Another NBA first for Coach Karl? [UPDATED WITH CORRECTIONS]
by Andrew Feinstein on Feb 18, 2008 12:27 AM MST
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As all Nuggets fans know, Carmelo Anthony and Allen Iverson will start in today's NBA All-Star Game, marking the first time since 1988 that two Nuggets started in the mid-season affair. As far as I can tell, no team in NBA history featuring two All-Star starters has ever missed the playoffs. Could the 2007-08 Nuggets be the first? If so, surely this factoid will be added to George Karl's list of basketball implosions, to be featured here in a few days.Side Note: The previous two Nuggets' All-Star starters were Alex English and Lafayette "Fat" Lever. In addition to starting in the All-Star Game, English and Lever led the Nuggets to their only 50+ win season in the past 20 years with a 54-win effort, and one of only two franchise first round playoff series victories in the same time span (the other being when the 8th-seeded Nuggets defeated the 1st-seeed SuperSonics coached by you-know-who in 1994).
CORRECTION: As one of my readers Shane pointed out, Steve Francis and Yao Ming started in the 2003 All-Star Game, and yet the Houston Rockets missed the playoffs. This is a glaring error on my part, as I try to keep this site factual at all costs. I'm stunned as to how I missed this. I think we can agree its very rare to a) have two All-Star starters on the same team and b) miss the playoffs when you have two All-Star starters on the same team. Again, I've gone back and done some research, and as far as I can tell, Karl would be the second coach ever to miss the playoffs having two All-Stars on his team. My bad!
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Quick correction - I'm pretty sure in 2003, the Rockets' Steve Francis and Yao Ming started for the West in the All Star game, and the Rockets didn't make the playoffs that year.
by Shane on Mar 6, 2008 12:44 AM MST reply actions 0 recs
Hi Shane -
I'm totally embarrassed. I regard myself as an (amateur) NBA historian, and somehow completely missed this. I even took the time to look at 30 years worth of All-Star teams, and somehow didn't catch this. I have to take this post down altogether as its factually inaccurate. Thanks for pointing this out. I'll leave my comment up for tonight hoping you read this before taking down the post.
All best,
Andrew
I'm totally embarrassed. I regard myself as an (amateur) NBA historian, and somehow completely missed this. I even took the time to look at 30 years worth of All-Star teams, and somehow didn't catch this. I have to take this post down altogether as its factually inaccurate. Thanks for pointing this out. I'll leave my comment up for tonight hoping you read this before taking down the post.
All best,
Andrew
by denverstiffs@gmail.com on Mar 6, 2008 12:49 AM MST reply actions 0 recs
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