All-star voting is a farce, we’ve all known that for a long time—and Irving leading the way doesn’t make sense. But Wall also hasn’t earned his way into the game. Among poin guards he’s ninth in scoring and 2nd only to turn-over-machine Westbrook in turnovers. His “best shooting year” puts him at about .435 and .35…

Cam Newton in particular is a flashpoint for loud ‘Do your job!’ barbs from whites, and now, retired former NFLers.

These are the usual binary takes on what is a pretty plain issue at this point.