2011 NBA All-Star Team Full Rosters Revealed, and the NBA Coaches are Revealed to be Idiots

It's almost time for the NBA All-Star Game, the most exciting all-star game of the four major sports. It's only played for bragging rights, it marks the point in the season when teams start getting serious, and legends are born during the 3-point shootout and slam dunk competitions. Not only that, but we get to see the best players in the world play with each other once a year; the only other time we get to see players of this caliber on the same teams is during the Olympics. There has been some major controversy this season, however, because many people got voted to the all-star team when most felt they either didn't deserve it, or others deserved it more.

First up, the starters voted by the fans:

Western Conference

• Guard: Chris Paul     (New Orleans Hornets)
• Guard: Kobe Bryant     (Los Angeles Lakers)
• Forward: Kevin Durant     (Oklahoma City Thunder)
• Forward: Carmelo Anthony     (Denver Nuggets)
• Center: Yao Ming     (Houston Rockets)

Eastern Conference

• Guard: Derrick Rose     (Chicago Bulls)
• Guard: Dwyane Wade     (Miami Heat)
• Forward: LeBron James     (Miami Heat)
• Forward: Amar'e Stoudemire     (New York Knicks)
• Center: Dwight Howard     (Orlando Magic)

What name among those stands out as an anomaly? Yes, you saw it correctly, Yao Ming was voted as an All-Star despite the fact he has played less than 5 games this season. Because he has not retired (and many feel he needs to), he was allowed to get votes for the all-star team. Gee, I wonder what country voted for him 800,000 times? Andrew Bynum received second place voting for West center.

Next up are the reserves, voted by the NBA coaches. The all-star coaches are not allowed to vote for their own players.

Western Conference

• Guard: Russell Westbrook     (Oklahoma City Thunder)
• Guard: Deron Williams     (Utah Jazz)
• Guard: Manu Ginobili     (San Antonio Spurs)
• Forward: Blake Griffin     (Los Angeles Clippers)
• Forward: Tim Duncan     (San Antonio Spurs)
• Forward: Pau Gasol     (Los Angeles Lakers)
• Forward: Dirk Nowitzki     (Dallas Mavericks)

 Eastern Conference

• Guard: Rajon Rondo     (Boston Celtics)
• Guard: Ray Allen     (Boston Celtics)
• Guard: Joe Johnson     (Atlanta Hawks)
• Forward: Paul Pierce     (Boston Celtics)
• Forward: Kevin Garnett     (Boston Celtics)
• Forward: Chris Bosh     (Miami Heat)
• Center: Al Horford     (Atlanta Hawks)

Those reserves on both sides are absolute horseshit. As great as Pau Gasol is, Lamar Odom has been having a much better year. And as great as Odom has been, the best Forward in the entire league this year has been Kevin Love of the Minnesota Timberwolves. Andre Miller of the Portland Trailblazers is mad that Blake Griffin was selected as an all-star over his teammate LaMarcus Aldridge, but the fact of the matter is that Blake Griffin is averaging better numbers than Aldridge and he's a rookie, compared to Aldridge's 10 years in the league.

The East is even worse. Why in the hell are Joe Johnson, Chris Bosh, and Al Horford on the all-star team? Where's Josh Smith? No Carlos Boozer? No Shaq for the second year in a row? Pitiful, just pitiful.

There is a silver lining in all of this, and it comes from... David Stern? Yes, David Stern, the man long blamed for killing the NBA. Because Yao Ming is out with a foot injury, he got the one vote for naming Yao's replacement. Rather than simply choose Bynum since he got 2nd place in voting, Stern with the smart choice and voted Kevin Love as per fan and analyst demands. The Western team at this point looks like it will absolutely demolish the East with the help of all its young, raw talent.