With the battle for NBA All-Star selections heating up, the Twitter world held host to a contest of words Friday afternoon when the Trail Blazers Twitter team took offense to a remark by ESPN personality Stephen A. Smith regarding the All-Star candidacy of point guard Damian Lillard:
Blazers beat reporter Casey Holdahl also joined in, and he mentioned some similar-sized markets that will have All-Star representatives, with Anthony Davis and DeMarcus Cousins in New Orleans getting in as starters and Russell Westbrook in Oklahoma City a shoo-in for a reserve spot:
Got to get into one of those big markets like Oklahoma City and New Orleans and on teams with almost identical records.