Jared Sullinger does not make the NBA rising stars challenge game

[esel1000]

Wow thats bs. Hope he has a monster game tonight

[Who]

I can't see Zeller over Sully.

http://www.basketball-reference.com/play-index/pcm_finder.cgi?request=1&sum=0&p1=sullija01&y1=2013&p2=zellety01&y2=2013

Sully is just better.  He crushes Zeller in terms of FG% and rebound rate.

Me either. Sully has completely outplayed Zeller.

Zeller has played very badly for Cleveland this year. Inefficient offense combined with lousy defense and weak rebounding. What is the attraction? The guy has sucked.

[Smitty77]

Sully higher efficiency than Dion Waiters:_(((

http://www.nba.com/statistics/player/Efficiency.jsp?league=00&conf=OVERALL&position=0&splitType=9splitScope=GAME&qualified=N&yearsExp=0&splitDD=All%20Teams

Why does the rookie team only get 8 players, but the sophomores get 10??

Please explain the logic of that to me!!!

I hope this lights a fire under Sully and he starts to play even better.

Smitty77

[LooseCannon]

PPG is an overvalued stat.  It is unsurprising that the eight rookies happen to be the top eight in PPG among players drafted in 2012.

[jgod213]

Zeller should be over Sully, but Sully still should have made it.

Last 10 Games

Zeller: 34mpg, 36% fg shooting, 9 pts & 9 rbs

Sullinger: 25mpg, 54% fg shooting, 8 pts & 8 rbs

I think it's pretty clear that Sullinger is already the better, more efficient basketball player.  He needs to be on the squad over Zeller.  CLE already has Waiters in there because of volume playing time, no need for Zeller, too.

[Roy H.]

Sully higher efficiency than Dion Waiters:_(((

http://www.nba.com/statistics/player/Efficiency.jsp?league=00&conf=OVERALL&position=0&splitType=9splitScope=GAME&qualified=N&yearsExp=0&splitDD=All%20Teams

Why does the rookie team only get 8 players, but the sophomores get 10??

Please explain the logic of that to me!!!

I hope this lights a fire under Sully and he starts to play even better.

Smitty77

It's a misprint by somebody who doesn't understand that Alexey Shved is a rookie.

[fairweatherfan]

I can't see Zeller over Sully.

http://www.basketball-reference.com/play-index/pcm_finder.cgi?request=1&sum=0&p1=sullija01&y1=2013&p2=zellety01&y2=2013

Sully is just better.  He crushes Zeller in terms of FG% and rebound rate.

Me either. Sully has completely outplayed Zeller.

Zeller has played very badly for Cleveland this year. Inefficient offense combined with lousy defense and weak rebounding. What is the attraction? The guy has sucked.

Raw numbers - Zeller has more PPG and starts, a few more blocks too.  It seems like a surprising number of voters just look at the primary stats.

[fairweatherfan]

PPG is an overvalued stat.  It is unsurprising that the eight rookies happen to be the top eight in PPG among players drafted in 2012.

Hahaha, didn't realize it was that straightforward.  Yup.

[rocknrollforyoursoul]

Foolish, but you know what? I'd rather have all Celtics resting throughout the All-Star break, so in a sense I'm glad Sully didn't make it. Ditto for Pierce.

[Sketch5]

Sully has been a top 10 rookie for the last few months. Been improving every month as well.

Just doesn't make sense.

[Smitty77]

Thanks Roy.  Who then came up with the VERY odd number of 9 per team???

Sully has a higher efficiency rating than Shved as well!!!!

Smitty77

[CelticConcourse]

Zeller should be over Sully, but Sully still should have made it.

If you're putting Zeller and Shved on the team, who are you booting to make room for Sully?

Dion Waiters. -.-

[Interceptor]

Here's hoping that Sully gets mad about the snub.

[CelticConcourse]

If there's an injury, I'm sure they'll "sull"ect him as the next-best player... get ready for Waiters/Irving to injure themselves 'cuz they always do >_<

[CelticsFan9]

That's stupid.  I'd like to think Chuck and Shaq love the kid because he's a guys who likes to bang and play in the paint.