Is Jaylen Brown's All-Star Snub A Good Thing?

Personally I'd rather have none of our players in the All-Star Game. I'd rather have them rest and recover, get away from the game mentally for a few days and just not participate. HOWEVER, in Jaylen's case, he had a $1.55M All-Star Bonus clause in his contract. Why is this good? Why would I care if billionaire owners have to cough up 1 1/2 million dollars for a player who deserves it? Because that All-Star bonus would have to be included in the team's salary cap numbers.

We've been assuming that Brad would have to make some trade if, for no other reason, to get under the cap so they have flexibility in trading in the coming off-season. But if Jaylen's ASG bonus doesn't hit the books then maybe Brad doesn't have to make a deal. He still might want to, he might want to move Schroder, for example, but he doesn't have to be quite as concerned with the amount of money he takes back. That provides him with a little more breathing room. It also means he can look at taking better players back in any trade.

Am I misunderstanding this?


Bob


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cowens/oldschool wrote:

RosalieTCeltics wrote:Typical popularity contest and a way for players, when they vote, to leave guys off on purpose. I totally agree that this ranking business is ridiculous.  This will, I hope, light a bigger fire under Jaylen. The last time he got snubbed he had a terrific half of the season.  I agree with one thing though. He missed a lot of games due to his injury and then Covid. That did not help him in the selection process.  

True the real problem was also the teams record and performance, other players with better records on their teams, but less abilities got in because that’s where the league is; they are emphasizing stars leading their teams to wins over stats. Guess they are emphasizing Bill Russell and winning intangibles over Wilt Chamberlain and stats. Well at least this Celtic team finally found their identity and have figured out how to win, other teams like Nets and Hornets are suddenly struggling and we can still play much better.

Cow,


Absolutely the team's record had something to do with it. Conference leading teams will have more All-Stars than teams in the middle of the pack. For it to be any other way would make people's heads explode.

A couple of years ago Kemba was an All-Star starter, so he was a lock, and Tatum was added as a reserve. There was no way Jaylen was going to make the team, not when Miami didn't have any, so they gave the last two ASG reserve spots to Butler and Bam. Comparable team records, both had two All-Stars. Three-and-one would have stood out.

It's a damn shame too. Personally, I think Jaylen deserves to be on the ASG team more than Jayson but Jayson is the NBA's Golden Child.


Bob


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