Chauncey's in, Melo's out...

Totally agreed, I am sick of this crap. The NBA establishment is a joke. The Melo injury is not an excuse. Melo has played 31 games, David West 37. Denver has a better record than the Hornets. Melo is clearly a better player than David West (USA Team anyone?). Only 1 other teammate (CP3 and Billups) made it. The NBA establishment is sickening. The worst part is that all those coaches, in an hypothetical trade, would take Melo over West in a heartbeat. F them all.

Wests inclusion in expense of Melo is a joke.Melo has better numbers across the board Its a travesty that Al Jefferson didn't get in either

It's BS! National gold medal winning team starter, but not one of the 5 best western conference forwards?

I agree about the last part, Melo is going to be pissed about this and all the better for us! But I am seriously ticked off after hearing that West got chosen over Melo. My whole point is, tell my why? What was the reason? That is all I want to know. It couldn't be the injuries because West has been injured almost as often as Melo and now that Melo is coming back West will still be out. It definitely can't be the stats because Melo kills West in almost all categories other than percentages. It can't be the team record because it is too close to call. So what is the reason? But overall the results of the picks for this years All-Star game in general has cost the NBA a lot of respect (as if they had any left). It just seems as though the NBA is loosing more of it's integrity with every passing year, and it's sad because I think the NBA is far superior to almost any sport as far as the athletiscism goes. How can you tell me that guys like Pau, Parker, Nelson, West and Lewis are better than Durant, Melo, Carter, Allen and Jefferson. Answer; you can't! And I am so sick and tired of the team record playing a key roll in individual awards. I am soooooooo sick of it. Just because the Magic have a better record than they did last year doesn't mean they all of a sudden have 3 All-Stars, when all of they players from last years mediocre team carried over to this years team. All-Stars are All-Stars. It is a precious tag that labels they best players of our sports and sticks with them forever. It is too high of an honor (or was) to just give it away like they did this year. It has to be justified and it wasn't this year. Look at it this way, of the guys listed above which would you want on your team? I would take all the guys that didn't make the team over the guys that did any day of the week. And don't give me the bull shit "Melo is a great player but he didn't deserve it this year". This year, next year, 3 years from now, real All-Stars are All-Stars throughout their careers and Melo deserves that honor as West, Pau, Lewis ect, are all kind of journey men that just happened to land in the right spot at the right time. Meanwhile guys like Melo who have turned franchises around are snubbed. It is simply a travesty an the NBA can't afford this any longer, or else they might be in big trouble. And something I have yet to mention, what about Mo Williams? So the Magic have 3 All-Stars, the Celtics have 2 and the Cavs only 1? That makes no sense at all because they all have about the same record, if you were going to go by the record for choosing your All-Stars which is obvious what happened this year. Look at the Cavs from last year compared to this year and look at what Williams has done. Overall I am just disappointed at the coaches. I hold them to a lot higher standards than what they have demonstrated tonight with their picks.

You know, obviously if you're Carmelo there is no such thing as a "moral victory" here. He's gotta be disappointed.

But the bottom line is, when he was playing, he was playing at an All-Star level. Period. And I think he (and us as fans) can take some comfort in that.

It's just that he's been hurt. I still think he should have made it, considering he's healthy now, and will be able to play, but that's how it goes I guess.

And not one SF was picked to join the team. I say next year we just have an All-Star game without any PGs or Centers, obviously it would makes a lot of sense to the coaches.

I'm pretty sure Jordan Brand finally got the hint this year not to make anymore All-Star game color schemed Melo shoes seeing as how often he's snubbed.

Sad, really, and only backs up the "myth" that the NBA mistreats the Nuggets for their reputation.

Melo is a big snub, but i understand the injury, more actually the timing of the injury, hurt him. The real west snubs are Jefferson and Durant, both of those guys are having amazing seasons. But there's good news! Melo is cleared to be back on friday!

I could make a case that Pau Gasol and David West weren't as deserving as Melo. People consider him a selfish, selfless player, but when he quits taking as many field goals and doesn't have as much scoring, people think he sucks(morons on sports forums)? Thats complete Bullshit. I think his game is much more complete and beneficial to the team than it was last year. And how can people say that Chancey Billups has been carrying this team? Wtf? Not to say that he hasn't contributed but he has so many other good teamates that do just as much or more than him (although he is more consistent than most).

I really hope that these Nuggets get it together and earn some respect. Maybe we can do something in the playoffs with home court advantage and refs that aren't retarded. Still haven't forgiven the refs for that stinkin Rockets game. If Carmelo played for the Orlando Magic, he would be being worshipped by the NBA, injured or not

The denver nuggets organization gets fucked over and over again.

Honestly, who gives a damn? All-star games are meaningless. As long as the Nuggets win, I could care less about individual honors/awards.

Who gives a shit. Melo stated he wouldnt play in the game even if picked cause he would of rather rest his sore body

the all star game is a joke anyway, who the hell takes the time to even watch that crap? Its not even entertaining to watch in the first place. All star weekend is a complete joke. its just about the parties for the players, they don't give a crap about the game.

Another thing that bothers me is how is JR not in either the Slam Dunk comp, or the 3 point comp?

Jameer Nelson's having a career year, doing everything the Magic needs him to do.

As for Melo, feh... I hope he gets angry and stays angry and takes it out on the Spurs, Lakers, etc.