ALL-STAR VOTING: Well the results are in and I think the voters did a pretty good job this year. I have to question Leslie getting the start, seeing as how she has been hurt for a good part of the season and the fact that 3 Storm players made the starting line-up, although Lauren Jackson is questionable due to injury. All in all, not a bad showing. Now for the reserves. By now we have all ready the experts selections and many of them I had on my list. SUGGESTED EAST RESERVES SUGGESTED WEST RESERVES Jones Cappie Christon Young Sutton-Brown Anosike Harding Taurasi Whalen Wiggins Holdsclaw Houston I’m good with most of those picks. For the East, I would rather see Tweety and McCarvel over Sutton-Brown and Christon. The West is almost close, with the following differences. HELL NO to Taurasi (more on that fiasco later!) and no to Anosike. Ruth Riley was the #2 vote getter and filling the void left by Ann Wauters plus having one her best seasons in awhile. Definately to Sophia Young! and I am sorry – call me sentimental, but VJ needs to be named. It’s her last year, she did great in the voting and she is an original. She wouldn’t be hurting the starting line-up selected by the fans and to see her come off the bench for her last All-Star game would be a classy move and deservingly so for a class act like VJ. So my reserve list would be: EAST WEST Jones Cappie Whalen Young Tweety Riley Holdsclaw WIggins McCarvel VJ Yes, I realize there are several Silver Stars players in that mix – what can I say? If they select Anosike, keep VJ. Yea, yea – positions……. LADY DI: I don’t care what you say, the WNBA allowing Phoenix to punish Taurasi at their convenience sets a bad example. Her BAC was TWICE the legal limit. Not to mention there are 2 other charges against her. Reward her with the All-Star game? Really. Yea, yea UCONN fans, I know – she is the leagues leading scorer. She is also a role model and one of the faces of the league. Kara Braxton (granted she had 2 DUI’s) was punished by the league. Let the league do what they are in position to do. I guess Plaxico Burress of the Giants should have been allowed to play while waiting for his sentence. Afterall, he only shot himself in the thigh at that nightclub! Gotta run, just wanted to post cuz I can. As always, these are my opinions and we are all entitled to them. Until later…. Peace
