All-Star Voting Returns

[eathb]

RealGM - No Surprises In First All-Star Voting Returns

Dwight Howard of the Orlando Magic and LeBron James of the Cleveland Cavaliers lead the Eastern Conference, while Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers and Yao Ming of the Houston Rockets top the Western Conference after the first returns of 2009 NBA All-Star Balloting presented by T-Mobile. Howard, the reigning Sprite Slam Dunk champion, is the overall leader with 775,933 votes.

Eastern Conference
Forwards: LeBron James (Clev) 643,786; Kevin Garnett (Bos) 495,514; Yi Jianlian (NJ) 356,556; Chris Bosh (Tor) 274,195; Paul Pierce (Bos) 153,512; Shawn Marion (Mia) 144,066; Josh Smith (Atl) 59,574; Tayshaun Prince (Det) 56,846; Hedo Turkoglu (Orl) 56,006; Danny Granger (Ind) 49,752; Michael Beasley (Mia) 48,999.


Guards: Dwyane Wade (Mia) 623,311; Allen Iverson (Det) 492,093; Vince Carter (NJ) 236,634; Ray Allen (Bos) 174,155; Jose Calderon (Tor) 124,705; Luke Ridnour (Mil) 123,104; Jameer Nelson (Orl) 116,228; Derrick Rose (Chi) 102,263; Joe Johnson (Atl) 94,847; Devin Harris (NJ) 94, 294; Gilbert Arenas (Wash) 64,450.


Centers: Dwight Howard (Orl) 775;933; Samuel Dalembert (Mia) 116,708; Rasheed Wallace (Det) 88,885; Jermaine O’Neal (Tor) 75,324; Al Horford (Atl) 45,284; Ben Wallace (Clev) 40,799; Andrew Bogut (Mil) 36,479; Zyrdrunas Ilgauskas (Clev) 28,022; Kendrick Perkins (Bos) 24,777; Emeka Okafor (Char) 15,323.


Western Conference
Forwards: Tim Duncan (SA) 442,203; Amare Stoudemire (Pho) 370,470; Carmelo Anthony (Den) 327,233; Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) 261,952; Pau Gasol (LAL) 260,374; Ron Artest (Hou) 214,063; Bruce Bowen (SA) 121,739; Shane Battier (Hou) 115,981; Josh Howard (Dal) 113,456; Luis Scola (Hou) 82,344; Lamar Odom (LAL) 78,422.



Guards: Kobe Bryant (LAL) 719,252; Chris Paul (NO) 406,220; Tracy McGrady (332,222); Manu Ginobili (SA) 166,981; Jason Kidd (Dal) 162,286; Tony Parker (SA) 161,638; Steve Nash (Pho) 142,410; Jason Terry (Dal) 105,345; Chauncey Billups (Den) 87,172; Brandon Roy (Por) 78,071; Rafer Alston (Hou) 73,613.



Centers: Yao Ming (Hou) 529,290; Shaquille O’Neal (Pho) 227,273; Mehmet Okur (Utah) 162,139; Andrew Bynum (LAL) 155,689; Greg Oden (Por) 71,366; Andris Biedrins (GS) 65,496; Al Jefferson (Minn) 46,242; Tyson Chandler (NO) 39,467; Marcus Camby (LAC) 25,824; Chris Kaman (LAC) 9,104; Brad Miller (Sac) 6,892.

Damn... Yi Jianlian has more votes than Melo! And no sign of Marbury anywhere...


Good to see CP3 beating out TMac so far.



I better start voting for Melo in.

 

[mdc]

I find it incredible that Scott Skiles managed to vote 123,104 times despite having to coach an NBA team.

 

[Scallop Industry Thug]

Anyone know how Ridnour got 30,000 more than Harris?

Harris is much better, is 'trendier' with the kids, comes from a much bigger city/team, gets lots more pub, has the Chinese connection with Yi...

 

[mdc]

Anyone know how Ridnour got 30,000 more than Harris?

Harris is much better, is 'trendier' with the kids, comes from a much bigger city/team, gets lots more pub, has the Chinese connection with Yi...

See above.

 

[Scallop Industry Thug]

Ahhh. I usually get annoyed who post without reading the thread properly. And that was only the 2nd post

 

[peternorth]

the whole Yi thing would be making a great deal of americans mad

funny thing is that even though Yi prob wont make the all star game they'd be complaining about how "China" would be voting for Yi. FFS, take about being paranoid! not every chinese person would vote for Yi.

funny also that americans didnt have a problem when penny was voted as a starter despite missing a massive chunk of the season (cant remember which year).

 

[peternorth]

oh also, can we make this into a mini dirk vs amare matchup (votes wise)?

 

[wheels4]

This is an absolute disgrace wtf is YI doing with 356,000 votes .

Is there any way of trading all of YI's votes in and putting them in on Harris' tally

 

[peternorth]

This is an absolute disgrace wtf is YI doing with 356,000 votes .

Is there any way of trading all of YI's votes in and putting them in on Harris' tally

why is it a disgrace? the all star starting 5s are a popularity contest not reward for their performances over the season thus far.

 

[wheels4]

why is it a disgrace? the all star starting 5s are a popularity contest not reward for their performances over the season thus far.

Yeah i no that but somebody as bad as Yi does not deserve to be playing

 

[celtic_pride]

LOL At Gil getting votes

 

[peternorth]

Yeah i no that but somebody as bad as Yi does not deserve to be playing

so?? he's in the nba and is eligible to play the game irrespective of how bad he is.

LOL At Gil getting votes

i voted for marbury

 

[wheels4]

so?? he's in the nba and is eligible to play the game irrespective of how bad he is.

So he shouldn't be playing if he does. Not that hard to understand mate

 

[Borgsta]

Well he is 150,000 votes behind so it looks like he won't be playing.

 

[wheels4]

So how do they do it?

So the 2 guards that get the most votes get in, top 2 forwards with most votes and the top center that gets the most votes in each conference start.

How do they pick the benches?

 

[Hodges]

Coaches pick the bench.

 

[wheels4]

Coaches pick the bench.

Out of who? anybody

 

[eathb]

all the head coaches from their respective conferences picks a player to be on the bench (west coach can only vote for west player, east coach can only vote for east player etc). they're just not allowed to vote for their own player.

coaches usually get it right... except Brandon Roy, and David West were terrible picks last year.

 

[wheels4]

all the head coaches from their respective conferences picks a player to be on the bench (west coach can only vote for west player, east coach can only vote for east player etc). they're just not allowed to vote for their own player.

coaches usually get it right... except Brandon Roy, and David West were terrible picks last year.

Alright thanks for that

 

[mdc]

coaches usually get it right... except Brandon Roy, and David West were terrible picks last year.

Roy was fine, Ginobili should have been in for West.

Calderon missing the East was just as bad, and I get the feeling he might get stiffed again.

 

[Look2Me4Guidance]

Granger makes it for the East?

 

[eathb]

The NBA released their third returns of the 2009 All-Star voting on Thursday.

Eastern Conference

Forwards: LeBron James (Clev) 1,521,272; Kevin Garnett (Bos) 1,101,541; Yi Jianlian (NJ) 959,324; Chris Bosh (Tor) 601,204; Paul Pierce (Bos) 387,105; Hedo Turkoglu (Orl) 236,360; Shawn Marion (Mia) 230,119; Danny Granger (Ind) 155,484; Josh Smith (Atl) 131,281; Michael Beasley (Mia) 121,632; Tayshaun Prince (Det) 114,869.

Guards: Dwyane Wade (Mia) 1,473,225; Allen Iverson (Det) 1,027,153; Vince Carter (NJ) 708,699; Ray Allen (Bos) 435,945; Devin Harris (NJ) 359,442; Gilbert Arenas (Wash) 283,030; Luke Ridnour (Mil) 276,009; Derrick Rose (Chi) 242,740; Jose Calderon (Tor) 221,946; Jameer Nelson (Orl) 198,050; Joe Johnson (Atl) 189,343.

Centers: Dwight Howard (Orl) 1,709,088; Samuel Dalembert (Phi) 239,089; Rasheed Wallace (Det) 197,785; Jermaine O’Neal (Tor) 177,121; Andrew Bogut (Mil) 151,043; Al Horford (Atl) 140,637; Ben Wallace (Clev) 112,014; Emeka Okafor (Char) 100,114; Brendan Haywood (Wash) 89,664; Zyrdrunas Ilgauskas (Cle) 78,035; Kendrick Perkins (Bos) 68,513.

Western Conference

Forwards: Tim Duncan (SA) 1,132,095; Amare Stoudemire (Pho) 743,639; Carmelo Anthony (Den) 725,411; Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) 673,720; Ron Artest (Hou) 662,510; Pau Gasol (LAL) 495,835; Bruce Bowen (SA) 375,079; Shane Battier (Hou) 374,413; Luis Scola (Hou) 228,598; Josh Howard (Dal) 228,157; LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) 170,056.

Guards: Kobe Bryant (LAL) 1,534,020; Tracy McGrady (Hou) 961,852; Chris Paul (NO) 867,889; Manu Ginobili (SA) 500,158; Tony Parker (SA) 459,718; Steve Nash (Pho) 345,948; Jason Kidd (Dal) 331,203; Rafer Alston (Hou) 282,767; Jason Terry (Dal) 265,521; Brandon Roy (Por) 210,755; Chauncey Billups (Den) 205,554.

Centers: Yao Ming (Hou) 1,396,126; Shaquille O’Neal (Pho) 727,975; Andrew Bynum (LAL) 294,381; Mehmet Okur (Utah) 256,902; Greg Oden (Por) 162,299; Andris Biedrins (GS) 129,488; Tyson Chandler (NO) 112,949; Al Jefferson (Minn) 100,480; Nick Collison (OKC) 69,039; Marcus Camby (LAC) 57,474; Chris Kaman (LAC) 21,814.

Yi is catching up to KG! TMac has overtaken CP3.

These Chinese voters are not biased at all. Melo catching up on Amare

 

[ExTasDeeMan]

Is that how Yi got into the NJ starting 5?

 

[smashh]

coaches usually get it right... except Brandon Roy, and David West were terrible picks last year.

Highest scorer for the West last year. How do you come to that conclussion.

 

[eathb]

Portland was an average team, and his numbers were not better than Manu's or Deron Williams.