In a round‑table video, Draymond Green opens by noting the Cavaliers’ 34‑6 record and the rarity of a team having four All‑Stars in a single season, citing the 2018 Golden State Warriors as the last example. Darius Garland then makes the case that the Cavs deserve four All‑Stars—Donovan Mitchell, Evan Mobley, Jarrett Allen, and himself—citing their league‑leading record, the fact they have each played around 39‑40 games, and their high‑level performance on both ends of the floor. The conversation shifts to the mechanics of All‑Star voting, with Green labeling the process a "popularity contest" and discussing the traditional "snub" rite of passage for first‑time All‑Stars, noting that Mobley has never been snubbed while Mitchell and Allen have. Baron Davis backs the four‑player argument, pointing to the Cavs’ dominance in the East and the lack of comparable competition from other Eastern teams. Green expands on the broader Eastern Conference guard and big‑man pool, listing potential alternatives (e.g., LaMelo Ball, Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown, Giannis Antetokounmpo, etc.) and arguing that even with those options the Cavs’ four players merit selection. The panel also touches on coach voting, the influence of fan popularity, and the need for a clearer, less chaotic voting system. Throughout, the hosts repeatedly assert that the Cavs should receive four All‑Star slots, while acknowledging the voting system’s flaws.
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As we are taping this, y'all are currently 34-6. And I must say, before a couple days ago, I thought y'all, I was getting a little worried. Y'all was getting a little too close to being on pace to break the 73. So, you know, lose a couple games. Yeah. No, but lose a couple. Now the last team to have 4 All-Stars though, come from the same team in the one season was the 2018 Golden State Warriors. Why do you think the Cavs should have 4 All-Stars this season? And by the way, before you answer, I'll say I think y'all should have 4 All-Stars this season.
Yeah.
Number one in the league, best record in the league. 4 guys playing probably the best in their career.
At an all-star level.
At an all-star level. And all guys played 39, 40 games so far. You know, that's, I think that's gonna be something that actually means something by playing games this year, especially the new rules for the all-stars. Everybody's playing at a high level, bro. Don's at an MVP caliber level. Eric Mobley, he's breaking the threshold and showing the world that he's one of those guys. And Jaren Allen, he's showing that he's one of the best centers in the league and playing every game at a high level.
Yes, sir.
And competing on both ends of the floor. So I mean, I think it's pretty simple that we should have 4 in a game, but you know, that's not up to me. That's not up, That's up to the guys that's doing the votes and the coaches and people like that. But yeah, I mean, it's, it's definitely be 4 for sure. And Kenny Atkinson, head coach of the East All-Stars.
And there it is. Yeah.
My dog. Yeah.
And I'm gonna stamp it. I'm gonna stamp it.
There it is.
Listen, I respect it. I think, I think all 4 y'all, when I look at, So when you take a step back and you look at how things have gone in the past when talking All-Star voting, the reality is most guys that becomes an All-Star usually get snubbed once. And so if you think about it from that perspective, I'm sorry, Evan Mobley, but you have to be the one that gets snubbed because you've never been snubbed before, right? Like that's just, it used to be a rite of passage. If you was gonna become an All-Star, unless you was LeBron or somebody becoming an All-Star year 1, year 2, you had to get snubbed first. Now I don't necessarily think the way things used to be in the NBA, they are that way anymore. But for me, I have a hard time figuring out of the 4 guys, which one of them shouldn't be an All-Star. And the answer is none of them. Like all of y'all should be an All-Star. But say they take 3. If they take 3, then it just has to be Evan. And I, I, I'm sorry because he's playing some of the best basketball. He is playing the best basketball he's ever played in the NBA, but he's playing some of the best basketball of any power, of, of power forwards in the NBA. And it sucks that it would have to be him. But you've been an All-Star, Don's been an All-Star, and if I'm not mistaken, Jared Allen I think has been an All-Star twice. But has he been twice?
He's an all-star.
I think he was snubbed.
Yeah. He was snubbed though, for sure.
But to my point, he's been snubbed already. You know what I'm saying? So it's not right for him to necessarily get snubbed again. And so just in looking at it through that lens, like it definitely has to be you, Donovan, and Jared. And there should be 4 because I think Evan's definitely playing at an all-star level. But if there has to be 3, it's unfortunate it has to be him because he just hasn't been snubbed yet. That's kind of, that's, that's how I look at it. What about you, BD?
I like 4. I think the record they have, the way they've been playing, the type of basketball they've been playing, the consistency of the stars. When I look at the East, I don't see why not. There is not a, a strong case, right? Outside of the, you know, there's a lot of guards in the East, but you know, you and Donovan and, right? Now when you look at the Eastern Conference big guys like Evan Mobley, Jared Allen, Giannis, couple other people, like, I'm not sure if Embiid make, you know, like Embiid ain't even played this year. Does he make it? He can't make it. Right, so like, So as I'm looking at it, I'm like, number one record, big guys are playing well. You know, you have top 10 big guys at both positions, top 10 guards at both positions. You know, you're number one in the East. This is the time that the league should take core. This is the time y'all should be on Slam Magazine. This is the time that, you know, I like it. Because I like the hype. I like for y'all to get y'all shine. And I also wanna see y'all get y'all flowers and beat the dogs. Like, let's get the competition going. You know, I wanna see what Boston feel like after All-Star weekend.
Mm-hmm.
Right? It just, for me, you know, as a fan, raises the ante, but it's also rewarding you all for the type of season that you having. And you just, you a buzzsaw. You just, you buzzsawing everybody.
Yeah, how do y'all feel about the All-Star votes?
How do I feel about the All-Star votes?
Is it a popularity contest?
It is definitely a popularity contest.
Anger.
It's anger for sure. I'm gonna tell you how you know it's a popularity contest. BD just said Joel may be an All-Star. Joel's played 2 games this year. So you know it's a popularity contest.
Right? It's a thing.
It's a, because that's the way it's done. It's been conditioned though. It, it's 1000% a popularity contest. But if I'm honest, there ain't much popularity doing anything in the Eastern Conference, right? Like, so when you look across the East, you got from Boston, you gonna have JT and JB, right? From the Knicks, you gonna have KAT and Jaylen. From Milwaukee, you gonna have Dame and Giannis. Orlando would've had one or two guys early in the season. They've been hurt the rest of the year. Atlanta will get Trae Young in. Detroit, Detroit will get KD in. Miami, maybe Hero, maybe, but like after that, and then—
That's a lot of guards.
Charlotte will get LaMelo in. So when you look at the guards, you got LaMelo, you got Donovan.
Bronson.
You got Jaylen Bronson, you got DG, you got Dame. That's 5 guards.
You see what I'm saying? And K.
And K Cunningham, that's 6 guards. All right. Now you got Giannis, you got JT, you got Evan.
Draymond Green.
Jared Allen, Jaylen Brown.
Yeah.
And KAT. That's your 12 All-Stars.
That's 11.
Nah.
Is that 11?
That's 12.
That's 12.
That's 6 guards.
That is 12.
That's 6 bigs. That's your 12 All-Stars. And I don't see how that could play out any differently than that. Like to be, because here's the thing, some people will try to make the argument and say Derrick White, right? Which Derrick White's balling, he's averaging 20 points. But if you're gonna say they get 3 in, y'all are 6 games ahead of them in the Eastern Conference. With 40 games in, you're 6 games ahead. And so you can't say both of y'all get 3 in, y'all 6 games ahead. And I think that gives y'all the nod. Like, I think there should be 4 guys, but it's definitely a popularity contest. And I think there's not much, like, at some point with this All-Star stuff and with the voting stuff in general, they gotta get it figured out, man. Like, 'cause it's just, it's just too all over the place. It's too many opinions that don't really have a real opinion, but they gotta say, it's, it's just, it's too all over the place for me if I'm honest about it. Yeah.
And then when you look at the coaches, I would say I got snubbed probably twice because the coaches hated me. Because if you killing the coaches, they not gonna vote for somebody who really killing them, right? So it's all a campaign thing. I used to look at it like, man, if I don't make it, then they on my list, you know, they on my list coming up. And I always wanted to prove myself against the best, but I start— I stopped kind of relying on that and more so start looking at, okay, what does my numbers look like against whoever they think are the top dogs?
I think y'all get 4. I just don't see how it plays out any other way. And you're definitely an All-Star.
Oh shit.
So yeah, that's how we moving, you know what I'm saying? DJ to PG for All-Star, vote DJ.
