Sarcastic, annoying voice in three, two, one . . . I'm telling you, man, at this rate Jerome James will be the East's starting point guard by Sunday afternoon! Hiyo! Yuck, yuck, yuck . . . and end voice. NBA commissioner David Stern selected Hawks' guard Joe Johnson for the Eastern All-Star team today as a replacement for Nets' bachelor Jason Kidd. Kidd will miss Sunday night's game thanks to a
Can't say I have any qualms with Stern's (hopefully) final pick. It was either "The Armadillo Cowboy" or Bucks' injured gunner Michael Redd, and well . . . the last thing we need is to have to start picking replacements for the replacements.
The Armadillo Cowboy -- yes, I'm gonna keep hammering this nickname home -- is averaging 25.1 points, 4.3 assists and 4.2 rebounds per game this season. He is the fifth -- fifth! -- replacement player named this week. He joins Ray Allen, Carmelo Anthony, Josh Howard and Mehmet Okur as Las Vegas' ol' sloppy seconds.
