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Chauncey Billups was named as the successor to Chris Paul’s All Star spot today. Chris Paul is undergoing knee surgery for a torn meniscus, and will likely miss an extended period of time. Charles Barkley is probably walking around telling folks “Chris Kaman is rollign around in his grave.”

Not to discredit Kaman, but Billups is the integral leader of the 33-15 Denver Nuggets, good for a 1st place ranking in the Northwest Division. The Clippers are 21-27, 3rd in the Pacific Division, and nowhere near as good as Denver.

They got this one right. (Credit: picapp.com)

Billups was originally snubbed by both voters and the coaches alike, whom opted to select Brandon Roy, Deron Williams, and Chris Paul. Billups had this to say about it:

“Do I feel like I should’ve got in by the coach’s vote? Of course I do,” Billups said. “But I don’t know that I deserve it over anyone. It doesn’t take the luster off of it. At the end of the day, I’m an All-Star. I’m there.”

Since rejoining the Western Conference Billups it comes as no surprise that he could be overlooked. The Western Conference is saturated with the best point guards in the league, the exception being Derrick Rose. I suppose you can toss in Rajon Rondo as well.

Seriously Javs, Chris Kaman? Come on! (Credit: picapp.com)

At the end of the day, Billups is the most deserving to fill the shoes of Chris Paul in representing the Western Conference’s best. As good as Kaman is, you must wonder what sort of deflated numbers he would be averaging on a winning team.

Billups, on the other hand, makes teams into winners.

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