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NBA Twitter reacts to All-Star starters: ‘Embiid gotta score 100 like Wilt to get some respect’

Here’s how NBA Twitter reacted to the 2023 All-Star starters.

The 2023 NBA All-Stat Game starters were announced Thursday night, with Giannis Antetokounmpo (East) and LeBron James (West) selected as the captains of the two teams.

Joel Embiid made news, as he was not named in the starting five, with NBA Twitter having a lot to say on the specific matter.

Para tener la primicia, la NBA selló las selecciones para el 2022 All-Star dentro de un portafolios

La NBA siempre ha tratado de poner a bombo y platillo algunos de los momentos más importantes del año. Uno de esos grandes momentos es el nombramiento de los All-Star. Pero cada temporada, cuando se acerca el momento de la revelación, siempre pasa …

La NBA siempre ha tratado de poner a bombo y platillo algunos de los momentos más importantes del año. Uno de esos grandes momentos es el nombramiento de los All-Star.

Pero cada temporada, cuando se acerca el momento de la revelación, siempre pasa algo divertidísimo: ya sea Adrian Wojnarowski de ESPN o Shams Charania de The Athletic’s, o los dos, le arruinan el momento a la NBA. De alguna forma obtienen la información sobre quiénes serán nombrados antes de tiempo.

Cada temporada es divertidísimo ver esto porque ustedes saben que alguien en las oficinas de la liga está enfurecido porque se filtró esta información.

Pero no este año, no señor. La NBA no va a seguir jugando este juego. La alineación se revelará por primera vez en Inside the NBA y harán todo para asegurarse de que así sea.

¿Se preguntan cómo? Pues yendo más allá de los límites y sellando las alineaciones dentro de un portafolios que nadie, absolutamente nadie, tiene permitido abrir sino hasta que llegue el momento.

Sí, en serio. Es para morirse de risa. Chris Haynes de Yahoo! Sports reportó que el personal obtendrá los nombres hasta después de que una empresa independiente tabule los votes y entregue los resultados personalmente en el estudio.

Traducción: Fuentes: @NBAonTNT El personal de “Inside the NBA” recibirá los nombres de los que titulares y los capitanes de equipo del 2022 All-Star Game hoy a las 7pm hora del este. La empresa independiente Ernst & Young tabuló los votos y tendrá un representante en el estudio para entregar el portafolios con los nombres de los titulares y los capitanes.

 

Familia, esto es para morirse de risa. La parte más chistosa de todo fue que los fans sabían exactamente qué estaba pasando: la NBA tratando de que nadie le quitara la primicia.

Traducción: Están tratando los nombres de los titulares como si fueran códigos nucleares, omg.

 

Traducciones: Esto no es algo tan serio lmao.

 

Traducción: Shams afuera del estudio viendo ese portafolios.

 

Artículo traducido por Ana Lucía Toledo

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All-Time Gators Men’s Basketball Bio: Udonis Haslem (1998-02)

His superlative play in college along with his lengthy and successful NBA career puts him in the upper echelon of Gators men’s basketball.

Udonis Haslem (1998-02) – Center/Power Forward

Admittedly, I never thought that much of Udonis Haslem when he played for the Gators at the turn of the millennium, but his superlative play in college along with his lengthy and successful NBA career puts him in the upper echelon of Gators men’s basketball history.

Haslem was born in Miami, Fla., where he would play almost his entire professional basketball career. He attended both Wolfson High School in Jacksonville and later Miami High School, where he — alongside another future NBA center, Steve Blake — led the team to state titles in 1997 and 1998. The latter crown was vacated after it was discovered that Halsem and other players had circumvented residency requirements.

The young center accepted an athletic scholarship to play under Billy Donovan at UF in 1998, where he started for four years on a squad that saw quite a bit of success. The Gators made the NCAA Tournament every year of Haslem’s tenure, including a heartbreaking appearance in the 2000 NCAA Finals which they lost to Michigan State.

Haslem averaged double-digit points every season he played in Gainesville, with his peak coming his junior year when he averaged 16.8 points, 7.5 rebounds, one assist and one block per game. At the slight expense of his scoring output, he diversified his game a bit more his senior season, averaging 16 points along with 8.3 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 1.3 blocks.

Over the course of his collegiate career, Haslem averaged 13.7 points and 6.4 rebounds, along with 1.1 assists, 0.8 steals and 0.9 blocks per game. He accrued several awards, including NCAA All-Region, NCAA-All Tournament and three All-SEC honors and finished third in team history in points scored (1,782) and tenth in rebounds (831).

Haslem went undrafted in the 2002 NBA Draft and subsequently traveled to France to play professional ball. He arrived in Europe weighing nearly 300 pounds, 50 of which he shed over the course of eight months. After his short stint overseas, he signed with the Miami Heat in August of 2003.

There was a great deal of success awaiting Haslem in his home town, beginning with the Second Team All-Rookie honors he earned his first season, which featured him in the Rookie Challenge during All-Star weekend while helping the Heat reach the Eastern Conference Semifinals.

Four of the next five seasons — barely missing a fifth with a 9.9 scoring average in 2009-10 — Haslem averaged double-digit points in what would be the peak of his career. He reached his career-high for rebounds in a season with 9.1 per game his second year, though he also averaged one tick less at nine boards even in 2007-08. Over that stretch, he played in at least 75 games, save for that nine-rebound season, in which he only played 49 games due to an ankle injury — though he finished with a career-high 12 points per game average.

In his 17 seasons with the Heat — the only NBA team he has played for — Haslem has averaged 7.6 points and 6.7 rebounds in 857 games and is still on the active roster. He has been on a series of one-year contracts since 2016 anticipating his retirement, vacillating on whether or not to call it quits. As of February of 2020, he remains uncommitted to hanging up his shoes and could return for season No. 18 next season in 2020-21.

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All-Time Gators Men’s Basketball Bio: Al Horford (2004-07)

Al Horford was a crucial contributor on the greatest Gators men’s basketball team which won back-to-back national titles from 2005-07.

Al Horford (2004-07) – Power Forward/Center

Al Horford was a crucial contributor on the greatest Gators men’s basketball team — and arguably one of the greatest NCAA teams, period — which won back-to-back national titles under head coach Billy Donovan from 2005-07.

Born in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic, Horford was the son of professional basketball player Tito Horford, who played three years in the NBA and several more overseas. His family moved to Lansing, Michigan, in 2000 where he played basketball for Grand Ledge High School, setting seven school records — including most career points (1,239) — while averaging 21 points, 13 rebounds and five blocks per game his senior year en route to a Class A Player of the Year honor.

Horford, who was considered a four-star recruit and was listed as the No. 7 power forward and the No. 36 player in the nation coming out of high school, came to Florida and joined a program that was already on a meteoric ascent. His freshman season, he teamed up with David Lee to form a formidable front-court that won the 2005 Southeastern Conference Tournament championship; that team, however, lost in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.

The next two seasons represented the pinnacle of the program’s history, as Horford and company won both the SEC and national championships in 2005-06, only to return as a full team — despite high prospects for several players in the NBA Draft — to win a second-consecutive championship trophy. Horford averaged double-digit points per game during that stretch, including almost posting a double-double average his junior season with 13.2 points and 9.5 rebounds per game.

Three days after winning the second title, Horford and the rest of the Gators’ starting five declared for the NBA Draft. The talented power forward was selected the highest of his peers, taken at No. 3 — the second-highest draft position in program history, tied with Bradley Beal —by the Atlanta Hawks.

He began his professional career in Atlanta strong, receiving a unanimous selection to the NBA All-Rookie First Team — the only player with that distinction for the 2007-08 season — while finishing runner-up for the Rookie of the Year honor. His superlative play earned him back-to-back All-Star Team selections the next two seasons, and in turn was rewarded with a five-year, $60 million contract extension sandwiched in between his two All-Star appearances.

After an injury-shortened season the following year, Horford put up his best numbers in 2012-13 averaging a career-high 17.4 points, a career-high 10.2 rebounds, 3.2 assists, 1.1 blocks and 1.1 steals in 37.2 minutes across 74 games. He also recorded 43 double-doubles, including 20 20-point/10-rebound games, and even added one in points and assists to mix things up. The promising power forward earned his first Eastern Conference Player of the Week honor in November of 2012.

Horford oscillated between injury and all-star form the following seasons — playing a career-high 82 regular-season games in 2015-16 — before signing a max contract with the Boston Celtics as an unrestricted free agent in 2016. He had a moderately successful run in Boston over a three year period, reaching the Eastern Conference Finals twice but failing to advance any further.

After declining a player option in his contract with the Celtics, Horford moved on to the Philadelphia 76ers — where he currently plays — signing a four-year $97 million contract along with $12 million in bonuses as an unrestricted free agent. The abbreviated 2019-20 season was a disappointing one for the former Gators big man, putting up near career-lows across the stat sheet.

However, after this past season was canceled due to the novel coronavirus outbreak, the philanthropic power forward donated $500,000 towards relief efforts both back home and at all of his stops in the States.

So far over the course of his professional career, Horford has averaged 14 points, 8.3 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 1.2 blocks per game in 13 seasons with three different teams along with five All-Star Game appearances. While Horford is not quite on an NBA Hall of Fame trajectory, he has still been a formidable force during his years in the league.

At this point, Horford is entering the twilight of his career and by the time all is said and done, the big man from the Dominican Republic will have a legitimate claim to a spot in the Pantheon of Gators greats.

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