What you’re about to read will upset you. Just know that going in.
Selecting the 12 most deserving players from each conference for the 2021 NBA All-Star Game is difficult, and it gets downright excruciating for the final spots.
Lucky for me, then, that I’m a bit of a masochist. When John Hollinger and I collaborated two weeks ago to select the East and West rosters, The Athletic readers offered 300-plus comments … and counting. Believe me, many of those comments found some fault with something.
That’s a great thing. We wanted your opinions, and I want your thoughts now.
Here are the rules I followed this time:
• The league requires voters to pick two backcourt players and three frontcourt players, so that’s the format employed here.
• The choices were based on players’ performance this season only. If you think I subconsciously made some legacy picks here, say so.
• For…