All Cavs fans can stop crying now...

I don't know that it's necessarily Cavs fans more than pundits, but I could be wrong.  I mean, I don't think you should put the second best player on the winningest team in the All-Star game just because he's exactly that, the second-best player on the winningest team.  I mean, if there are players from other teams that are better, contributing more, and being more effective than the second-best player then they should get in over said second-best player.  

Nonetheless, it's official, Mo Williams is an All-Star.  Since Chris Bosh will not be playing, the "snub" will be snubbed no longer, as David Stern reaches over and picks Mo Williams to replace Bosh in the roster.  The East now has an interesting look, flooring Dwayne Wade, Allen Iverson, LeBron James, Kevin Garnett, and Dwight Howard as starters, with Devin Harris, Joe Johnson, Ray Allen, Danny Granger, Paul Pierce, Rashard Lewis, and now Mo Williams coming off the bench as reserves.  Small.

Nonetheless, I'm going to rant a little more about why Mo Williams was never "snubbed" and why this is just really a lucky break for him.  I mean, on any other given day, I'm pretty sure everyone would pick Chris Bosh over Mo Williams any day.

Ok, so let's first look at the arguments why Mo Williams should have been selected to play in the ASG.

1.) The Cavs are 39-10, 36-9 at the time of the announcement, 34-8 by the time votes were all submitted, at the time best in the Eastern Conference.

2.) Last season, before Mo Williams was acquired the Cavs were 45-37, that's a 0.549 win percentage.  Now they're at 0.796 and the only way they could do worse than last season is to go worse than 16-27 for the rest of the season.

3.) Zyrdunas Ilgauskas was injured at the time of the voting, and besides, Mo Williams has the 2nd highest scoring average on the team.

Ok... So, the Cavs are doing better, and since Mo Williams was the major off-season acquisition, he's obviously the reason why.  Hm... questionable.  I'll say that he helps, but he's not the only reason.  I think that an All-Star berth is more of an individual accolade than it is a team reward, that's what the playoffs and Finals are for.

First, let's get this straight: Mo Williams is not playing better basketball in Cleveland.  Let's take a look at the numbers:

Mo Williams	Cleveland Cavaliers (2008-2009)	Milwaukee Bucks (2007-2008)
Points	17.1	17.2
Rebounds	3.3	3.5
Assists	4.2	6.5
Steals	0.8	1.2
Blocks	0.1	0.2
Turnovers	2.3	2.8
Field Goal %	46.1%	48.0%
Free Throw %	94.3%	85.6%
3 point %	39.8%	38.5%
3 points made	1.9	1.4
Minutes per game	34:12	36:30

Ok, so his scoring and rebounding are virtually the same, he's doing it in fewer minutes though, so that's a plus.  However, I'd argue that it's because he's making more 3s because he's getting more looks.  His turnovers are down marginally, but that's just because he has the ball in his hands less, an inherent inevitability when you're teammates with LeBron James, which explains why his assists are down, because he's not intiating the offense.  So if Mo Williams was never All-Star caliber when playing for a crappy Bucks squad, why is he being lauded now that he's doing the exact same thing on a good Cavs team?  So, if Troy Murphy averaged 11 points and 13 rebounds for Atlanta (4th in the East) instead of Indiana (13th in the East) then he should automatically get All-Star consideration?  Seriously?  Does the winning record make him that much better than everyone else? 

“Snubs”	Mo Williams	Andre Iguodala	Hedo Turkoglu	Josh Smith
Points	17.1	17.8	17.2	16.0
Rebounds	3.3	6.1	5.3	7.7
Assists	4.2	5.3	4.9	2.5
Steals	0.8	1.7	0.9	1.4
Blocks	0.1	0.4	0.3	1.6
Turnovers	2.3	2.8	2.7	2.5
Field Goal %	46.1%	47.3%	40.5%	49.0%
Free Throw %	94.3%	74.5%	80.4%	59.0%
3 point %	39.8%	29.3%	36.4%	24.1%
3 points made	1.9	0.9	1.9	0.3
Minutes per game	34:12	38:42	36:53	35:47

So Mo Williams is automatically better than Iggy, Hedo, and Smith simply because his team won more games?  Ok, so some people think that 3 Magic in the ASG is unsconsciable, because it just happens that their entire starting lineup has been carrying them through games because their bench sucks, it's not like I'm crying for Mickael Pietrus to make it?  I'm not going to get into that.

Second argument is that Williams just makes the Cavs that much better.  I don't think it's Williams, I just think the Cavs improved.  There's not much else to it.  Delonte West is playing better, Zyrdunas Ilgauskas is playing better, heck Wally Sczerbiak is playing better.  Mike Brown has figured out an offense beyond pass and isolate LeBron 30 ft out from the basket.  Sure Mo Williams was a major addition, and definitely an upgrade over Daniel Gibson as a starter, but still, it's not like he's the only reason the Cavs are winning, and just because the Cavs are winning, shouldn't be the only reason that he gets an ASG berth.

That being said, he's in, so congrats Mo.  From my perspective though, you got lucky.