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Kerr slams All-Star votes by players as 鈥榤ockery鈥
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GOLDEN State coach Steve Kerr wishes players had taken their voting for the NBA All-Star Game more seriously, calling it a “mockery” after nearly 300 players in the league wound up on at least one ballot.
Players had a say in deciding starters for next month’s game in New Orleans, with their selections accounting for 25 percent of someone’s total score in the balloting.
Fan and media votes were also part of the process of selecting starters, and NBA coaches vote this week for the reserves to be revealed tomorrow.
“I am very disappointed in the players,” said Kerr, who will coach the Western Conference in the game.
“They’ve asked for a vote and a lot of them just made a mockery of it. I don’t know what the point is.”
Nearly 100 players got only one vote from either themselves or an NBA peer in the All-Star balloting, including Mo Williams — who hasn’t played a single second this season.
The NBA said a total of 324 players participated in the voting process.
Kerr was asked why he would use the word “mockery.”
“I saw the list,” Kerr said. “I saw all the guys who got votes. ... There were 50 guys on there who had no business getting votes. Although a lot of people wrote in their buddies in the presidential vote as well.
“So maybe that’s just their own way of making a statement. I think if you’re going to give the players a vote, I think they should take it seriously.”
In past years, starters for the All-Star game have been picked entirely by fan vote.
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