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All Star Game Starters Announced

To nobody's surprise, the Celtics didn't get any players voted into the All Star game starting lineup.

2012 NBA All-Star Game -- Miami Heat, Los Angeles teams fill All-Star starters - ESPN

Defending NBA MVP Derrick Rose of the Chicago Bulls was voted a starting guard along with Wade in the East, with the Knicks' Carmelo Anthony joining James at forward and Dwight Howard of the Orlando Magic at center. The starters were chosen by fan balloting. Howard was the leading vote-getter with 1.6 million votes.

Pierce started out the season hurt and then was slow to turn the corner (but boy has he turned it). Kevin Garnett also started off slow but has picked things up considerably - especially on his trademark defense. Rajon Rondo and Ray Allen each started off pretty hot but have had injuries slow them down lately.

On one hand I'd argue that having no Celtics in the game would be nice in that they could just go home and rest. But it is an honor, so it might be nice to have a representative. Hey, let's send Brandon Bass! (Only half kidding, that guy has been enormous for us this year)

So, regardless on how you feel about rest vs. honor, if you had to pick just one Celtic, who do you think has the best argument to be added to the team?

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