The NBA World Reacted With Disbelief To Russell Westbrook’s All-Star Starter Snub

Russell Westbrook could tear his ACL tomorrow and he would still have a case for league MVP. After losing Kevin Durant in the offseason to free agency (or as Westbrook probably calls it, the backstabbing of the century), Westbrook has averaged a triple-double while scoring 30 points a game and is lugging the Oklahoma City Thunder to a playoff spot.

Yet somehow, when the All-Star Game starting lineups were released on Wednesday, Westbrook wasn’t included. It was one of two very egregious snubs.

The reason is the NBA’s messed up voting system, as fans had Westbrook third behind Steph Curry and James Harden. The fan vote counts for 50 percent while the media and players, who both had Westbrook ranked first, count for 25 percent each.

As you could imagine, there was outrage in the NBA community (and even in the NFL community) about this.

Usually when teammates are whining about a teammate not getting a thing, it is whining and whining only. But really though, they have points.

At least this doesn’t hurt his MVP chances, although it’s wild it’s this close.

Plus, you’ve made Charles Barkley sad.

https://twitter.com/russbengtson/status/822222227454181383

Can we blame this on Donald Trump? Sure, why not.

Even Oakland Raiders quarterback Derek Carr, who probably bumps into Curry at the famous sports person Bay Area food mart, doesn’t get why Westbrook is starting.

The irony here is if you think Curry and Harden deserve to start over Westbrook, it is you that does not have a leg to stand on, not Carr. That’s a broken leg joke. I’m sorry.