Not sure what you guys are talking about... dragic is having a very average year. Should have been Kemba for sure.
https://www.basketball-reference.com/play-index/pcm_finder.fcgi?request=1&sum=0&player_id1_hint=Goran+Dragic&player_id1_select=Goran+Dragic&y1=2018&player_id1=dragigo01&idx=players&player_id2_hint=Kemba+Walker&player_id2_select=Kemba+Walker&y2=2018&player_id2=walkeke02&idx=players
I laughed when Jaylen thought he deseeved to be an allstar... but he actually has a better case than Dragic.
Yes, because we all know stats are the only thing that matters. Being the best player on a winning team means nothing. 
Dragic earned his spot, fair and square.
Stats aren't everything, but dragic isn't even a top 100 player and the heat aren't even a good team. They're 4 games out of missing the eastern conference playoffs and have a negative point margin lol. He might actually be the first allstar with a negative BPM. He most definitely has not earned the spot and the Heat aren't a good enough team for people to say it has to be because of a certain player.
You can give the edge to the better win team player if it's close like Horford vs Drummond, but kemba is ranked 18th in VORP and dragic is 135th. It's a joke.
What are you talking about? The Heat are 49-33 in their last 82 regular season games. The fact they are currently 7 games over .500 (this season) is indicative they are in fact a good team.
And I really couldn't care less about VORP, this isn't baseball.
I'm glad you get to pick and choose what you care about. Really makes debating things with you impossible, but I'll give it one more shot.
The heat are now half a game out of being the 7th seed in the
eastern conference, and now 2.5 games out from missing it entirely. Also Bringing up any record from last year is a red herring because it's not the same team, same competition or same circumstances.
The heat are one of two teams (bucks) over 500 that have a negative net point differential. The hornets are the only team under 500 with a positive net point differential. This means that the heat won a few coin flips and the hornets lost a few coin flips. They will eventually regress to a similar record by season end barring trades or injuries. And no, if the coin flips were simply dragic better than Kemba, it would show up in the winshares.
Kemba has 3 more win shares than Dragic on a team with 7 less wins. He is by far the better player in just about every statistical category (see link above), and in terms of winning, he has also proven that he is more conducive to winning due to the win shares, I.e. Even if the heat are better than the hornets, it's not because of dragic vs Kemba... it's in spite of it. If you swapped them, the heat would be better and the hornets would be worse.
With this post and previous posts, I have just placed a lot of facts in your lap that should lead you to understand that dragic is an average player on an average team (slightly above average at best), and that Kemba is a star on an average team (slightly below average at worst). Neither teams are good (contenders) or bad (well, the hawks). You can choose what you'd like to do with the facts... Something about a horse and water...
Goodnight
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