A little more national love for G-Force

It has taken a while to get past the “underrated” tag, but the folks at ESPN are starting to pay attention to the kind of player Gerald Wallace is. Marc Stein believes:

This much is clear: Charlotte has to have an All-Star for the first time. Has to. The problem is picking between Wallace and newcomer Stephen Jackson, whom Wallace himself credits as a chief spark (see Box 4) in Charlotte’s most successful half-season in franchise history. Wallace, though, makes it tough — even for this longtime Jack fan — to give the spot to anyone else.

Folks, I love Gerald Wallace. I once said this:

“Watching him jump out of the gym for a block or a dunk lights up the dark places in my heart (even if watching that corkscrew jumper of his makes me die a little every time).”

He should go because of things like this:

and this:

and these:

I could go on, but you know the deal. He must be Charlotte’s first All-Star representative since Baron Davis for the Hornets in 2002.

Also, don’t miss the article from TrueHoop’s Kevin Arnovitz.