Daniel Hawaii They're gonna be a very tough out in a 7-game series. I could easily see them making the WCF.
@Daniel Hawaii Unfortunately one of had to win or I wish both of them could lose.
@ThunderWins I scroll down this post and see "I love Kenneth Faried," "Watching the nuggets play is great," "Ty Lawson's speed is incredible." WTF???
I love Kenneth Faried.
Did the Clippers have their championship ring ceremony tonight, or is that still on hold?
I wouldn't read much into this Clips loss. It's their 4th in 5 nights after and the back end of a away/home back to back. And Denver's pissed after LAC stole one on Denver's home floor.
@SammyThunderer The long Clipper road trip will be interesting.
Watching the nuggets play is great. The ball movement and team work is fantastic. Would love to see our team play like that...
Next 6 of Clippers games are on road. They are playing pathetically on road.
Loving the Nuggets spanking the Clips!
@Stringer Bell For me, it doesn't matter who wins with Clips. Heat, Mavs, Bulls, Nugs... It's important that these d-bags are losing.
Also, Portland and Utah both losing is great for us.
Clips are just getting run out of the gym. they are out of gas.
Chris Paul is acting like a child... pathetic.
@ILikePancakes chris paul is acting like jason terry?
@f5alcon Terry is just an arrogant douchebag.
Ty Lawson's speed is incredible. He's as fast as Russ, Rose and Wall are.
denver pulling away from clips now
oh shit chuck gave us props WOW
@Lost Ones Yeah what did he say??
@Daniel Hawaii@Lost Ones He was pointing out the shortcomings of the Clippers (little depth and poor half-court . . .) and said that OKC, Denver, and Portland have the best benches in the West.
@ThunderChick2010 Ahh, I see. Thank you! Might be the first time Chuck's ever said something nice about us.
@ThunderChick2010@Daniel Hawaii yea what she said lol
@Daniel Hawaii he said that we have one of the best benches in the west along with the nuggets. said lac is terrible
@Lost Ones@Daniel Hawaii You mean turrible?
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@deleted_1998213_Don'tStoptheSergeing I love The Big Bang Theory.
Who has better body control in mid-air: D-Rose or Blake?
@Shake Down the Thunder Rose and it's not even close. This guy is inhuman.
@ILikePancakes I think I agree with you, but I haven't seen anyone move so much in mid-air and still be able to throw it down as hard as Blake does
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@deleted_1998213_Don'tStoptheSergeing Yes, I'm worried about the Clippers.
@deleted_1998213_Don'tStoptheSergeing No.
16 point swing
Cheer me up/bring me back to reality. in what ways are we better than the clippers?
@Thunder S Their two biggest stars are also major douche bags. Our players are all the nicest guys evaaaa!
@Thunder S we are better defensively they run a 3 guard rotation which we can easily expose during a 7 game series.
@Lost Ones yea. also homecourt could be a huge boon.
wow so the clippers have a shirt now that says poster child and its blake dunking on perk...seriously *smh*
Is it wrong to secretly admire Craig Sager's fashion sense? Cuz I kinda do. Privately.
Im pretty open minded. Thats twisted, perverse, wrong @Ozarkhick
@Ozarkhick lol