Doc Rivers: DeAndre Jordan snubbed
LOS ANGELES -- After watching center DeAndre Jordan get bypassed yet again as an All-Star reserve, Clippers coach Doc Rivers called the snub a "travesty."
Jordan had a game-high 24 points and 20 rebounds in the Clippers' 110-95 win over the Houston Rockets on Wednesday. It was the second straight game and third in the last six where he recorded at least 20 points and 20 rebounds, something he wasn't able to do in any of his 511 previous regular-season and playoff games in the NBA.
He is leading the league this season in rebounds (13.8) and field goal percentage (.725) and is second in blocks per game (2.35), but Jordan will be watching the All-Star game in his hometown of Houston this Sunday after Mavericks forward Dirk Nowitzki was named a replacement for injured Pelicans forward Anthony Davis by commissioner Adam Silver on Wednesday.
"I think D.J. should be on the All-Star team," Rivers said. "I think it's a travesty. I really do. Dirk deserves to be on the All-Star team every year as far as I'm concerned, so you can never have anything against him. He's been a great player throughout his career, I just think that a guy who is getting 27 [rebounds] and 22 [points vs. Dallas on Monday] and 20s and 20s [should] be on the team."
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