Howard Beck

When we call these guys, quote unquote, starters that they've been voted to, they may not be starting or they're not the only starters because there's going to be three starting lineups, ultimately not two.

This is needlessly confusing.

And it's driving fans crazy.

Like, to be clear, it's not that complicated.

You can follow it.

And maybe it's on us as media members to try to explain it as well as we can to the public.

But it's also on you.

It is.

No, it's not.

I'm just trying to be unanimous here, guys.

And they made too many changes at once, right?

They went to positionless for the first time.

So it's a little bit like even in trying to pick my ballot, like I was one of the media voters for the quote unquote starters who may or may not be starters.

And for this exercise today, the coaches will pick the reserves, but we're going to pick our reserves.

The whole positionless thing, it's structureless.

So it makes it a little bit harder to actually sort this all out because you don't have places to slot guys into.

But if we're trying to have this represent the best of the best,

For history's sake, as well as the game itself, it's failing right now.

So a humble, modest proposal by me, just for the sake of all of us in media and fans and everywhere else who discuss this stuff, we need to stop using All-Star honors in any way, shape, or form as a barometer of career success, all-time rankings, Hall of Fame stuff, any of that.

It's pointless.