Along with every NBA All-Star game come the inevitable remarks and dubious blog posts questioning the validity of the event, along with comments of how x isn’t on the team, but y made it and everybody knows how terrible y really is. This just happens to be one of those articles. Welcome to my very own mock 2010 All-Star team:

West Starters

Chris Paul. Continues to play out the dictionary definition of “point guard”. Leads the league with 11.1 assists per game, right on par with his recent career numbers. I have a gut feeling this won’t be his last All-Star Game.

Kobe Bryant. This is an easy one. Two phrases: “top of the West” and “championship”. And I’m not even a Lakers fan.

Carmelo Anthony. This guy is scoring up a storm, and in a hurry. The rise of the Class of 2003 continues.

Kevin Durant. Second-highest point total in the league behind James, so I did a little tweaking and made Durant the skinniest All-Star power forward ever.

Dirk Nowitzki. Another no-brainer. Just imagine how royally screwed the Mavs would be without Dirk taking insane, off-balance jumpers (while he’s falling down) in the clutch.

West Reserves

Steve Nash. He’s suddenly reverted to his 28-year-old MVP self and shows no signs of age whatsoever. Not to mention, he’s fun to watch (when the Suns are on national TV every other night).

Chauncey Billups. Sorry, Deron Williams. As incredibly valuable as Williams is to the Jazz, this is about a players value to their squad. Billups turned the Nuggets around, and now they sit comfortably at the 2-spot in the West.

Tyreke Evans. The taboo of rookies in All-Star Games needs to be demolished ASAP. Evans is averaging 21/5/5 in season one? Kevin Martin better start shopping around.

Brandon Roy. Runs the Blazers, and the Blazers are good. Every comment can’t be a zinger.

Tim Duncan. How do you stop a pinpoint-accurate bank shot and someone that just pulled down 27 rebounds? You don’t.

Carlos Boozer. He’s averaging 19&11 and continues to quietly dominate the Western Conference defensive picture.

Chris Kaman. Chris has deserved to attend at least a few All-Star weekends, and this is one of them. He is on the Clippers, which definitely hurts his chances, but his selfless, ultra-efficient play makes him the David Lee of the West.

West Head Coach

Rick Carlisle. I like George Karl, but it seems the Nuggets rise to power was solely based on the Billups trade. My heart told me to pick Mark Cuban, though.

East Starters

Rajon Rondo. Considering the staggering quality of point guards in the West, it’s pretty sad that it was this easy to choose Rondo. He leads the East in assists and steals, making him a quick pick.

Dwyane Wade. One of the NBA’s top five scorers, and continues to get more and more comfortable making big plays, whether he’s shooting the ball or not.

LeBron James.Good luck not seeing him in the All-Star Game for the next 46 years. He’s the face of the NBA, has biceps the size of my car, and plays fun make-believe camera games with Mo Williams every time he dunks on somebody. In all seriousness though, the guy is legit.

Chris Bosh. Bosh is a beast. 24 points and 11.5 rebounds per game? Game over.

Dwight Howard. His scoring numbers are down around 15% from last year, but his rebounding and inhuman amount of double-doubles is what gets him in.

East Reserves

Derrick Rose. Not many stand-out point guards in the East, but he’s one of them.

Joe Johnson. A solid point guard and the primary reason the Hawks are doing so well. Jamal Crawford didn’t hurt either.

Danny Granger. If the Pacers were decent and the media focused on more talent than James and Bryant, the world would come to see the real Danny Granger. I would pay so much to see Melo vs. Granger, but that’s beside the point.

Andre Igoudala. More well-rounded and prominent that Al Horford. Despite the garbage record, Igoudala is hardly one of the reasons for it.

Gerald Wallace. He should be here much more often, but unfortunately cannot get past his injuries sometimes.

Stephen Jackson. Captain Jack is back, and what the…the Bobcats are good?

Zach Randolph. Not sure if he was reverse-inspired by Allen Iverson’s short stint with the Grizzlies, but he has shockingly evolved into somewhat of a team player.

East Head Coach

Mike Woodson. The Hawks rose from the ashes this season and sit as a threat to the East throne.

Close, but no Sterngar:

Monta Ellis. Great player, but pretty one-dimensional. Oh yeah, and David Stern hates him, so good luck with that one, buddy.

Deron Williams. See Chauncey Billups.

Aaron Brooks. In the absemce of “you-know-who” and “you-know-who”, Brooks has stepped up tremendously. Had he posted higher assist numbers, he would have easily made the reserves.

Rodney Stuckey. Had to through this one in. His (often-present) drive has helped the Pistons avoid becoming the Detroit Nets.

Adam Debrowski is the owner and editor of the Detroit Pistons blog pistonpost.com.

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