Mitch Johnson was hoping for more Spurs at the All-Star Game
He waited to see if the reporters in front of him had any more questions at the end of the press conference. Then Mitch Johnsonwho had just been questioned about Jeremy Sochan’s exit from the rotation, brought the subject up on the table himself, before the match against the Lakers.
« That is very interesting to me De’Aaron Fox etc Stephen Castle were not named to the All-Stars. So I’m answering this question that wasn’t asked. But seven teams in this league have multiple All-Stars, and we’ve played pretty well against a lot of the best teams in this league. “, said the coach, who will referee the all-star game.
His comment comes hours after it was published preparing Brandon Ingram to replace Stephen Curryinjury package. The wing, who joins teammate Scottie Barnes among the All-Stars, is averaging 22.0 points, 5.3 rebounds and 3.7 assists per game this season on the No. 5 team in the East.
Production slightly higher than De’Aaron Fox who is averaging 19.5 points, 6.2 assists and 4 rebounds, while his backcourt partner is averaging 17.1 points, 7 assists and 5.2 rebounds. All within the second best team in the West.
All of the top 5 teams in the West except the Spurs
Ahead of her on the table, the Thunder should on paper send two representatives (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Chet Holmgren), like the Rockets (Kevin Durant and Alperen Sengun, these «SGA»), Nuggets (Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray) and Lakers (Luka Doncic and LeBron James).
Victor Wembanyama will be the only representative of San Antonio, who in the opposite conference, the Pistons (Cade Cunningham and Jalen Duren) and the Knicks (Jalen Brunson and Karl-Anthony Towns) will also have two selected players.
« I don’t want to take anything away from the All-Stars, because there are a lot of great players. But the only explanation I can see for the fact that we deserve (only) one All-Star is that there must be a lot of people who consider Victor Vembanyama one of the favorites for the MVP title. So, thanks for the question. », says the coach with a smile, causing laughter from the journalists.
Mitch Johnson understands this well: In the NBA, if you want to get invited to the party, sometimes you have to know how to make a little noise at the door.
| Shots | Rebounds | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | MJ | Min | Shots | 3pts | LF | Off | Def | That | Pd | Bp | Int | Ct | Ft | Pts |
| Victor Vembanyama | 38 | 29:00 | 50.7 | 36.0 | 81.0 | 2.0 | 9.1 | 11.1 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 0.9 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 23.9 |
| De’aron Fox | 43 | 32:22 | 47.9 | 34.9 | 79.0 | 0.6 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 6.2 | 2.5 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 2.3 | 19.5 |
| Stephen Castle | 42 | 30:49 | 46.7 | 28.9 | 72.2 | 1.2 | 4.0 | 5.2 | 7.0 | 3.5 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 3.4 | 17.1 |
| Devin Vassell | 39 | 31:03 | 42.1 | 35.6 | 84.4 | 0.5 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 2.4 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 1.8 | 14.4 |
| Keldon Johnson | 52 | 23:50 | 55.2 | 38.9 | 78.7 | 1.8 | 4.1 | 5.9 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 2.0 | 13.5 |
| Julian Champagne | 52 | 28:16 | 42.7 | 37.4 | 85.0 | 0.9 | 5.1 | 6.0 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 1.6 | 11.4 |
| Dylan Harper | 41 | 21:23 | 45.7 | 25.2 | 73.8 | 0.7 | 2.7 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 1.9 | 10.7 |
| Harrison Barnes | 52 | 28:02 | 44.0 | 37.6 | 83.9 | 0.8 | 2.2 | 2.9 | 2.1 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 10.6 |
| Luke Cornet | 42 | 23:21 | 64.9 | 0 | 79.3 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 6.8 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 7.5 |
| Jeremy Sochan | 28 | 12:47 | 47.5 | 25.7 | 68.8 | 0.9 | 1.7 | 2.6 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 1.8 | 4.1 |
| Kelly Olynyk | 29 | 9:23 | 46.6 | 23.7 | 66.7 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 3.3 |
| Riley Minick | 3 | 2:40 | 66.7 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 3.0 |
| Carter Bryant | 41 | 8:50 | 35.7 | 31.3 | 78.6 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 3.0 |
| David Jones Garcia | 11 | 6:11 am | 52.0 | 60.0 | 50.0 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 2.9 |
| Jordan McLaughlin | 24 | 5:50 | 40.5 | 40.9 | 80.0 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 2.0 |
| Lindy Waters III | 28 | 6:49 | 35.2 | 31.9 | 100.0 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 1.9 |
| Harrison Ingram | 4 | 3:15 | 75.0 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.8 |
| Bismack Biyombo | 13 | 5:18 | 66.7 | 0 | 50.0 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 0.7 |
| Stanley Umude | 1 | 2:00 am | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
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