I might have to change my pick to win the ASG...

Now that Chris Bosh is no longer playing and they got, of all people Mo Williams to replace him (I personally would've gone with Antawn Jamison or Andre Iguodala or something) the matchups are going to be... interesting to say the least.  Granted it is the ASG, so no one really cares about defense, it's worth noting that outside of Dwight Howard there is no other center on the team and outside of Kevin Garnett there is no other true power forward on the team (Rashard Lewis is not a true power forward).  Sure the starters look evenly matched:

ASG Starters	EAST	WEST
Point Guard	Allen Iverson	Chris Paul
Shooting Guard	Dwayne Wade	Kobe Bryant
Small Forward	LeBron James	Amar’e Stoudemire
Power Forward	Kevin Garnett	Tim Duncan
Center	Dwight Howard	Yao Ming

Except for maybe that LeBron/Amar'e mismatch, but all in all it looks solid.  However, if we go to the reserves:

ASG Reserves	EAST	WEST
Point Guard	Devin Harris Mo Williams	Tony Parker Chauncey Billups
Shooting Guard	Joe Johnson Ray Allen	Brandon Roy
Small Forward	Danny Granger Paul Pierce
Power Forward	Rashard Lewis	Pau Gasol Dirk Nowitzki David West
Center		Shaquille O’Neal

By no means are Gasol, Nowitzki, or West extremely difficult covers for Lewis, though Gasol might be for his size.  What wins out here though?  Size or speed?  No way Nowitzki or West could stay in front of Granger or Pierce, but no way could Lewis keep Shaq out of the paint.  Unless they play Dwight Howard 48 minutes, which would be dumb.

An interesting note is that the West has the perfect team to play 2-3 zone defense, but also, the East has exactly the kind of offensive game (lots of shooters: Williams, Johnson, Granger, Lewis, Allen, even Pierce) to destroy zone.

What do you think?

On a side note:

Mo Williams was also selected to replace Jameer Nelson in the Playstation Skills Challenge, I still say Derrick Rose takes this.

JR Smith was seleceted to replace Rudy Gay, who is suffering from a hip flexor, in the Sprite Slam Dunk Challenge.  JR Smith was a participant in the 2005 Slam Dunk Contest and lost to Josh Smith that year.  Smith changes things up, I think he's more explosive, so he could bring something back to it.  I look for him and Rudy Fernandez to spice things up, though, I can't say my expectations for Rudy are that high.