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Animalman said:
I would be very surprised if Stern didn't select Carmelo as Yao or Boozer's replacement, so this is kind of a non-story.

Carmelo's scoring feats kind of mask his one-dimensional game, in my opinion. He's not a top five Western Conference forward. The only problem is most of the forwards ahead of him are 4's, and would be playing out of position against the smaller Eastern Conference.



The story is whether or not Anthony deserves to snubbed for his actions on the court. If Stern does select him, it will prove his hypocrisy. It will still be a story, because then the debate will shift to Stern as an NBA commissionor, and his technical foul rule. If he does select Anthony, then his stance on technical fouls comes into question.