Quit voting by names and vote for what a guy has done on the court this year. If that were the only one I could have let it go but Yi over anyone who plays forward in the East (except Beasley). I know Stern wants the game to draw fans everywhere but if he passes Garnett and starts how would that be good for the game? It would turn it into a joke. Joe Johnson should be starting over Iverson and he is in 11th place. Agent zero hasn’t even suited up this year and he is in 6th. I want to start a big money fantasy league with everyone who voted Luke Ridnour over Johnson. Watch a Hawks game someone. Bunch of young studs getting no love nationally. Give Marcus Camby his due. He only is tied with Howard for the rebounding lead and is second in blocks and all I ever hear is he is busted all the time. How can he have fewer votes than Nick Collison, NICK COLLISON?
Even though the game is an exhibition the honor that comes from being an all star is not. When your career is up people talk about your accolades and making an all star team multiple times gives you a different status.
Since Stern won’t fix this travesty get all your friends to vote for Yi. Just like the BCS they won’t fix it until it hits rock bottom.
Listed below is the voting as of Jan 1st. Just read the order the names are in and tell me this madness can continue.
FORWARDS: LeBron James, Cleveland, 1,521,272; Kevin Garnett, Boston, 1,101,541; Yi Jianlian, New Jersey, 959,324; Chris Bosh, Toronto, 601,204; Paul Pierce, Boston, 387,105; Hedo Turkoglu, Orlando, 236,360; Shawn Marion, Miami, 230,119; Danny Granger, Indiana, 155,484; Josh Smith, Atlanta, 131,281; Michael Beasley, Miami, 121,632; Tayshaun Prince, Detroit, 114,869.
GUARDS: Dwyane Wade, Miami, 1,473,225; Allen Iverson, Detroit, 1,027,153; Vince Carter, New Jersey, 708,699; Ray Allen, Boston, 435,945; Devin Harris, New Jersey, 359,442; Gilbert Arenas, Washington, 283,030; Luke Ridnour, Milwaukee, 276,009; Derrick Rose, Chicago, 242,740; Jose Calderon, Toronto, 221,946; Jameer Nelson, Orlando, 198,050; Joe Johnson, Atlanta, 189,343.
CENTERS: Dwight Howard, Orlando, 1,709,088; Samuel Dalembert, Philadelphia, 239,089; Rasheed Wallace, Detroit, 197,785; Jermaine O’Neal, Toronto, 177,121; Andrew Bogut, Milwaukee, 151,043; Al Horford, Atlanta, 140,637; Ben Wallace, Cleveland, 112,014; Emeka Okafor, Charlotte, 100,114; Brendan Haywood, Washington, 89,664; Zyrdrunas Ilgauskas, Cleveland, 78,035; Kendrick Perkins, Boston, 68,513.
WESTERN CONFERENCE
FORWARDS: Tim Duncan, San Antonio, 1,132,095; Amare Stoudemire, Phoenix, 743,639; Carmelo Anthony, Denver, 725,411; Dirk Nowitzki, Dallas, 673,720; Ron Artest, Houston, 662,510; Pau Gasol, L.A. Lakers, 495,835; Bruce Bowen, San Antonio, 375,079; Shane Battier, Houston, 374,413; Luis Scola, Houston, 228,598; Josh Howard, Dallas, 228,157; LaMarcus Aldridge, Portland, 170,056.
GUARDS: Kobe Bryant, L.A. Lakers, 1,534,020; Tracy McGrady, Houston, 961,852; Chris Paul, New Orleans, 867,889; Manu Ginobili, San Antonio, 500,158; Tony Parker, San Antonio, 459,718; Steve Nash, Phoenix, 345,948; Jason Kidd, Dallas, 331,203; Rafer Alston, Houston, 282,767; Jason Terry, Dallas, 265,521; Brandon Roy, Portland, 210,755; Chauncey Billups, Denver, 205,554.
CENTERS: Yao Ming, Houston, 1,396,126; Shaquille O’Neal, Phoenix, 727,975; Andrew Bynum, L.A. Lakers, 294,381; Mehmet Okur, Utah, 256,902; Greg Oden, Portland, 162,299; Andris Biedrins, Golden State, 129,488; Tyson Chandler, New Orleans, 112,949; Al Jefferson, Minnesota, 100,480; Nick Collison, Oklahoma City, 69,039; Marcus Camby, L.A. Clippers, 57,474; Chris Kaman, L.A. Clippers, 21,814.
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Agree 100%. All-star voting for all sports is a joke. This needs to be monitored, maybe by giving the fan vote 50% (or whatever) of the votes and the rest to a select few (whoever gets MVP votes). Or Maybe a committee selects those who could be "all star eligible" and let the fans decide from there?
ReplyDeleteEither way, the NBA all star game is a joke. It's for casual fans who like to see 150-149 games. These people will never watch real NBA games (see the pistons/spurs finals a few years ago) because the fundamentals don't matter to them.
These people should be watching the Harlem Globetrotters and the And-1 teams. No D, and all set up.