2006 All-Star Teams

[Kori Ellis]

NEW YORK, Feb. 9 -- Detroit Pistons guards Chauncey Billups and Richard Hamilton will be appearing in their first NBA All-Star Game, joining frontcourt teammates Ben Wallace and Rasheed Wallace after having been selected by the coaches as reserves for the 2006 NBA All-Star Game. This is the first time in NBA All-Star Game history that the coaches have selected four teammates as reserves and the seventh time that a team will have four representatives in the All-Star Game. The 2006 NBA All-Star Game will be played on Sunday, Feb. 19 at Toyota Center in Houston.

Joining the Pistons foursome as reserves will be first-time All-Star forward Chris Bosh of the Toronto Raptors with forwards Paul Pierce of the Boston Celtics and Vince Carter of the New Jersey Nets rounding out the Eastern reserves.

Two Western Conference players are also making their initial All-Star appearance as center Pau Gasol of the Memphis Grizzlies and guard Tony Parker of the 2005 NBA Champion San Antonio Spurs have each been invited to Houston. Also named to the Western Conference All-Star team are guard Ray Allen of the Seattle SuperSonics and forwards Dirk Nowitzki of the Dallas Mavericks, Elton Brand of the Los Angeles Clippers, Kevin Garnett of the Minnesota Timberwolves and Shawn Marion of the Phoenix Suns.

The 14 players selected -- seven each from the Eastern and Western Conferences -- were chosen by the 30 NBA head coaches, who were asked to vote for seven players in their respective conferences -- two guards, two forwards, one center and two players regardless of position. They were not permitted to vote for players from their own team.

Previously selected as starters for the East through the 2006 NBA All-Star Balloting Program were Cleveland’s LeBron James, Indiana’s Jermaine O'Neal, Miami’s Shaquille O'Neal and Dwyane Wade and Philadelphia’s Allen Iverson. Houston’s Tracy McGrady and Yao Ming, Los Angeles Lakers’ Kobe Bryant, Phoenix’s Steve Nash and San Antonio’s Tim Duncan will start for the West.

The 2005-06 Pistons joins the Celtics (1952-53, 1961-62 and 1974-75), L.A. Lakers (1961-62 and 1997-98) and Philadelphia 76ers (1982-83) as the only teams in All-Star Game history to have four players selected to play in an single All-Star Game.

The selections of Gasol (Spain), Nowitzki (Germany) and Parker (France) along with voted-starters Duncan (U.S. Virgin Islands), Nash (Canada) and Yao (China), gives the 2006 NBA All-Star Game a record-tying six international players in one year. The 2003, 2004 and 2005 NBA All-Star Games each featured six international players on the rosters.

Should any player be unable to participate in the All-Star Game due to injury, NBA Commissioner David Stern will select the replacement.

Flip Saunders of Detroit coaches the Eastern Conference All-Stars and Avery Johnson makes his All-Star coaching debut representing the Western Conference. San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich is not eligible to coach in the 2006 NBA All-Star Game because he coached in last year’s All-Star Game.

The NBA All-Star Game will be televised live nationally on TNT in the United States and on Rogers Sportsnet in Canada at 7 p.m. CT/ 8 p.m. ET. Live audio broadcasts are available on ESPN Radio and on NBA.com in multiple languages.

For the fourth consecutive year, NBA All-Stars will wear uniforms created just for the game. This year's All-Stars will be outfitted in new uniforms from Reebok which were inspired by the exploration of space and the Texas state flag. As has become tradition, the East will be the road team wearing predominantly royal blue uniforms accented with red and silver, while the West will be the home team wearing white uniforms with red as the featured color and royal and gold accents. The NBA logo on the jersey has been enhanced with the All-Star version and the player's team is represented with the team logo on the center back neck of the jersey.

NBA.com will provide basketball fans with the opportunity to have their vote count towards selecting the MVP of the 55th NBA All-Star Game, as a part of the site's exclusive 2006 NBA All-Star coverage.

Through the Balloting program, which ran from Nov. 17, 2005 through Jan. 22, fans had the opportunity to vote in NBA arenas, in 19 languages on the NBA.com Network, in approximately 130 Loews Cineplex Entertainment movie theaters in the United States and through mobile phones at t-zones using T-Mobile service or wap.nba.com for any wireless carrier. This year’s All-Star Balloting partners include T-Mobile, AOL, NBA 2K6, Xbox and retailers GameStop & Electronics Boutique.

NBA All-Star 2006 is a week-long celebration that enables fans to experience the thrill of the world’s greatest athletes playing the game they love and features a full slate of community enhancing activities and fan festivals.

Following are the complete rosters for the East and West teams for the 2006 NBA All-Star Game at Toyota Center in Houston:

2006 EASTERN CONFERENCE ALL-STARS

No. Player (Team) Pos. Ht. Wt. Birthdate College/HS/Country All-Star Selections
1 #Chauncey Billups (Detroit) G 6-3 202 09/25/76 Colorado 1
4 #Chris Bosh (Toronto) F 6-10 235 03/24/84 Georgia Tech 1
15 Vince Carter (New Jersey) F 6-6 220 01/26/77 North Carolina 7
32 #Richard Hamilton (Detroit) G 6-7 193 02/14/78 Connecticut 1
3 *Allen Iverson (Philadelphia) G 6-0 165 06/07/75 Georgetown 7
23 *LeBron James (Cleveland) G 6-8 245 12/30/85 St. Vincent/St. Mary HS 2
7 *Jermaine O'Neal (Indiana) F 6-11 226 10/13/78 Eau Claire HS 5
32 *Shaquille O'Neal (Miami) C 7-1 325 03/06/72 LSU 13
34 Paul Pierce (Boston) F 6-6 230 10/13/77 Kansas 5
3 *Dwyane Wade (Miami) G 6-4 212 01/17/82 Marquette 2
3 Ben Wallace (Detroit) F 6-9 240 09/10/74 Virginia Union 4
36 Rasheed Wallace (Detroit) F 6-11 225 09/17/74 North Carolina 3

Head Coach: Flip Saunders (Detroit)
Assistant Coaches: Sidney Lowe, Ron Harper, Don Zierden
Athletic Trainer: Ted Arzonico (Orlando)

2006 WESTERN CONFERENCE ALL-STARS

No. Player (Team) Pos. Ht. Wt. Birthdate College/HS/Country All-Star Selections
34 Ray Allen (Seattle) G 6-5 205 07/20/75 Connecticut 6
42 Elton Brand (L.A. Clippers) F 6-8 265 03/11/79 Duke 2
8 *Kobe Bryant (L.A. Lakers) G 6-6 220 08/23/78 Lower Merion HS 8
21 *Tim Duncan (San Antonio) F 7-0 260 04/25/76 Wake Forest 8
21 Kevin Garnett (Minnesota) F 6-11 220 05/19/76 Farragut Academy (HS) 9
16 #Pau Gasol (Memphis) C 7-0 227 07/06/80 Spain 1
31 Shawn Marion (Phoenix) F 6-7 228 05/07/78 UNLV 3
1 *Tracy McGrady (Houston) F 6-8 210 05/24/79 Mt. Zion Academy (HS) 6
11 *Yao Ming (Houston) C 7-6 310 09/12/80 China 4
13 *Steve Nash (Phoenix) G 6-3 180 02/07/74 Santa Clara 4
41 Dirk Nowitzki (Dallas) F 7-0 245 06/19/78 Germany 5
9 #Tony Parker (San Antonio) G 6-2 177 05/17/82 France 1

Head Coach: Avery Johnson (Dallas)
Assistant Coaches: Del Harris, Rolando Blackman, Joe Prunty
Athletic Trainer: Keith Jones (Houston)

*denotes starter
#denotes first-time selection


http://www.nba.com/allstar2006/allstar_game/reserves_060209.html

[Kori Ellis]

So who's in that shouldn't be and who got shafted?

I think Ray Allen shouldn't be (because Seattle sucks) and Chris Paul & Carmelo got shafted.

[FreshPrince22]

So when do we learn who made it for JO?

[Phenomanul]

So who's in that shouldn't be and who got shafted?

I think Ray Allen shouldn't be (because Seattle sucks) and Chris Paul & Carmelo got shafted.


My thoughts exactly....

[ObiwanGinobili]

So who's in that shouldn't be and who got shafted?

I think Ray Allen shouldn't be (because Seattle sucks) and Chris Paul & Carmelo got shafted.

I agree.

Also, Arenas got screwed.

[exstatic]

Melo is such a baby that I was glad to see him bypassed. Paul will get his chances.

[exstatic]

Someone gets hosed every year. I like the take I read from one coumnist: Don't tell me who got screwed, tell me who you would take OFF the team to make room for that person.

[himat]

carmelo should of gone this year.

[himat]

if tayshaun prince got in i'd be really excited. he should get there someday though.

[JamStone]

EAST: Rasheed is worthy of going, but I don't think he should have been selected by the coaches. Gilbert Arenas appears to be the injury replacement for Jermaine O'Neal. Michael Redd, Dwight Howard, Jason Kidd, Richard Jefferson, Chris Webber, and Antawn Jamison have all had solid years and could make a case for being snubbed. I think Dwight Howard should have gone instead of Rasheed. Redd and Kidd deserve to be all-stars, but I can see why they were not selected over Vince, Rip, Chauncey, and eventually Arenas.


WEST: I would have selected Jason Richardson instead of Ray Allen as a guard reserve. Marcus Camby deserves to be there as the back-up center, but I understand why he isn't since he's missed quite a few games. But, then again, Yao Ming and Shaq will play and they have missed quite a few games, though they are starters. I do think Carmelo deserves a selection this year, but you really can't argue the forwards in the West. In fact, they slid either Dirk, Pau, or KG to the center position to accomodate so many all-star deserving forwards.


Every year, there will be a few that deserve that don't get selected. This year is no different. There are no fluke inclusions, with the possible exception of Rasheed Wallace. But, there will always be some that should go that just can't fit because there are only 12 roster spots.

[SequSpur]

Ray Allen is a hall of famer.

[ShoogarBear]

Chris Paul should have gone.

But if you're going to use the "team sucks, player doesn't go" argument, what about Paul Pierce?

Carmelo's been on pretty good behavior all year, but I wouldn't be surprised to see him do/say something childish now.

Why are they still listing Tim as 7'0"?d

[SoCalSpursFan]

Gilbert Arenas is $.

Brand should be starting.

[yeahone]

Hard luck chris paul

[DieMrBond]

Carmello didnt make it AGAIN? Damn - i thought he would of gotten in for sure. I hope hes not one of those players that 'plays out of his mind' to prove the coaches wrong for the rest of the year... Like others said, Ray Allen definitly should be in there, and its weird that coaches voted for Rasheed Wallace even AFTER he lobbied to be left off the team.

But, on a brighter note - isnt it great that memphis finally got its first all star!

[ALVAREZ6]

Arenas did get fucked...he deserved it more than a couple of guys.

[ABDENOUR POWER]

Stob bitching about Arenas getting snubbed, I'm pretty sure he'll be picked to replace J.O.

[Spurminator]

I don't really disagree with any of the picks. IMO it takes something extra special to get a into an All Star Game as a rookie, and I don't think Paul's had quite that kind of season.

[TDMVPDPOY]

carmelo got screwed, didnt he carried the nuggets on his back this season, when kmart n camby were out and they actually won games without them, fuckn garnett shouldnt even be on the team

[ABDENOUR POWER]

what if stern goes fuckin crazy and selects prince as his replacement?

Then I'll be happily surprised.

[baseline bum]

Chris Paul got freaking screwed. He's leading a team that was 18-64 before him to a 25-23 record in what is by far the toughest division in the league. There is no way that team should be over .500 or even anywhere close. There's absolutely no way to justify leaving him off the team, especially for a name like Ray Allen who is doing nothing special this season. Every allstar reserve except Garnett and Allen is having a career year. KG absolutely has to be there because he's the most complete player in the game, but Allen's team sucks and he's doing nothing to merit his selection.

It's tough to leave Carmello off this list too with the way his game has exploded this year, but I'm still more impressed with Paul.

Major props to TP. He's finally becoming the player we thought he'd grow to be when he entered the league. Thank god Pop killed that trade for Payton in 2001.

[T Park]

Thank god Pop killed that trade for Payton in 2001.


Some people coughghostwritercough thought missing out on that trade screwed the Spurs out of championships though.

[DieMrBond]

Whats really got to get to Carmello, is the fact that Lebron, Wade AND Bosh are now all-stars...

Darko for All-Star before Carmello! Why not, all the other freaking Pistons are all-stars anyway! :)

[Brutalis]

Arenas.... Redd... both fucked cause of Sheed/Ben Wallace. Lame lame lame lame LAME.

[King]

Well, Paul should have made it -but even Lebron didn't go his rookie year. Paul will probably be a lock for the next ten years.

[smeagol]

Allen is not a Hall of Famer

[Nikos]

Paul should have made it over Ray, no doubt.

Speaking of Bron not making it as a rookie, well...... Paul was simply better now than Bron was as a rookie. No question about it. Paul got screwed for the most part.

[ShoogarBear]

Nikos, where you been, boy?

[Nikos]

Nikos, where you been, boy?

I have been posting a little here and there haven't I?

I been reading the forum here and there, just haven't posted too much.

What up?

[jcrod]

still think sheed shouldn't be there. the whole argument about them having such a great record, I think, is out the window. Shit they're only two games ahead of both Dallas and SA.

[DisgruntledLionFan#54,927]

Arenas.... Redd... both fucked cause of Sheed/Ben Wallace. Lame lame lame lame LAME.


While I disagree with you on BW, I agree with you on Sheed. Why vote him in when he said repeatedly he didn't want to be there? Arenas should have taken his spot and then Redd could have taken JO's spot; it would have been the smart way to do it...

[hussker]

3 cares

[spurs=bling]

3 cares


???

[SequSpur]

Allen is not a Hall of Famer

wtf do you know... you post from a commodore...

stfu.

[hussker]

smeagol...that was unfair of SequSpur. Let me translate for you:















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[Tanya]

Some people are so annoying. Sheed was selected by the coaches he was not voted in by the fans. For what reasons people complainning everywhere? Go be an NBA coach if you wanna take him out. Otherwise take it easy and show some respect to the players please.

[SequSpur]

Some people are so annoying. Sheed was selected by the coaches he was not voted in by the fans. For what reasons people complainning everywhere? Go be an NBA coach if you wanna take him out. Otherwise take it easy and show some respect to the players please.

I would love to but Pop won't let me.

Sincerely,


Bob Hill

[Jason McDaniels]

So who's in that shouldn't be and who got shafted?

I think Ray Allen shouldn't be (because Seattle sucks) and Chris Paul & Carmelo got shafted.

i agree with you

[polandprzem]

Why Denver has no representative?
Camby or Melo hould be involved in the coaches decision. I agree with Allen who should not be selected. Instead we would ike to see Paul ofcourse.

It's a pity than Kidd was not chosen for the game. I alwayes liked his all star appearances. But well NJ got Vince representing them.
Arenas would be a nice choice but insted of him the coaches took Rip an Sheed, too much man too much.

[TDMVPDPOY]

i dont give a fuck about the asg cose tp got voted in which is a shame :(:(, im happy the pistons players got voted in, lets hope they play the full game and get injured or sumshit, then they can kissed 70 wins goodbye and playoffs also.

[jochhejaam]

There are 30 teams and only 24 allstar slots, just too many allstars to be accomodated. I'm glad for the Pistons that were selected because it's a great personal honor especially in light of the fact that it's the coach's will that they deserve to be on the team based on their play as opposed to the popularity contest the fans make it.

[jochhejaam]

i dont give a fuck about the asg cose tp got voted in which is a shame :(:(, im happy the pistons players got voted in, lets hope they play the full game and get injured or sumshit, then they can kissed 70 wins goodbye and playoffs also.
:wtf You win the "idiotic post of the year" award and it's only Feb. You are on the wrong side of the barrier that separates true basketball fans from morons.

[TDMVPDPOY]

:wtf You win the "idiotic post of the year" award and it's only Feb. You are on the wrong side of the barrier that separates true basketball fans from buttholes.

you my troll, takes one to know one

[jochhejaam]

you my troll, takes one to know one
I don't wish any injuries to any Spurs players or any NBA players for that matter, that's what separates me from you.

[101A]

Don't like that Kidd, a marginal GOAT candidate at his position, got left off, we have a 1st year all-star at that position, AND we play NJ tonite.

The great ones can't bring it forever, but if they want to make a statement every now & then, they usually do.

[Manu20]

Updated: Feb. 10, 2006, 1:38 PM ET
Arenas All-Star replacement for Pacers' O'Neal

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/allstar2006/news/story?id=2325922

NEW YORK -- Gilbert Arenas is headed to the All-Star game after all.

The Washington Wizards guard was picked Friday by NBA commissioner David Stern to replace Indiana forward Jermaine O'Neal, who was voted in as an Eastern Conference starter but is injured.

Arenas was perhaps the biggest omission on the East team when reserves for the Feb. 19 game in Houston were announced Thursday night. He is fourth in the league with 28.2 points per game.

"No way, no how," Wizards guard Antonio Daniels said Thursday. "There is no one more deserving to make the All-Star team than Gilbert Arenas."

Arenas, who will be making his second consecutive All-Star appearance, was gracious Thursday when he learned he wasn't picked after voting by East head coaches.

"I'm an All-Star in my mind, and I'm an All-Star to this city, my peers and this organization," Arenas said. "So that's all that matters to me."

East coach Flip Saunders will decide who replaces O'Neal in the starting lineup, though he indicated it probably won't be one of his four Detroit players who were selected.

[JamStone]

i dont give a fuck about the asg cose tp got voted in which is a shame :(:(, im happy the pistons players got voted in, lets hope they play the full game and get injured or sumshit, then they can kissed 70 wins goodbye and playoffs also.


Well, thank God Pop isn't coaching the all star game ... maybe Avery Johnson will play Tim Duncan 40 minutes and cause plantar fasciitis in his other foot. Maybe Flip will send Ben to intentionally hack Timmy every time he touches the ball. I hope Tony Parker breaks off a few fingers in one of Pop's face craters and cries on Oprah Winfrey about it. I hope Bruce Bowen drop kicks Manu in the face and breaks his jaw when re-enacting what he did to Wally Szczerbiak.

But, other than that, I hope the Spurs have a great second half of the season. Good luck.

[Kori Ellis]

Well, thank God Pop isn't coaching the all star game ... maybe Avery Johnson will play Tim Duncan 40 minutes and cause plantar fasciitis in his other foot. Maybe Flip will send Ben to intentionally hack Timmy every time he touches the ball. I hope Tony Parker breaks off a few fingers in one of Pop's face craters and cries on Oprah Winfrey about it. I hope Bruce Bowen drop kicks Manu in the face and breaks his jaw when re-enacting what he did to Wally Szczerbiak.

But, other than that, I hope the Spurs have a great second half of the season. Good luck.

You shouldn't react to a guy who is a fucking troll of a Spurs fan. He takes every opportunity he can to bash every player on the Spurs other than Manu. And I'm sick of it. Don't bring yourself down to his level.

[pache100]

...maybe Avery Johnson will play Tim Duncan 40 minutes and cause plantar fasciitis in his other foot. Maybe Flip will send Ben to intentionally hack Timmy every time he touches the ball. I hope Tony Parker breaks off a few fingers in one of Pop's face craters and cries on Oprah Winfrey about it. I hope Bruce Bowen drop kicks Manu in the face and breaks his jaw when re-enacting what he did to Wally Szczerbiak.

http://i1.tinypic.com/ngwt38.gif

That's not even remotely funny (if that was the intention).

Good luck to you, too.

[JamStone]

You shouldn't react to a guy who is a fucking troll of a Spurs fan. He takes every opportunity he can to bash every player on the Spurs other than Manu. And I'm sick of it. Don't bring yourself down to his level.


Kori, I've been on the Spurs board for a while now. I love the Spurs, after the Pistons. I wasn't being serious. It was a joke. I was mocking the guy, not retaliating back. I should have put a smiles face with it, but I figured most would realize I was mocking him.

I don't wish any of that on the Spurs. Joke joke joke joke joke joke.

[tlongII]

I would like to see Tayshaun added to the team and then see Detroit's entire starting 5 in the game at some point. That would be cool.