Tacko Fall Getting This Many Votes for NBA All-Star Game Proves League Needs to Fix Process

The NBA community has proved that the All-Star voting system is flawed for years, but this year really takes the cake.

The current fan vote totals for Alex Caruso of the Los Angeles Lakers and Tacko Fall of the Boston Celtics proves that it is time to change this archaic system. Even though the fans' power is limited, of course, even giving them the right to dictate stunts to this degree is a poor look.

The NBA community loves to joke around with and craft memes surrounding certain players. This year, the league's jokes primarily surround Caruso and Fall. This leads to significant amounts of people voting for the two to be in the All-Star Game, which hinders the odds for legitimate candidates, like Devin Booker, to make the roster.

And, plus, tweets like this don't help.

Fan voting only accounts for 50% of the total All-Star vote. Presuming he gets a low, low percentage from the media panel and player vote, Fall won't make the cut. But advertising the fan vote in this fashion ensures he'll own the narrative anyway/increase the fervency with which fans are punching his name.

Playing 11 minutes in a grand total of three games doesn't really scream All-Star material, now does it?

The NBA should limit the fans' percentages another notch or two in order to get the best representation of the best players in each conference.

Tacko Fall and Alex Caruso making the All-Star Game, as funny as it would be, would be a failure to uphold the values behind the game, and the NBA should ensure that this doesn't happen. Let 'em both do the Dunk Contest, though.