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There's always going to be a bit of controversy and disagreement when it comes to NBA All-Star voting. Someone will always think, "Player X should've made it over Player Y, and why on earth is Player Z there?" That's just the nature of the beast.

But what I will say is that I think, for how the voting process goes, the NBA probably has the right formula cooking.

The league's All-Star starters are decided by three groups: Fans, media, and players. The fan vote represents 50 percent of the tally, and the media and players get another 25 percent, respectively.

HOW THE SYSTEM WORKS: Here's Byran Kalbrosky with more on how this all comes together

That's where the controversy comes in this year.

LaMelo Ball is probably the biggest All-Star snub missing from the starters. Not because Jalen Brunson is a bad choice — he's a great one. I have no problem with him starting in the game. It's just that Ball has been the East's leader in the fan vote by a fairly wide margin for the entire season. The fans clearly want to see him starting in this game.

The problem is that Ball placed 7th in media voting for Eastern Conference guards. He only got three votes total from the media, which is why he dropped out of the starting slot. He needed two more to become the starter.

Because of this, fans are complaining that the NBA needs to change its formula back to strictly fan voting for the All-Star game. 

I'm sorry, y'all. I love the fans. I am one. But that's ridiculous.

I hate to break it to you, folks. But we do not deserve that sort of power. We have no idea what to do with it.

We're talking about the same fans who nearly had Zaza Pachulia penciled in as an All-Star starter almost a decade ago during the Warriors' prime years. A K-Pop band got Andrew Wiggins a starting nod a few years ago. Justin Bieber did the same thing for Kyle Lowry (who deserved to be an All-Star!) back in 2015.

You see what I'm getting at here, right?

As fans, we are unserious. We don't care. More people would probably be interested in trolling the vote these days as opposed to making a serious effort to get the right players into the game.

The media vote serves as a check on any trolling. So does the player vote to a much lesser extent (because players can be trolls, too).

It might not feel perfect. If LaMelo is your favorite player, it might feel upsetting that he didn't make it. That's understandable.,

But trust me when I say you do NOT want to put All-Star voting solely in the hands of the fans. This is for the best.

Kevin Durant says it best

Sports documentaries are kind of boring now. There are too many for my taste, and some make me wonder, "Why does this exist again?"

Not for Court of Gold, though. Netflix created a documentary on Team USA's Men's Basketball team and their journey to the gold medal. Kevin Durant says in the documentary that they called themselves the Avengers. 

That's not the best quote in the trailer, though. It follows a quote from Evan Fournier about how the French national team has 10 years of chemistry and how the NBA guys get together for three weeks and just roll the ball out there.

And that's a fair point. But Kevin Durant had the perfect rebuttal:

"Is that chemistry going to help you when you've got to guard Steph?"

Guys. GUYS. That's so perfect. Words can't even explain. Especially considering how things ended for France.

THE DEVIL NAMED CURRY: Steph absolutely put France away in the gold medal game

Don't know about y'all. But this doc is now must-see TV for me.

Shootaround

— Bryan Kalbrosky has the Dunk Contest participants lined up for you here

— The NBA and NFL Reddit pages have banned links from X and Meta. Blake Schuster explains why here.

— Robert Zeglinski has more on what the world looked like the last time Joel Embiid played in Denver.

— Here are more All-Star voting takeaways from Bryan.

That's a wrap, folks. Thanks so much for tapping in with us today. Peace. Enjoy your weekend.

-Sykes ✌️

This article originally appeared on For The Win: Fans are too unserious to have more power in NBA All-Star voting