all star game fan voting.....

[Fillmoe]

is wack! i mean yao ming is guaranteed to be an all star the rest of his career..... and how the heck is amare ahead of elton brand in votes? fans are dumb! dampier and mihm before miller...?

TOP 10 VOTE-GETTERS
Yao Ming (Hou.) 729,178
LeBron James (Cle.) 665,849
Kobe Bryant (LAL) 664,744
S. O'Neal (Mia) 646,085
Allen Iverson (Phi) 638,999
Tracy McGrady (Hou) 600,507
Steve Nash (Phx.) 562,846
Dwyane Wade (Mia.) 479,774
Kevin Garnett (Min.), 469,497
Tim Duncan (S.A.), 456,017
J. O’Neal (Ind.) 387,893

2005 NBA ALL-STAR BALLOTING

EAST FORWARDS
LeBron James (Cle.) 665,849
Jermaine O’Neal (Ind.) 387,893
Rasheed Wallace (Det.) 186,911
Ron Artest (Ind.) 186,032
Chris Webber (Phi.) 167,436
Paul Pierce (Bos.) 126,353
Grant Hill (Orl.) 100,125
Tayshaun Prince (Det.) 99,082
Chris Bosh (Tor.) 83,003
Andre Iguodala (Phi.) 79,581

EAST GUARDS
Allen Iverson (Phi.) 638,999
Dwyane Wade (Mia.) 479,774
Vince Carter (N.J.) 363,482
Jason Kidd (N.J.) 156,282
Chauncey Billups (Det.) 125,494
Steve Francis (Orl.) 122,098
Gilbert Arenas (Was.) 119,201
Richard Hamilton (Det.) 97,264
T.J. Ford (Mil.) 50,454
Michael Redd (Mil.) 47,464

EAST CENTERS
Shaquille O'Neal (Mia.) 646,085
Ben Wallace (Det.) 336,518
Zydrunas Ilgauskas (Cle.) 55,576
Andrew Bogut (Mil.) 43,615
Samuel Dalembert (Phi.) 32,998
Nenad Krstic (N.J.) 27,545
Raef LaFrentz (Bos.) 26,496
Eddy Curry (N.Y.) 25,675
Jamaal Magloire (Mil.) 21,933*
Jeff Foster (Ind.) 20,758

WEST FORWARDS
Tracy McGrady (Hou.) 600,507
Kevin Garnett (Min.) 469,497
Tim Duncan (S.A.) 456,017
Dirk Nowitzki (Dal.) 208,555
Carmelo Anthony (Den.) 111,419
Amare Stoudemire (Pho.) 95,266
Elton Brand (LAC) 93,474
Shawn Marion (Pho.) 82,600
Pau Gasol (Mem.) 80,898
Lamar Odom (LAC) 64,676

WEST GUARDS
Kobe Bryant (LAL) 664,744
Steve Nash (Pho.) 562,846
Manu Ginobili (S.A.) 226,875
Ray Allen (Sea.) 204,658
Tony Parker (S.A.) 158,326
Baron Davis (G.S.) 112,003
David Wesley (Hou.) 89,818
Jason Richardson (G.S.) 82,950
Jason Terry (Dal.) 76,993
Mike Bibby (Sac.) 66,004

WEST CENTERS
Yao Ming (Hou.) 729,178
Marcus Camby (Den.) 250,312
Mehmet Okur (Uta.) 99,354
Erick Dampier (Dal.) 71,659
Chris Mihm (LAC) 53,553
Brad Miller (Sac.) 51,416
Kurt Thomas (Pho.) 25,158
Chris Kaman (LAC) 20,404
Michael Olowokandi (Min.) 15,471
Lorenzen Wright(Mem.) 14,043


http://www.nba.com/news/allstar_051215.html

 

[DirkAB]

Amare is ahead of Brand! The fans should not get to decide this, we fans have proven every year that we are unable of picking deserving players.

 

[Kings113]

The Amare/Brand stuff is hilarious...

Also, David f'n WESLEY ahead Richardson/Terry/Bibby? Wild.

http://www.nba.com/playerfile/david_wesley/index.html

 

[thesanityannex]

the all star game as a whole now is crap. its just a money maker, the players don't care about winning, it means nothing. i spit on the all game. paaaatooeeeiiii

 

[John Galt]

It doesn't make a difference if Amare is ahead of Brand. The starting lineups look fine to me - pretty much how I'd vote.

 

[BigWaxer]

While I dont agree that Yao is #1 overall, think some China votes helped on that one. He is one of the better centers in the West for sure. Even though I think he is soft, eats cotton candy at halftime and cannot win a game unless a real star like Tmac is around him.

 

[ONEZERO]

While I dont agree that Yao is #1 overall, think some China votes helped on that one.

some? SOME?? haha i find that hilarious... it accounts for most or ALL of his votes..

as for the whole voting thig, i could give a rats a** who plays and who doesnt... i just wanna see a good dunk contest the night before.. and damn it these freakin players(lebron, kobe, etc..) dont even wanna join and it makes it boring .

 

[captain bill]

WEST FORWARDS
Tracy McGrady (Hou.) 600,507
Kevin Garnett (Min.) 469,497
Tim Duncan (S.A.) 456,017
Dirk Nowitzki (Dal.) 208,555
Carmelo Anthony (Den.) 111,419
Amare Stoudemire (Pho.) 95,266
Elton Brand (LAC) 93,474
Shawn Marion (Pho.) 82,600
Pau Gasol (Mem.) 80,898
Lamar Odom (LAC) 64,676

That's crazy- McGrady has put up decent numbers, but he missed half the season. KG, Nowitzki Duncan should be 1-3, and Carmelo should be behind Brand, and probably Marion, too. Carmelo is just scoring. The other 2 guys are doing everything. This is really looking like a culmination of the last 3 years, weighted by media coverage and name recognition (in other words, a typical all-star game)

 

[Kings113]

some? SOME?? haha i find that hilarious... it accounts for most or ALL of his votes..

as for the whole voting thig, i could give a rats a** who plays and who doesnt... i just wanna see a good dunk contest the night before.. and damn it these freakin players(lebron, kobe, etc..) dont even wanna join and it makes it boring .

Well, Kobe's already won it and has obviously established himself. LeBron I wish would of done it/do it, guess he's scared to lose and has establishment.

Usually it's six, this would be my 6:

Josh Smith (defending champ, and it's Josh Smith)

Fred Jones (why not go for it again, and didn't defend it last year)

Andre Iguodala (would love to see him in it)

Dahntay Jones (underrated good young player, and a great dunker, be a good way to get himself out there)

Maurice Evans or JR Smith

Nate Robinson (this guy can SKY, and has something like a 42 inch vertical leap, also be fun to see another little man in it)

 

[kennadog]

As long as the fans vote, it will be strictly a popularity contest. I remember when Vince Carter hadn't played all season and still got voted in. That's when I realized how totally ridiculous the whole thing was. And yet people refer to players as "all-stars," as tho it is some accolade about their abilities or talent. Big whoop!

 

[Fillmoe]

That's crazy- McGrady has put up decent numbers, but he missed half the season. KG, Nowitzki Duncan should be 1-3, and Carmelo should be behind Brand, and probably Marion, too. Carmelo is just scoring. The other 2 guys are doing everything. This is really looking like a culmination of the last 3 years, weighted by media coverage and name recognition (in other words, a typical all-star game)

alot of mcgradys votes are also because of yao ming..... same for wesley

 

[DirkAB]

It doesn't make a difference if Amare is ahead of Brand. The starting lineups look fine to me - pretty much how I'd vote.

You would start TMac and Shaq after they've been hurt most the season? Plus Camby probably deserves to start over Yao this season.

 

[BMiller52]

wow...chris mihm shouldn't even be on the friggin allstar ballot. neither should erick dampier... the vote leaders at center should be(in this order):

Camby
Okur
Miller/yao

 

[John Galt]

You would start TMac and Shaq after they've been hurt most the season? Plus Camby probably deserves to start over Yao this season.

TMac... OK I would have voted for Garnett and Duncan but I'm not as upset as maybe I should be about him being there. I guess I didn't see the "pitiful Rockets with two all stars" connection - my bad.

Shaq for sure I would vote for in spite of the injury. I don't see anything wrong with it - you vote for who you want to see play, and I think Shaq and Yao are the only two centers in the NBA.

Shaq is the MDE.

 

[thesanityannex]

Nate Robinson (this guy can SKY, and has something like a 40+ ft vertical leap, also be fun to see another little man in it)

wow, he could like jump on top of a three story building then.

 

[thesanityannex]

wow...chris mihm shouldn't even be on the friggin allstar ballot. neither should erick dampier... the vote leaders at center should be(in this order):

Camby
Okur
Miller/yao

why would brad miller be on the all star ballot?

 

[Kings113]

why would brad miller be on the all star ballot?

Because he is. He's in the west centers ballot.

wow, he could like jump on top of a three story building then.

lol, yeah, I obviously messed up there. I meant inches.

 

[tyrant]

YAO MING IS HORRIBLE. i don't know who's softer between him and brad miller. china has like 2 billion people. we all know who their voting for.

 

[Mad D]

Camby
Okur
Miller
Yao
Dampier
Olowokandi

Fragile Beast
Soft
Soft
Finesse/''Soft"
Underachiever
Michael F'n Olowokandi

The fact that Olowokandi is a canadate shows the current situation of centers. I'd take Camby (leading the league in rebounds) and Yao (20 and 9 in 30 mins) this situation. At least their numbers resemble something close to Allstar Centers.