2011 NBA All-Star Voting - INITIAL RESULTS ARE IN! (Dec. 16)

[kabalcage]

http://www.nba.com/2010/news/features/art_garcia/12/16/all-star-update-1/?ls=iref:nbahpt1

http://www.nba.com/2010/news/12/16/allstar-ballot-results/index.html



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[bagelred]

I've been saying this for a while that KG is going to beat Amare. New Yorkers don't vote in these All Star ballots. too many other things going on. Too much distraction. Many times, a smaller market will actually vote more per capita.

Yao Ming......hahahahaha.............they have to take away the vote from the people. Just let coaches decide.

[Force]

Western Conference Centers....

what a DAMN SHAME!

Yao, Bynum, HAYWOOD, Marc Gasol??? LOL, Two guys who haven't played and then two guys who are playing far below expectations.

[Grinder]

Yao and Andrew Bynum are the top 2 for centers in the West and theyve hardly played any games. :lol

[1Time4YourMind]

Wow Celtics have a huge fanbase that votes... starting 5 in the results :lol:

[Sarcastic]

Nowitzki and Amar'e are getting hosed right now.

[konex]

Is Amare listed as a C or F? This is preposterous

[Arroyo8]

haywood?
3rd?
what is this nonsense

[bagelred]

Is Amare listed as a C or F? This is preposterous

What's the difference? He's not winning either way.

[Rekindled]

lmao, so the top 2 guys in mvp ranking arent even going to start in allstar games , ok...

[rwfletch22]

Russell Westbrook is getting screwed the worst of anyone! :facepalm

[kabalcage]

Amare should get in over KG. Tim Duncan should be moved to center, so he can start.

And why are people voting for Heat members? C'mon fans, lets shut them out of this. I want Rose/ Rondo/ Pierce/ Amare/ Dwight starting.

[konex]

What's the difference? He's not winning either way.

He'd have an easier time getting in at forward (I see he's listed there). I believe he'll pass KG

[bagelred]

Russell Westbrook is getting screwed the worst of anyone! :facepalm

Did you really think Westbrook was going to get a Top 2 spot?

[crisoner]

Yao and Bynum at Center for the West..............

WOW.

Well we need Yao no matter what cuz we want 1 billion people tuning in!

[Scoooter]

Shaq resurgent!

[YAWN]

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Amare should be over KG. Dwill should be way over CP3...

[chazzy]

Laker fanbase doing work.. even Fish got 80k votes :oldlol:

If Yao is unavailable, would the 2nd most vote getter start? Or does the league pick the reserve?

[asdf1990]

Shaq resurgent!


All star game without Shaq wouldn't be the same Idc how old he is as long as his in the league he should be in that game.

[PowerGlove]

:wtf: Where is Monta Ellis?

[Big One]

Amare should be over KG. Dwill should be way over CP3...

:roll: :roll: good luck with that, no one gives a **** about dwill

[Disaprine]

lol at yao, china doing work. :lol

[Kellogs4toniee]

Surprised at the amount of surprised reactions to the results. It's always been like this for like more than a decade.

[YAWN]

:roll: :roll: good luck with that, no one gives a **** about dwill

Last I checked Derons 23/10 was better than Pauls 16/10, and Steves 18/10... Ridiculously underrated..

[Master splitter]

Jason Kidd over Tony parker?? What the he'll is going on with you voters. Kidd shouldn't even be on the all star ballot.

[Hihater]

wow no love for d-will....can we still vote btw?

[Bigsmoke]

How many people that are in Boston again?

The Celtics flat out owned the East including have 2 of the guys in the starting line-up so far.

come on now... Rose gotta start.:rant

I think Amare will surpass KG though.

[alenleomessi]

Griffin is doing good so far :rockon:

[BlackWhiteGreen]

How many people that are in Boston again?

The Celtics flat out owned the East including have 2 of the guys in the starting line-up so far.

come on now... Rose gotta start.:rant

I think Amare will surpass KG though.

I think Rose is losing out to Rondo because of the exposure Rondo got on the run to the Finals last year. Whilst I maintain that Rondo is the better player, Rose is probably more fun to watch in an all star game.

Hopefully Doc gets to coach and plays KG like 3 minutes :oldlol:

[zORi]

Shout out to Dwight! Leading the East!

[Droid101]

Kevin Love with less votes than Caron Butler.

Travesty...

[StillKill24]

shaq's gonna be an allstar :banana: :banana: :banana:

[Bigsmoke]

I think Rose is losing out to Rondo because of the exposure Rondo got on the run to the Finals last year. Whilst I maintain that Rondo is the better player, Rose is probably more fun to watch in an all star game.

Hopefully Doc gets to coach and plays KG like 3 minutes :oldlol:

I think ESPN are gonna shove this down peoples throats and tell everybody to vote in Amare over KG like that did with the Tmac situation last year. People in NY are still not used to voting for their own players thats all.

The Center spot for the west should be interesting. I doubt Yao is even gonna be healthy. But i think Stern is gonna put Gasol at the Center spot and then move the to PF and then maybe add Bynum or Okafor to fill in. I mean it depends how Bynums plays from now to Febuary but i think its cool for the fans to have 3 Lakers on the All Star team since the game is gonna be in LA and to match the number of players Boston will have.

[Bigsmoke]

shaq's gonna be an allstar :banana: :banana: :banana:

Its gonna be Al Horford.

[Svendiggity]

everyone please vote in raymond felton

[1Time4YourMind]

Well the coaches are going to vote Westbrook and Rose/Rondo into the all-star games anyway

[StillKill24]

Its gonna be Al Horford.
nooo

[Bigsmoke]

nooo

the coaches vote in the reserves and Horford was in there last year. Al Horford this year is flat out playing like an All Star so why would they not vote him in this year?

[creepingdeath]

Nowitzki and Amar'e are getting hosed right now.
/This
:facepalm

['Toine=MVP]

Wow Celtics have a huge fanbase that votes... starting 5 in the results :lol:

Pretty fair though. Only Noah is better than Shaq and only Amare is better than KG. That isn't far off.

[Bigsmoke]

Pretty fair though. Only Noah is better than Shaq and only Amare is better than KG. That isn't far off.

after looking through that list again, Shaq is only better than Ben Wallace and JaVale McGee :lol

[gasolina]

Who decides on the positions anyway? Tim Duncan has started every game w/ Dajuan Blair. Obviously Blair is no Center. Same with Pau Gasol w/ Odom.

Duncan and Gasol should be battling as the west's centers.

[Slam13]

Nobody cares about Dirk....

[alenleomessi]

after looking through that list again, Shaq is only better than Ben Wallace and JaVale McGee :lol
Yeah but Shaq is a legend and deserves one last all star game, he makes the all star games better, last years sucked without him, he is always putting on a show before the game and makes great plays in the game.

[DeronMillsap]

Deron and Westbrook should only be behind Kobe in the WC guard vote count. And maybe behind Manu too, but I haven't really watched any Spurs games to see what kind of a season he's having.

[Undisputed]

All-star voting is beyond ridiculous. John Wall almost has as many votes as Westbrook and Yao Ming might get in...it's always fun to laugh at the ignorance of the all-star voting.

[alenleomessi]

All-star voting is beyond ridiculous. John Wall almost has as many votes as Westbrook and Yao Ming might get in...it's always fun to laugh at the ignorance of the all-star voting.
Its all about popularity

[Tide]

:facepalm

[Harison]

What I find ironic, Shaq might make ASG, and Duncan wont (he probably will be selected for the bench, but its unclear atm). As for the KG and Amare, both will make ASG, the only question who will be a starter. Same applies Rose/Rondo, as long as they are healthy, they are making ASG.

[Al Thornton]

gordon with more votes than tony parker. successssssssss

[MastahX]

None of it surprises me. Like someone said it's a popularity contest and not skills. The list is so bad...

[EnoughSaid]

Griffin should be in there. Come on America!

[8BeastlyXOIAD]

Beasley where u at?:cry:

[Al Thornton]

Beasley where u at?:cry:

who?

:roll:

[8BeastlyXOIAD]

who?

:roll:
:hammerhead: :hammerhead:

[AznTacoLover]

Damn, portland fans are slacking! last year he had at least 100k votes :cry:
but it's okay I understand guys..

[R.I.P.]

Its all about popularity

Then Haywood must have a huge family. I don

[04mzwach]

Al Jefferson? :facepalm

[DeronMillsap]

Al Jefferson? :facepalm
What a shame they had to give out the entry ballot before the season started.

[Al Thornton]

Damn, portland fans are slacking! last year he had at least 100k votes :cry:
but it's okay I understand guys..

its crazy how fast he has fallen completely off both in popularity and ability.

[OmniStrife]

Closing in on his 18/11 old timer shows youngsters how it's done!
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[PurpleChuck]

Woohoo Wade and Lebron gonna start.:rockon:

[Profound]

No love for Al Jefferson and Paul Millsap, they're both putting up nice stats and the Jazz are winning games :wtf:.

[Done_And_Done]

Just goes to show how flawed the system is when you've got Fisher topping Monte Ellis in overall vote count and I don't intend that as a personal knock against Fisher but just merely stating the obvious...

And after seeing the list of potential all stars grouped together what striked me the hardest is how deficient the league is right now at the center position. The separation gap of talent between now and the 90's is really & truly undeniable...

PS -

[trabash]

Joke results as almost every year, biggest joke is Nowitzki at #4 forwards in the west :rolleyes:

[Profound]

Joke results as almost every year, biggest joke is Nowitzki at #4 forwards in the west :rolleyes:
Seriously... I just hope they make the right decision and he's at least the starter when they release the line-ups.

[Dan Gilbert]

Woohoo Wade and Lebron gonna start.:rockon:

How pathetic.

[Thumdar]

There should be a rule that removes players who haven't played all year from receiving votes. I mean c'mon ~ the Yao votes are just ridiculous.

[Thumdar]

I think real fans believe the all star participants should be selected 100% based on stats. Unfortunately Stern see's it all about business, which it ultimately is. So there we have it ~ those who really love the game want to see those who have earned it play and those wanting profit want it to be a popularity contest.

Okay, yeah.., I'm stating the obvious. Oh well. :ohwell:

[Derka]

Lebron/KG/Rose/Rondo/Howard for the East

Dirk/Duncan/Kobe/Deron/Nene for the West.

That's how I voted.

[PurpleChuck]

How pathetic.

Lol Dan u mad?:oldlol:

[ballup]

Hey, at least AI and TMac are no where to be found. That's a start right? :confusedshrug: :applause:

[sirkeelma]

Looks like 5 Celtics will make it.

[Al Thornton]

Lebron/KG/Rose/Rondo/Howard for the East

Dirk/Duncan/Kobe/Deron/Nene for the West.

That's how I voted.

no ryan gomes?

[GoldNugg21]

Nene actually deserves legitimate consideration this year. That's how weak the center position is in the West. Realistically though, Pau has played center all year. Move him and Duncan (out of respect more than play) can be the west centers.

But think about this: Haywood is ranked higher at his position than Dirk is at his.

That said, this always happens, and it always works itself out. And people always over react.

[Baby_D]

Ellis didnt make the list and Fisher did?

[Pinkhearts]

Just keep voting for Yao at center people. Isn't he out for the season or something? The coaches have to pick someone to replace him, who definitely won't come from the C list. Unless you want Bynum to overtake Yao at C.

The perfect scenario will be:

Forwards: Durant, Melo, Dirk, (Love/Griffin/whoever I don't care as long as they are more deserving than any center)

Forwards (who will be playing center): Gasol, Duncan

[alenleomessi]

If Duncan and Pau are on the Center list like they are supposed to, there will be room for Griffin and Love on the PF list

[PurpleChuck]

If Duncan and Pau are on the Center list like they are supposed to, there will be room for Griffin and Love on the PF list

Griffin needs to be in the AS, highlight reel rolling!:bowdown:

[Fuhqueue]

Griffin running the floor with Nash/CP3 throwing alley oop passes would be :applause:

[Jasper]

All-Star game was to put on your resume for the HOF ... now it is a waste of time even voting ...
Other than D-Wade , Kobe , Lebron and Howard ... the rest of the voting is crap...

D-Will out voted twice as many votes for CP3
Bogut with 48k votes ... Shaq w/250k
4-6 players behind Durant could wipe his a$$
Yao (need I say more)


The game is a farce ... if the NBA doesn't start getting the right players in , as well as fan fav extra activities , like honorable dunkers ... one on one matchup's .. this conversation is dead.
I would never go to a All-Star game -------> it's a farce.

[canza]

Shout out to Dwight! Leading the East!

Well, if he wasn't, I wouldn't know what to think anymore.

Seriously, as many have said, this era of basketball is probably the worst for centers.

[Round Mound]

Glad to see Luis Scola getting votes. He is All Star caliber :applause: