All-Star Game 2010 HORSE Competition Lineup Travesty

So the lineup has been set for the 2nd All-Star H.O.R.S.E competition with Kevin Durant defending his title against Omri Casppi of the Kings and 1st time All-Star Rajon Rondo from the Celtics. I don’t get it.

Aside from Durant’s ridiculous shot-making ability what about these contestants scream HORSE champion? Casspi’s marketable, First Israelian-born NBA player, I get that. Rondo, well he has his headband. Half of the game of HORSE is about trashtalking, one-upmanship and some creativity and while I wouldn’t question any of these players’ passion for the game, I’m not feeling it. Rondo certainly has that capacity after a tussle with cp3 earlier in the season, but he needs to play off of others in order for this to be entertaining or even watchable.

I would propose a field along the lines of Monta Ellis(whose recent shenanigans can be seen here, here, or here), Baron Davis(because of his good-natured trashtalking), and Steve Nash(whose creativity is unparalleled). I realize they’re all point guards, but I think while the long, athletic forwards and centers are having their fun in the dunk contest, the smaller guards of the nba get the pathetic All-Star skills challenge. Seriously, I’m sure the commercials ran during that will be infinitely more entertaining.

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