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I agree, Matt Boner is more deserving. (pop is holding him back by not letting him play guard)
He doesn't deserve an all star in this season
As far as I know, most of Chinese didn't vote for him in this ballot
How come his votes is more than Chris Paul's???
Look at his performances of this season, he sucks at everything
Why do you guys vote for him?
Last edited by Rapper; 12-29-2008 at 01:36 PM.
I agree, Matt Boner is more deserving. (pop is holding him back by not letting him play guard)
if you dont vote for tmac, then he wont do that lazy eye for you to see
Who cares his ing lazy eye
maybe the votes that were cast for Marbury are going to T-Mac. I didn't and won't vote, I think it should be player/coach selected.
My money says you're wrong. Want evidence?
- Yi is still 3rd in EC forwards - ahead of Bosh, Pierce, and Granger. A damn shame.
- Artest being 5th in forwards ahead of Gasol and Aldridge is wrong, but check out who else is in the top 10 - Battier (7) and Scola (10). Another damn shame.
- You already addressed T-Mac at 2 ahead of Paul but what about Alston (9) ahead of Roy and Billups?
http://dimemag.com/2008/12/dwight-ho...l-star-voting/
There obviously is a strong Chinese influence in the voting - see Yi and the other Rockets. The Chinese market is going to make sure T-Mac is an All-Star.
Warning: stop caring about all star votes.
It's the ing all star game. It's meaningless. You shouldn't even care if Marbury, Yi Jianlian, Darko Milicic, and Darius Miles were all starters for the ASG. It's the ing all star game.
I'd rather watch a regular season game, at least the teams are trying.
Warning: Learn Chinese if you actually want your message to have any significance to your cause.
Ya, want me to teach you guys Chinese, so you can threaten the China people not to vote for T-Mac.
Note: I did not vote for any Houston Rocket members. The above message is just a joke.
WGAS about the boring ass allstar weekend/game? It's all new to the chinese--let them have fun. It's been there, ing done that for me and I would hope all of you--that includes all the bs dunks and superman bs..........
cause the Chinese government will prohibit internet use if they don't vote for Rockets players.
I keed, I keed!
In the past, it hasn't been massive online votes from China that have gotten Yao into the All-Star game. It has actually been paper votes in Houston (and other cities). I'm guessing that's the case again this year and many people voting for TMac on the same tickets. People always jump to the conclusion that it's the "millions of people in China voting online" but that wasn't the case.
Last edited by Kori Ellis; 12-29-2008 at 11:44 PM.
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All star game will eventually be Nets versus Rockets.
In fact in 2004 (the year it was close between Yao and Shaq), Shaq beat Yao in the online vote and Yao made up for it in the paper vote and won.
Well, I watched the Rockets Vs Wizards game today .. on a popular streaming website... and that guy had 55 million viewers ....
I've watched Spurs games and they barely hit the 100 thousand viewers..... I chatted with other people and not even de la Hoya Pachiao fight had that many viewers......
I believe you..... but lets be real... Alston is a scrub and dude gets a lot of votes.... .
China has something to do with it.
T-Wack sucks
a has been with a team that blows
Well it might not be the Chinese online vote, but the Chinese community in the US voting. It's still a bit weird that all the Rox are so well voted, either that or the city of Houston really knows how to get the vote out.
it's also not like the first time they've voted for something stupid. If you're dumb enough to vote for someone who names their son Trig you're dumb enough to vote for T-Mac.
Harris County went for Obama. Not by much, but there goes your evidence.
Ugly-ass city, though.
I totally agree. It seems the Chinese Fans don't care about performances, they just vote vor their stars, respectively their stars' teams. Another reason to change the voting system.
Edit: Well, I don't say that it's all based on online voting, but maybe on paper ballots. Maybe due to the Chinese community in the US? Otherwise I don't know why Yi is getting so many votes and the other players of the Rockets besides Yao are placed that high (e.g. Scola, Battier, T-Mac).
Yes, if something I don't like can't be easily blamed on an ethnic group, it is more or less inexplicable.
Bingo. I never said online but obviously there is something about Houston that's getting it done and that wasn't the case before Yao got there.
Pointing to one year and saying the online vote wasn't it doesn't complete the story. Whether online or paper, its either Houston or the Chinese community, and considering where Yi is at in the East and that it wasn't that way for Houston before - its the Chinese community voting en masse.
Edit: Or what Sportsudi said.
http://www.taiwannews.com.tw/etn/new...s_Sports_WORLDGoogle recently released its list of most-searched items in China for 2008, and the only U.S. brand to crack the top 10 was "NBA," sitting in the No. 10 spot.
And if that wasn't proof enough of the league's popularity there, the All-Star balloting was further evidence.
New Jersey Nets forward Yi Jianlian was third in the voting for Eastern Conference forwards when the first returns were released on Thursday. Despite averaging a mediocre 11.1 points through his first 20 games, he was one spot ahead of Toronto's Chris Bosh, who started the last two All-Star games, and two spots above NBA finals MVP Paul Pierce.
The overwhelming Chinese fan vote has helped Yao Ming get elected to start every year of his career, even when Shaquille O'Neal was still the dominant center in the league when he played for the Los Angeles Lakers.
Are paper ballots sent to China?
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