Fueled by outrage over their star center Rudy Gobert not making the 2019 NBA All-Star Game, the Utah Jazz will propose a new system to select All-Star Reserves. The following comes from Jody Genessy of the Deseret News:
Intersecting. GM Dennis Lindsey said the Utah Jazz are proposing a new system to select All-Star reserves. They want a committee, not head coaches, to pick them.
— Jody Genessy (@DJJazzyJody) February 2, 2019
The Jazz will present this All-Star reserve selection committee idea to NBA commissioner Adam Silver. The committee would consist of former NBA players, coaches, scouts, analysts and media using regular and advanced stats while factoring in a team’s record and players’ character.
— Jody Genessy (@DJJazzyJody) February 2, 2019
Dennis Lindsey announces the proposal on @1280thezone. The GM, Jazz coach Quin Snyder, team president Steve Starks and Greg Miller, Utah’s rep on the NBA Board of Governors, are all in favor of this system. They adamantly believe Rudy Gobert is deserving of being an All-Star.
— Jody Genessy (@DJJazzyJody) February 2, 2019
The Jazz propose that the selection of All-Star starters remains the same, allowing fans, players and media to continue to have a voice.
— Jody Genessy (@DJJazzyJody) February 2, 2019
Gobert shed tears after learning he had been snubbed from the game. Gobert is the defensive anchor of the Jazz, currently the NBA’s fifth-best defense.
Gobert, despite two All-Defensive First Team selections, an All-NBA Second Team Selection and a Defensive Player of the Year award, has yet to make an All-Star Team.
Gobert is having a tremendous season, averaging career-best per-game averages in points (15.2), steals (0.9) and assists (2.2), to go with 12.8 rebounds (tying a career-high) and 2.2 blocks. Utah is 30-23, seventh in the Western Conference.
