First returns for 2015 All-Star voting

[insidehoops]

First returns for 2015 NBAAllStar voting are in! Here they are:

2014-2015 NBA All-Star Voting Results (http://www.insidehoops.com/all-star-voting-results.shtml)

[Nuff Said]

Yes hope Wade gets another start.

[truhooper]

No Jeff Teague :facepalm

[L.Kizzle]

Voting is quit surprising.

Marc Gasol at 3.
Durant and Westbrook so low.
Dwight Howard pretty low.
Derrick Rose barley over his teammate Butler.

[InfiniteBaskets]

Kobe to start over Harden for the west - and it isn't even close.

Also Jeremy Lin ahead of Tony Parker :lol

[RRR3]

:oldlol: @ Harden not starting

[Velocirap31]

Kobe to start over Harden for the west - and it isn't even close.

Also Jeremy Lin ahead of Tony Parker :lol

Countless Laker fans

[navy]

Voting is quit surprising.

Marc Gasol at 3.
Durant and Westbrook so low.
Dwight Howard pretty low.
Derrick Rose barley over his teammate Butler.
They havent been healthy. Nothing surprising.

[RRR3]

They havent been healthy. Nothing surprising.
Was kobe healthy last year?

[L.Kizzle]

They havent been healthy. Nothing surprising.
Voting just started a few weeks ago. When Westbrook/Durant came back.

[MP.Trey]

The lack of Kyle Lowry votes is somewhat disturbing

[LoneyROY7]

Blake and AD front-court. :applause:

As it should be.

[navy]

Was kobe healthy last year?
Kobe is an exception. Bonafide mega star.

[navy]

Voting just started a few weeks ago. When Westbrook/Durant came back.
Not enough time to make a dent. Id wager most the votes came in a few days span of the voting opening. From that point no way you vote in Durant and Westbrook over people that played the whole season.

[Legends66NBA7]

The lack of Kyle Lowry votes is somewhat disturbing

It's a popularity contest. He wasn't going to start over Wade, Wall, Irving, or Rose.

[SugarHill]

Durant and Westbrook lost

Anthony Davis is popular as fvck now

[SugarHill]

Not enough time to make a dent. Id wager most the votes came in a few days span of the voting opening. From that point no way you vote in Durant and Westbrook over people that played the whole season.

Why are you acting like people choose more on merit and not who they like and want to see? Most people don't give a shit. Durant/Westbrook are hilariously low. :biggums:

[ImKobe]

welp, kobe's gonna start :)

[navy]

Why are you acting like people choose more on merit and not who they like and want to see? Most people don't give a shit. Durant/Westbrook are hilariously low. :biggums:
You can see the results for yourself....

[GrapeApe]

Good for Wall and Gasol. Glad to see them getting the appreciation they deserve. Looks like Wade will be the only starter from "team Lebron", though Bosh, Irving, and love will all probably make the team. Hope to see them all on the court at the same time at some point though.

[L.Kizzle]

Not enough time to make a dent. Id wager most the votes came in a few days span of the voting opening. From that point no way you vote in Durant and Westbrook over people that played the whole season.
Marc Gasol is not really popular that's very surpising he is above Durant.

[sammichoffate]

Gasol Bros. doe :pimp:

[navy]

Marc Gasol is not really popular that's very surpising he is above Durant.
Did you not read what I read. Gasol has been playing great ball. Durant is by no means the megastar that Kobe or Lebron is. So he's not gonna get a large amount of votes when he wasnt healthy. :no:

[L.Kizzle]

Did you not read what I read. Gasol has been playing great ball. Durant is by no means the megastar that Kobe or Lebron is. So he's not gonna get a large amount votes when he wasnt healthy. :no:
Durant has been second to Kobe I think the past few years in the West. Only a few players in history are Kobe/LeBron famous. Durant is Vince Carter/Mac/AI level. Those guys have been voted in with few games played (Mac and VC) or way past prime (AI with Pistons).

Gasol with more votes than Durant now would be like Elton Brand getting more votes than Vince Carter in 2003.

[nba_55]

Durant and Westbrook :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll:

[navy]

Durant has been second to Kobe I think the past few years in the West. Only a few players in history are Kobe/LeBron famous. Durant is Vince Carter/Mac/AI level. Those guys have been voted in with few games played (Mac and VC) or way past prime (AI with Pistons).

Gasol with more votes than Durant now would be like Elton Brand getting more votes than Vince Carter in 2003.
Well the results speak for themselves. :confusedshrug:

Gasol deserves it more than Durant and Im happy the voters saw it that way.

No doubt if Durant was healthy he would start.

[andremiller07]

I was sure Dwight would get voted in....but no.

[L.Kizzle]

Well the results speak for themselves. :confusedshrug:

Gasol deserves it more than Durant and Im happy the voters saw it that way.

No doubt if Durant was healthy he would start.
It's surprising because the fans rarely get it right.

[nba_55]

Well the results speak for themselves. :confusedshrug:

Gasol deserves it more than Durant and Im happy the voters saw it that way.

No doubt if Durant was healthy he would start.

History tells otherwise, T-Mac almost made in over CP3 without really playing for the season, they basically had to rig the votes to get CP3 in the starting spot over him.

[buddha]

i'm surprised Westbrook and KD have such little votes.

[SugarHill]

Durant has been second to Kobe I think the past few years in the West. Only a few players in history are Kobe/LeBron famous. Durant is Vince Carter/Mac/AI level. Those guys have been voted in with few games played (Mac and VC) or way past prime (AI with Pistons).

Gasol with more votes than Durant now would be like Elton Brand getting more votes than Vince Carter in 2003.
When Vince/T-Mac/Iverson were good, they were more popular than Kobe at the same time.

[atljonesbro]

Only 1 hawk barely even in the running lol. The Allstar game has never been a representation of th best players in the league anyways.

[J Shuttlesworth]

LMFAO @ Durant. he's the MVP and there are 15 players more popular than him :lol

[I<3NBA]

my picks
http://i.imgur.com/wQJacpL.jpg

[GrapeApe]

Only 1 hawk barely even in the running lol. The Allstar game has never been a representation of th best players in the league anyways.

This isn't true actually. Rarely if ever do the league's best players not make the all star team. Sometime's there will be undeserving starters, but more often than not they deserve to be on the team at least as a reserve.

[L.Kizzle]

When Vince/T-Mac/Iverson were good, they were more popular than Kobe at the same time.
They were not.

Kobe
Vince/Iverson/McGrady
Ray Allen
Paul Pierce

[MP.Trey]

They were not.

Kobe
Vince/Iverson/McGrady
Ray Allen
Paul Pierce
VC got most overall all star game votes in 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2004. Kobe got it in 2003 by only ~170,000 votes over T-Mac and VC, who were practically tied for second overall. I'd venture to say at least VC was more popular than Kobe at the time.

[L.Kizzle]

VC got overall all star game votes in 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2004. Kobe got it in 2003 by only ~170,000 votes over T-Mac and VC, who were practically tied for second overall. I'd venture to say at least VC was more popular than Kobe at the time.
Not talking about all star voting but in real life. Those guys were a tier in popularity below Kobe.

[Dubs510]

wtf :roll: :roll: durant and westbrook aint got no fans

[Milbuck]

lol giannis

[konex]

Eastern Conference frontcourt is a wasteland. Pau is not a bad choice to start though

[Ariza4three]

smh @ these scrubs over vucevic

[MavsSuperFan]

Was kobe healthy last year?
Kobe's level of fame >>>>>>>>> Durant and westbrook combined.

Lots of people who never watch the nba vote in stuff like this. (they only watch sportscenter)

[Legends66NBA7]

Only 1 hawk barely even in the running lol. The Allstar game has never been a representation of th best players in the league anyways.

Which Hawk is Top 30 ?

[Ariza4three]

how is val over vuc? he's like a poor man's vuc. smh

[Keno]

welp, kobe's gonna start :)

undeservingly, again.

[konex]

smh @ these scrubs over vucevic

I have been voting for him everyday. The missed games and Magic's record will probably keep him out though

[GrapeApe]

smh @ these scrubs over vucevic

He's on a bad team in a small market. He has a good chance to make the team though. Gasol, Love, Bosh, and Vucevic should be the big men.

[fragokota]

Marc Gasol is not really popular that's very surpising he is above Durant.

The rest of the world can vote you know...Spain has like 45 mil people and you won't see votes flying around to everyone. The Spanish voters will be specific about Gasol brothers. Let alone one is playing for a big market like Chicago and the other one is doing great with his team in the West. So more votes for them from other voters too.

[Ariza4three]

I have been voting for him everyday. The missed games and Magic's record will probably keep him out though
Yep. I expected it. Can't lose these last couple games we did. We should be 15-15 if not for bad coaching.

[RoundMoundOfReb]

GOAT gonna GOAT

[Relinquish]

how is val over vuc? he's like a poor man's vuc. smh

Because of all of Canada voted for the entire Raptors squad. :lol

[Droid101]

GOAT gonna GOAT
I agree. Even in a bad season, Kobe STILL gets the votes. :bowdown:

[ImKobe]

undeservingly, again.

:kobe:

[Shih508]

Not talking about all star voting but in real life. Those guys were a tier in popularity below Kobe.

VC were more popular than Kobe for 2 or 3 years until he started getting injured.

AI was more popular than Kobe from the year they got drafted until maybe 2003 when Larry Brown left sixers.

AI and VC both sold more sneakers back then and AI was presented by Reebok which no one other than AI had any kind of success with the brand so you know how popular he was back then!

[L.Kizzle]

VC were more popular than Kobe for 2 or 3 years until he started getting injured.

AI was more popular than Kobe from the year they got drafted until maybe 2003 when Larry Brown left sixers.

AI and VC both sold more sneakers back then and AI was presented by Reebok which no one other than AI had any kind of success with the brand so you know how popular he was back then!
They were more liked but not more popular. You must have forgot the season Kobe starts as an all star but plays behind Eddie Jones in the regular season. As a rookie, Kobe is a guest star on various television shows.

[AirFederer]

WB has less than 1/5th of Kobe's number of votes :facepalm

[BasedTom]

Kobe should give up his spot

There's too many guards out west that are more deserving

[ImKobe]

WB has less than 1/5th of Kobe's number of votes :facepalm

Westbrook isn't known globally breh, he's not a brand like Kobe.

[GrapeApe]

Kobe should give up his spot

There's too many guards out west that are more deserving

The league should create something like an "all time great" all star exception for players like Kobe who get voted in. Maybe just add a roster spot for a deserving player while still respecting the fan votes. I dunno, just an idea.

[ArbitraryWater]

I don't get the Rondo one

[SugarHill]

Not talking about all star voting but in real life. Those guys were a tier in popularity below Kobe.

Based on what? :biggums:

They dominated jersey sales, too.

[SugarHill]

lol giannis
:banana:

[L.Kizzle]

Based on what? :biggums:

They dominated jersey sales, too.
I was in high school in those years. 2001-2005. Kobe wasn't cool. Mac, Iverson and Carter were. I had those guys jerseys besides Kobe. But who was more known, Kobe easily.

Carter and freaking Jermaine O'Neal beat out Jordan in all star votes in 2003. So is Jermaine O'Neal more popular than MJ?

[SugarHill]

I was in high school in those years. 2001-2005. Kobe wasn't cool. Mac, Iverson and Carter were. I had those guys jerseys besides Kobe. But who was more known, Kobe easily.

Carter and freaking Jermaine O'Neal beat out Jordan in all star votes in 2003. So is Jermaine O'Neal more popular than MJ?

You're a lot younger than I thought you were :coleman:

[Wavves]

If Lillard misses out on a coach selection just because Kobe made it onto the team, I'm going to be fvcking pissed.

[WallIn]

Rondo over Lillard and Westbrook? lol

[LongLiveTheKing]

Anthony Davis surpassed KD already :lol

[Sportal]

I'm glad Wall is getting the recognition. Disappointed immensely about Lillard.

[HOoopCityJones]

Lmao at Tmac and VC being more popular than Kobe. I'll give you AI, but it was closer than people will admit.

Just like today with Lebron, back then you were either a Kobe fan or AI fan.