Ensuring the annual selection of Deron Williams to the NBA All-star game.
Deron Williams Is A 2010 NBA All-star
Jan 28th
Finally!
From Yahoo!,
Point guards Deron Williams(notes) of Utah, Chicago’s Derrick Rose(notes) and Boston’s Rajon Rondo(notes) will make their All-Star Game debuts next month in Dallas, sources said Thursday.
Though we didn’t have anything to do with this vote, it was all coaches, it’s nice to see some efforts pay off.
The biggest benefit going forward is that once you’re voted in once, it seems to be a lot easier to get put in the next time. And maybe we can build some momentum for next year for the fan voting. Once he’s in the game, he’ll start getting some more name recognition and should do better on the All-star ballots from the fans. This will open a lot of doors for him.
So this isn’t the end of VoteDeron.com by any means. We’ll keep going on and maybe with a strong push from the Jazz, the Vote Deron can transition to MVP votes.
Thanks for all the votes. I know Deron appreciates it.
Congrats to D-Will.
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Deron Williams Returns To The Lineup As The Jazz Beat the Mavericks
Jan 10th
Deron Williams returned to action after missing the previous two games with a sprained wrist. I guess playing in front of his old hometown and against a team like Dallas was too much to pass up.
Oh, and the Jazz needed him as well.
He didn’t appear to be suffering too many ill effects from that sprained wrist as he put up 20 & 9 tonight to lead the Jazz to a 111-93 win over the Mavericks.
He started out hot driving the lane for a layup and then hitting a leaning jumper off the glass. He was also 3-7 from downtown.
After he was done scoring, he proceeded to dole out 5 assists in the fourth quarter to help hold off the Mavericks late in the game.
He’ll have a couple days rest before the Jazz face the Heat on Monday.
Oh, and Vote Deron and Vote Nash to the right.
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Switching from #VoteDeron to #VoteNash
Jan 7th
This is just re-damn-diculous. The NBA just released their final vote tally and Tracy McGrady is still in second place.
http://www.nba.com/2010/news/01/07/allstar.release/index.html
Right now only Steve Nash can catch him. Chris Paul had an outside shot but Nash only trails by a few thousand votes.
So if you want Deron to have any shot at making the All-star game, vote fr Steve Nash now. If you have been slacking, now is your chance to make up for it.
I really thought this whole thing would have been David Sterned by now but it hadn’t been.
So get to it. Vote Nash & Deron
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NBA Releases second round of voting results
Dec 28th
And it’s not looking too good for Deron.
The good news is that Steve Nash has overtaken Tracy McGrady for second place in voting. If you haven’t figured it out, that’s good because T-Mac won’t be stealing a spot on the team this season should the current voting hold up. But as it looks like Deron will need to get in via the coaches’ vote, having Nash get one of the starting spots means that Deron has a better chance to get selected given that players like Chris Paul, Jason Kidd, and Chauncey Billups will all be vying for spots.
So the coaches could select two backup PGs. If T-Mac steal a spot, then Nash would have to get voted in and that would leave only one spot likely from amongst the remaining PGs.
We’re still voting though and trying to bump Deron up some. I’m working on a plan for the second phase of things when the coaches take over. It will be ready to go when we hear the starters announced because the coaches don’t have that long to vote. Heck, we may even try to get it going before the first team is announced.
Thanks for your support and votes. I know Deron appreciates it.
Here are the results for the western conference,
WESTERN CONFERENCE Forwards: Carmelo Anthony (Den) 1,204,234; Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) 668,243; Pau Gasol (LAL) 565,414; Tim Duncan (SA) 564,728; Kevin Durant (OKC) 406,581; Trevor Ariza (Hou) 355,529; Luis Scola (Hou) 295,691; Shawn Marion (Dal) 268,853; Ron Artest (LAL) 197,689; Lamar Odom (LAL) 152,684; LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) 129,909.
Guards: Kobe Bryant (LAL) 1,380,383; Steve Nash (Pho) 546,064; Tracy McGrady (Hou) 541,190; Chris Paul (NO) 521,468; Jason Kidd (Dal) 372,225; Aaron Brooks (Hou) 298,892; Chauncey Billups (Den) 241,737; Deron Williams (Utah) 208,991; Jason Terry (Dal) 195,456; Brandon Roy (Por) 189,137; Manu Ginobili (SA) 171,624.
Centers: Amar’e Stoudemire (Pho) 950,737; Andrew Bynum (LAL) 588,471; Nene (Den) 199,667; Marc Gasol (Mem) 160,686; Greg Oden (Por) 108,147; Al Jefferson (Min) 98,669; Antonio McDyess (SA) 94,479; Marcus Camby (LAC) 86,719; Andris Biedrins (GS) 77,287; Mehmet Okur (Utah) 69,612; Emeka Okafor (NO) 61,823; Spencer Hawes (Sac) 20,646.
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Deron Williams 2009-10 Highlights Courtesy of @theutahjazzblog
Dec 21st
Some fine work here by The Utah Jazz Blog. If this doesn’t get you motivated to get voting, I don’t know what will.
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Deron Williams on TNT
Dec 18th
Okay, first, that Derek Fisher shot still gives me chills.
Second, I loved that Kenny and Charles drilled him on the consistency and the Boozer thing. Finally we get some truth about the Boozer situation. It probably is better now but I don’t know how much.
I loved that they went after him because I don’t know if anyone else has in that regard. I’m sure Deron gets after himself but there are no vets on the team to get on him. Look at Rondo in Boston. Having the big three there has probably made him the player that he is today. Deron has been missing out on that since Fisher left. I think Deron needs someone that he looks up to to push him and Kenny and Charles did just that.
We don’t have anyone that acts as the veteran that can tell Deron how it is or tells him that he can still do more, etc. We miss Fisher in that regard. I think Kenny might be right. Making the all-star team is great, but if that’s Deron’s goal right now, that’s not enough. I like how Kenny said forget about that, you need to focus on making the first or second teams (though he has made the second team already). Great stuff. I would like to know if they gave him any off-camera advice.
Like I’ve said before, maybe the focus on getting to an All-star game is a bad idea. Maybe the focus should be instead of voting Deron to the All-star game, it should be to push for an MVP-type season which would mean focusing more on winning instead of putting up stats.
Though, I would like to point out that since the post about VoteDeron.com being a bad idea, his TOs are down and his play has gone way up.
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Ball Don’t Lie picks up on Deron’s video @jeskeets
Dec 16th
JE Skeets from Ball Don’t Lie put up Deron’s video which is great for views and traffic and hopefully votes for Deron. Doesn’t sound like he’s too sympathetic though,
Here’s a novel idea: Let’s just vote every player into the All-Star Game. We’ll play 240-on-240.
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Deron Williams first All-star video
Dec 16th
Here’s Deron’s first video to get out the word to vote him into the All-star game. Come on people, vote!
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A VoteDeron.com update
Dec 15th
Listen, I’ve been slacking and you’ve been slacking.
I never expected VoteDeron to be a huge impact on the voting but I should still be updating more frequently. So before the New Year, let’s be resolute and double our efforts, okay?
As you may know by now, Deron is way down in the fan vote for the All-star game. Kobe is out in front of course but he’s followed by Tracy McGrady who has yet to grace the court with his presence. That hurts Deron two ways in the one, there’s someone above him in the voting. But most importantly, should he hold on to that two spot, Deron would be an at-large pick and have to be selected by the coaches when you have the likes of Chris Paul, Chauncey Billups, Steve Nash, Brandon Roy, etc. that will be deserving of spot. I almost need to start a DontVoteForTMac.com site and somehow convince he Chinese fan base not to vote for TMac.
As it is, we’ll deal with the coaches vote when that happens.
In the meantime, keep voting and more importantly, spread the word via blogging, Facebook, Twitter, at work, etc. to get others to vote for Deron. And while you’re at it, vote for the other Jazz players.
Deron is barely 11th right now and I’d like to move him up at least. It’s a tough climb with just about a month left in voting. So it’s now or never.
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