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Yao, Shaq Continue to Lead All-Star Balloting
NEW YORK, Dec. 30 -- Yao Ming of the Houston Rockets and Kevin Garnett of the Minnesota Timberwolves lead all players in the Western Conference and Shaquille O’Neal of the Miami Heat and Vince Carter of the New Jersey Nets lead all players in the Eastern Conference in votes received after the second returns of the 2005 NBA All-Star Balloting program.
Through the 2005 All-Star Balloting program, NBA fans from around the globe are responsible for voting in the starters for the 54th NBA All-Star Game, which will be played in Denver on Sunday, February 20. The game will be broadcast live on TNT, Rogers Sportsnet, ESPN Radio and audio in several languages on NBA.com (http://nba.com) at 8 p.m. (EST).
TOP 10 VOTE-GETTERS
Yao
Yao Ming (Hou.) 1,373,458
S. O'Neal (Mia) 1,311,762
K. Garnett (Min.), 1,142,804
T. McGrady (Hou) 1,065,230
Kobe Bryant (LAL) 1,005,050
Vince Carter (N.J.) 938,817
Tim Duncan (S.A.), 886,547
Grant Hill (Orl.) 848,061
LeBron James (Cle.) 843,363
Allen Iverson (Phi) 825,179
Yao leads all players with 1,373,458 votes. He is followed at the center position in the Western Conference by Sacramento’s Brad Miller (197,784). Garnett, the 2003-04 NBA Most Valuable Player, is third in overall votes received and leads all Western Conference forwards with 1,142,804 votes, followed by San Antonio’s Tim Duncan (886,547). Houston’s Tracy McGrady (1,065,230) and Los Angeles Lakers’ Kobe Bryant (1,005,050) lead all Western Conference guards and round out the top five vote-getters.
O’Neal leads all Eastern Conference players with 1,311,762 votes, followed at the center position by Detroit’s Ben Wallace (399,698). Carter (938,817) and Orlando’s Grant Hill (848,061) lead all Eastern Conference forwards. Cleveland’s LeBron James leads all Eastern Conference guards (843,363), trailed closely by Philadelphia’s Allen Iverson (825,179).
Through the 2005 NBA All-Star Balloting program, which began on November 18, fans have the opportunity to vote in more ways than ever. The balloting program has expanded to include 19 languages on the NBA.com Network, downloadable ballots via Verizon Wireless and approximately 150 Loews Cineplex Entertainment movie theaters in the United States. This year, Twentieth Century Fox joined Sprite, America Online, Reebok and approximately 2,100 Foot Locker and Champs Sports stores in the United States and Canada as All-Star balloting partners. Ballots are also distributed in all 29 NBA arenas and all six NBDL arenas.
NBA All-Star 2005 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.
The 2005 NBA All-Star Balloting program continues through January 23, 2005, and updated results for the Eastern and Western Conferences will be issued regularly leading up to the unveiling of the All-Star starters on Thursday, February 3. Following the completion of fan voting and starting line-up announcement, the head coaches in each conference will vote to determine the remaining All-Stars in their respective conferences.
The leaders of both the Eastern and Western Conference players for the second returns of the 2005 NBA All-Star voting program are attached:
2005 NBA ALL-STAR BALLOTING
EAST FORWARDS
Carter
Vince Carter (N.J.) 938,817
Grant Hill (Orl.) 848,061
Jermaine O’Neal (Ind.) 688,302
Rasheed Wallace (Det.) 494,719
Antawn Jamison (Was.) 204,226
Richard Jefferson (N.J.) 201,418
Emeka Okafor (Cha.) 164,457
Tayshaun Prince (Det.) 156,502
Dwight Howard (Orl.) 100,390
Drew Gooden (Cle.) 77,652
EAST GUARDS
James
LeBron James (Cle.) 843,363
Allen Iverson (Phi.) 825,179
Dwyane Wade (Mia.) 608,760
Steve Francis (Orl.) 570,099
Jason Kidd (N.J.) 306,359
Stephon Marbury (N.Y.) 151,749
Chauncey Billups (Det.) 148,066
Richard Hamilton (Det.) 138,336
Paul Pierce (Bos.) 124,623
Reggie Miller (Ind.) 81,066
EAST CENTERS
O'Neal
Shaquille O'Neal (Mia.) 1,311,762
Ben Wallace (Det.) 399,698
Alonzo Mourning (N.J.) 119,449
Zydrunas Ilgauskas (Cle.) 115,545
Chris Bosh (Tor.) 92,296
Eddy Curry (Chi.) 41,220
Tony Battie (Orl.) 37,384
Jeff Foster (Ind.) 33,732
Samuel Dalembert (Phi.) 29,972
Primoz Brezec (Cha.) 27,619
WEST FORWARDS
Garnett
Kevin Garnett (Min.) 1,142,804
Tim Duncan (S.A.) 886,547
Dirk Nowitzki (Dal.) 482,220
Carmelo Anthony (Den.) 336,913
Amaré Stoudemire (Pho.) 282,345
Peja Stojakovic (Sac.) 170,458
Chris Webber (Sac.) 162,361
Andrei Kirilenko (Utah) 141,723
Pau Gasol (Mem.) 125,114
Kenyon Martin (Den.) 120,721
WEST GUARDS
McGrady
Tracy McGrady (Hou.) 1,065,230
Kobe Bryant (LAL) 1,005,050
Steve Nash (Pho.) 540,147
Ray Allen (Sea.) 476,857
Emanuel Ginobili (S.A.) 257,418
Mike Bibby (Sac.) 183,084
Tony Parker (S.A.) 133,774
Michael Finley (Dal.) 132,188
Jason Terry (Dal.) 83,357
Baron Davis (N.O.) 74,147
WEST CENTERS
Yao
Yao Ming (Hou.) 1,373,458
Brad Miller (Sac.) 197,784
Erick Dampier (Dal.) 147,310
Marcus Camby (Den.) 146,910
Vlade Divac (LAL) 95,913
Rasho Nesterovic (S.A.) 68,543
Dikembe Mutombo (Hou.) 64,867
Jamaal Magloire (N.O.) 57,259
Theo Ratliff (Por.) 56,665
Brian Grant (LAL) 42,050
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Must be all those Chinese people voting - cause Yao's not having that great a year!
It's regoddamneddiculous that Yao even MAKES the all star team.
Most overrated player in NBA HISTORY.
I HATE is soft pussy assed game.
And what the has Vince Carter done in the last 3 years?
God... people are stupid.
And Manu needs some get-out-the-vote effort among the 100's of millions of Spanish speakers. Maybe if he'd get more Latino recognition if he soccer-kicked a shot from mid-court to beat the buzzer? Or maybe head in an alley-oop? I bet even LeBron couldn't match that.
In addition to Yao...the stupid thing this year is having TMac and Kobe as our starting guards...
Just great, we got two ball hogs, that miss 60% of their shots, while chucking up more bricks than just about any other players in the NBA, who can barely hit a three, and who are getting slapped by every team with a winning record, as our starting guards...
Allen and Nash should be starting...Manu and Parker should be backing them up...TMac should be in the lobby apoligizing for Yao being the Starting C and Kobe should be cleaning Shaq's jock in the EC lockerroom.
All-Star balloting should be changed - somebody with more intelligence and sense about players should vote. Maybe it should be the sports media - like they do for MVP. Or maybe College coaches, since they're used to evaluating young talent.
But letting the public vote has become a farce!
Actually Allen shouldn't be starting either...he already got a gift last season when he made the team without being able to stay on the court or win a game.
The All Star team is about stats, not winning records.
It's obviously not about stats either.
T-Mac can barely hit a three huh?
32.6%?
Don't confuse bad coaching by Pop with TMac being able to hit a 3 consistently.
And who the do you think should start as center for the west??? Yao ranks pretty high in a bunch of categories and I hope he leaves Houston for a team that actually learns how to use him. Francis and Mobely had trouble finding him wide open despite his 7 ft 7 figure and then they get McGrady? It just doesn't make sense. Most overrated player?? I think not. Check his stats before you start running your mouth. For a player that has suppposedly going to be their franchise player, but is always stuck with a bunch of ball hogs, he's doing pretty damn good.
What's crazy is that there's not a similar Yaoesque get out the vote in the Latin American population, particularly south America.
Not even having to go that far south though, here in S. Texas and down in Mexico, dude should be getting votes left and right.
Yao--> Only becouse Chinese people
And Manu needs some get-out-the-vote effort among the 100's of millions of Spanish speakers. Maybe if he'd get more Latino recognition if he soccer-kicked a shot from mid-court to beat the buzzer? Or maybe head in an alley-oop? I bet even LeBron couldn't match that.
Both things I've done before.... very difficult... and somewhat painful... because a basketball weighs twice as much as a regulation soccer ball... and because it doesn't compress near as much -- meaning the head absorbs more of the shock...
They need to pro-rate (perhaps they already do) foreign votes...
It's amazing, for a 7'5" guy on his 3rd year, still lowering the ball down to his waist and has the strength to post up smaller defenders, but would rather take an off-balanced fadeaway from 15.
Western Conference leaders:
G--TMac
G--Kobe
F--Garnett
F--Duncan
C--Yao
Put it in stone. Might as well get used to that line-up because that will be the West starters for the next few years. Ain't nobody cracking that list unless Lebron moves West and challenges at guard. The kicker is TMac has been playing more and more as a SF. So if he ever gets listed on the ballot at F, then that moves Tim down to coming off the bench.
The NBA never pretends that it's anything other than a popularity contest. They even promote it that way("vote for your FAVORITE player"). So I don't get why every year people end up saying, "so and so doesn't DESERVE to start over so and so", etc. The system works EXACTLY the way it's designed and EXACTLY the way fans understand when they vote...our FAVORITE players start. And the coaches then fill out the roster. Why get upset and say the fans are stupid, screwing up, etc?
And one last rant...here we go again with the "Yao only gets in because of the Asian/Chinese internet vote". Every year that same old FABLE gets thrown around and every year it gets shot down by silly little things like FACTS. The last two years Yao beat Shaq, not only in internet voting, but in PAPER BALLOTS(U.S. only), too. In other words, unless NBA arenas are filled mostly with Asians(in every city), Yao is winning the non-Asian vote, too. Imagine that...non-Asian Americans liking and voting for a guy even though he's not an American! What is this country coming to?!?
Who exactly in the west should start instead of Yao. Not saying he's having a great year but someone has to start.
Brad Miller.
They should have listed Amare as center and then he should start.
^^^^ Agreed
If they did that you'd have a starting five all-star consisting of:
Beno
Rasho
Brezec
Nachbar
Vujacic
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