Brook Lopez Makes All-Rookie First Team, Still Gets Snubbed
So the results for the All-Rookie team voting came in yesterday, and Brook Lopez made the All-Rookie First team. Here are the results of the voting:
Looking at the results (you get two points for a first team vote/one for a second team vote), one can’t help but think Brook Lopez is getting snubbed here. I mean 7 people though Brook Lopez was only good enough for the second team? That really is a joke.
One person left him off the ballot all together, but I am not too mad about this because it is obviously a mistake. Why? Well, because if you look closely you can see Robin Lopez got a first team vote. Someone clearly didn’t look at the first names when voting.
As things stand right now, I wouldn’t be surprised to see Devin Harris not win the Most Improved Player, I mean it is obvious that the voters aren’t really considering the Nets when they look at who should win the regular season awards.
[...] I mentioned that Devin Harris might not win Most Improved Player when I talked about how Brook got snubbed for the second time. Apparently there is a reverse-bias towards the New Jersey Nets. I guess whatever happens in [...]