Kobe Bryant’s All-Star starting spot is such bologna, right? Kobe deserves to be nowhere near that honor, and his success in the fan vote totally robbed the next-highest vote getter… Zaza Pachulia.
When the NBA announced its All-Star starters, the biggest surprise was the performance of Pachulia, who finished ahead of Draymond Green and only 14,000 votes behind Kawhi Leonard for the final Western Conference starting spot.
Mavericks' Zaza Pachulia came so close to breaking the Internet pic.twitter.com/bHFC708l6X
— Ben Golliver (@BenGolliver) January 22, 2016
Pachulia actually got the most votes of any center in either conference, and you probably can’t name what team he’s on.
Actually, 31-year-old Zaza Pachulia is against all odds having the best season of his career, is averaging a double-double (10.5 points, 10.8 rebounds) on 48.1% shooting for the surprisingly competitive Mavericks.
If he played in the Eastern Conference, Pachulia’s All-Star vote total would have placed him second among frontcourt players, and he would have cracked the top three in the West if not for Kobe’s influx of lifetime-achievement votes.
What a world.
Ace researcher @MicahAdams13 says Zaza Pachulia never before made top 5 in C voting (old system) or top 10 in frontcourt voting (new system)
— Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) January 22, 2016
Yep, Zaza Pachulia is trending. Wonder how many of the tweets have a question mark in them… pic.twitter.com/hVyxl3AQJI
— J.A. Adande (@jadande) January 22, 2016
