Jazz President Demands More Accountability In All-Star Selections
Jan 31, 2019, 7:23 PM
Steve Starks, president of Larry H. Miller Sports and Entertainment and Utah Jazz, and Utah Jazz head coach Quin Snyder talk to the media during the end of season press conference at the Zions Bank Basketball Center in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, May 9, 2017. (Kristin Murphy, Deseret News)
(Kristin Murphy, Deseret News)
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – Utah Jazz president Steve Starks has made it public, he does not like the fact that Jazz center Rudy Gobert was not chosen as an NBA All-Star.
Starks made his displeasure public with a tweet soon after it was announced that Gobert did not make it as a Western Conference reserve.
Rudy deserved to be named an All-Star. Complete non-sense and we need more integrity and accountability. If the coaches vote than their ballots should be made public.
— Steve Starks (@StevenStarks) February 1, 2019
While the starters and captains for the All-Star Game were selected by fan-vote, the reserves from each conference were selected by voting from the coaches in each conference.
The All-Star Game will take place Feb. 17 at 6 p.m. in Charlotte, N.C.
