All-Star Balloting

by ssmokinjoe on Jan 4, 2007 11:58 PM PST

NBA.com posted the latest returns for All-Star balloting this year. Here's the link:
http://www.nba.com/news/2007_allstar_thirdreturns_070104.html

And here's a cut/paste of the numbers:

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Forwards: LeBron James (Cleveland) 1,587,738; Chris Bosh (Toronto) 589,829; Jermaine O'Neal (Indiana) 531,531; Paul Pierce (Boston) 382,287; Grant Hill (Orlando) 331,931; Rasheed Wallace (Detroit) 299,296; Andre Iguodala (Philadelphia) 260,993; Tayshaun Prince (Detroit) 200,065; Emeka Okafor (Charlotte) 186,445; Chris Webber (Philadelphia) 173,572.
Guards: Dwyane Wade (Miami) 1,191,403; Vince Carter (New Jersey) 867,437; Gilbert Arenas (Washington) 647,281; Jason Kidd (New Jersey) 490,622; Stephon Marbury (New York) 347,994; Chauncey Billups (Detroit) 244,236; Michael Redd (Milwaukee) 192,280; Joe Johnson (Atlanta) 160,280; Steve Francis (New York) 155,676; Richard Hamilton (Detroit) 136,946.

Centers: Shaquille O'Neal (Miami) 1,013,747; Dwight Howard (Orlando) 789,950; Ben Wallace (Chicago) 451,575; Alonzo Mourning (Miami) 155,605; Zaza Pachulia (Atlanta) 103,301; Andrew Bogut (Milwaukee) 103,321; Zydrunas Ilgauskas (Cleveland) 88,979; Nazr Mohammed (Detroit) 73,139; Eddy Curry (New York) 68,445; Nenad Krstic (New Jersey) 62,550.

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Forwards: Kevin Garnett (Minnesota) 947,040; Tim Duncan (San Antonio) 852,827; Dirk Nowitzki (Dallas) 794,581; Carmelo Anthony (Denver) 769,491; Shane Battier (Houston) 539,714; Shawn Marion (Phoenix) 283,766; Lamar Odom (L.A. Lakers) 275,327; Josh Howard (Dallas) 256,409; Carlos Boozer (Utah) 217,872; Pau Gasol (Memphis) 198,075.
Guards: Kobe Bryant (L.A. Lakers) 1,386,477; Tracy McGrady (Houston) 1,205,510; Allen Iverson (Denver) 1,157,031*; Steve Nash (Phoenix) 869,645; Chris Paul (New Orleans/Oklahoma City) 276,477; Jason Terry (Dallas) 267,698; Manu Ginobili (San Antonio) 256,362; Tony Parker (San Antonio) 242,929; Ray Allen (Seattle) 221,003; Jerry Stackhouse (Dallas) 220,385.

Centers: Yao Ming (Houston) 1,629,832; Amaré Stoudemire (Phoenix) 610,444; Erick Dampier (Dallas) 246,918; Mehmet Okur (Utah) 189,778; Marcus Camby (Denver) 154,712; Brad Miller (Sacramento) 81,424; Francisco Elson (San Antonio) 71,114; Tyson Chandler (New Orleans/Oklahoma City) 69,851; Chris Mihm (L.A. Lakers) 69,840; Chris Kaman (L.A. Clippers) 67,430.

Look at this BS. Baron Davis isn't even in the top ten vote-getters for West guards. Jason Terry is at #6 and Baron whoops his ass easily.
Even Jerry Stackhouse is currently #10!!

And look at the West voting for centers. Look at all those scrubs beating out Beidrins. Francisco Elson?? Chris Mihm??? Scrubs!!

Warriors getting no love this year.

This FanPost is a submission from a member of the mighty Golden State of Mind community. While we're all here to throw up that W, these words do not necessarily reflect the views of the GSoM Crew. Still, chances are the preceding post is Unstoppable Baby!

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they hatin on the warriors

thats some BS right there, stackhouse?? gimme me a freakin break!

chris mihm didnt even play this year, leave it in the hands of the fans look where it gets ya...

by 9thw0nder on Jan 5, 2007 12:56 AM PST reply actions

while its BS...

it doesn't bother me much. Warriors are losers, for 12 years. They need to prove something before they think about all-stars.

by the optimus dime on Jan 5, 2007 1:11 AM PST reply actions

that's the problem...

That's exactly the problem that hurts any Warrior's chances of making the All-star roster. Ignorant voters think that since they missed the playoffs for the past dozen years then there must not be any good performers on the team. Oh well, it's reality of voting.

by ssmokinjoe on Jan 5, 2007 1:39 AM PST up reply actions

Sadly I've learned...

The fans vote for the best players on good teams. So even if the Warriors had the top scorer or rebounder on the league, we wouldn't qualify because we're unknown. People don't even know where Golden State is. There's only so many Zorgons out there!

by gsdubz on Jan 5, 2007 8:05 AM PST reply actions

Hahah

Actually, I was a fan of the Warriors without knowing where Golden State was for a while. Eventually though, I started noticing the little tag that said, "Live from The Arena in Oakland".

(Remember, I only really got to start watching games last year, when we got League Pass. Before that, I just followed through each new edition of NBA Live/NBA 2K.)

by Zorgon on Jan 6, 2007 3:00 AM PST up reply actions

The fans vote for the best players on good teams.

or the most known, in this years voting it's certainly not the best players this season.
I just ignore the whole thing and don't watch the allstar game so I've got no problem with who they pick.
Now that Lakers/Kings game last night was fun to watch! Those Lakers are the team I'd like for us to be, no small ball crap goin down there. Listening to Barkley's comedy routine made my day!!