Seriously how can Stern look himself in the face on this issue. It's a Mockery


http://www.realgm.com/src_wiretap_archives/49702/20071213/kg_leads_all_players_in_first_all_star_voting_returns/


Erica Dampier has more votes than Camby, Tyson Chandler, Pau Gasol, LaMarcus Aldridge by a WIDE MARGIN


Deron Williams & Kevin Martin are AWOL from the WC guards top votes list meanwhile Jason Terry, Jerry Stackhouse have over 100,000 votes ROTFLMBAO.


Luis Scola has more votes than Grant Hill and Rudy Gay is AWOL from top votes list along with Stephen Jackson, Ron Artest


E-Titties is barely beating ZaZa Pachulia with like 19,000 votes LOL @ E-Titties


Hedo Turkeyglue and Yi are ahead of Caron Butler and Jamison by a WIDE MARGIN

[Edited by - TrueBlue on 12-13-2007 7:40 PM]

It really is becoming a complete joke.. They need to minimize it to like 1 player on each side

i agree w/that plan... the fan vote is a disgrace.

Posted by simrud:

The point of the all star game is to please the exact crowd that votes like this. People who don't really know basketball and just want to see dunks and 3's. So I don't see anything changing.

So it's for the Casual and Foreign Fans? I seriously doubt the people who vote actually watch the game vs just casting a vote for their favorite player out of participation to see results. I know these type of fans aren't tuning in for say a Finals game which produces low Nielsen Ratings and a Finals game drawfs an All-Star Crap exhibition game by the millionfolds in terms of viewing. So what's Stern's goal to satisfy a Casual, Foreign, and Famous Entertainer fans for a night? He should be appealing to the masses. Online voting is comical at best. I have access to 350 computers daily and could times that by 4 if chose to roam from site to site where I work not to mention you can also clear Internet caches, use several different Browsers, Reassign Static IP adresses to a network adapter and boot from multiple OS(Mac 9.2, 10.2, 10.3, 10.4, 10.5) and vote like 5-10 times simultaneously on 1 computer within a span of 10-15min.


[Edited by - TrueBlue on 12-13-2007 7:58 PM]

Posted by simrud:

The point of the all star game is to please the exact crowd that votes like this. People who don't really know basketball and just want to see dunks and 3's. So I don't see anything changing.

u'd get plenty of dunking & 3's no matter who's selected... it makes sense to reward players for actual achievement & not just on popularity.

LOL... OK Anji, have fun watching the Allstar game w/Yi Jianlian & Erik Dampier starting... some of us with the half brains would much rather watch players who actualy deserve to be lauded for their half season's performance.

Eastern Conference

Forwards: Kevin Garnett (Bos) 735,664; LeBron James (Clev) 597,768; Chris Bosh (185,294); Paul Pierce (Bos) 164,346; Yi Jianlian (Mil) 98,507; Hedo Turkoglu (Orl) 73,781; Rashard Lewis (Orl) 70,737; Tayshaun Prince (Det) 63,787; Caron Butler (Wash) 55,796; Andrea Bargnani (Tor) 52,734.

Guards: Dwyane Wade (Mia) 470,921; Jason Kidd (NJ) 343,468; Vince Carter (NJ) 277,705; Ray Allen (Bos) 270,114; Gilbert Arenas (Wash) 256,994; Chauncey Billups (Det) 125,202; Michael Redd (Mil) 101,942; Andre Iguodala (Phi) 70,476; Richard Hamilton (Det) 66,617; T.J. Ford (Tor) 58,894.

Centers: Dwight Howard (Orl) 596,187; Shaquille O'Neal (Mia) 282,727; Rasheed Wallace (Det) 69,331; Ben Wallace (Chi) 68,871; Jermaine O'Neal (Ind) 53,107; Andrew Bogut (Mil) 39,764; Zydrunas Ilgauskas (Clev) 27,814; Emeka Okafor (Cha) 27,040; Eddy Curry (NY) 19,494; Zaza Pachulia (Atl) 19,210.


Western Conference

Forwards: Carmelo Anthony (Den) 482,127; Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) 443,117; Tim Duncan (SA) 423,608; Carlos Boozer (Utah) 175,248; Shawn Marion (Pho) 154,641; Josh Howard (Dal) 146,909; Kevin Durant (Sea) 113,314; Luis Scola (Hou) 101,981; Shane Battier (Hou) 95,757; Grant Hill (Pho) 83,544.

Guards: Kobe Bryant (LAL) 569,302; Tracy McGrady (Hou) 388,959; Steve Nash (Pho) 317,091; Allen Iverson (Den) 292,565; Manu Ginobili (SA) 141,891; Jason Terry (Dal) 121,397; Tony Parker (SA) 117,881; Chris Paul (NO) 110,688; Jerry Stackhouse (Dal) 103,307; Baron Davis (GS) 100,422.

Centers: Yao Ming (Hou) 439,125; Amaré Stoudemire (Pho) 286,401; Erick Dampier (Dal) 101,878; Marcus Camby (Den) 94,473; Pau Gasol (Mem) 73,461; Mehmet Okur (Utah) 51,017; Chris Kaman (LAC) 40,256; LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) 35,601; Tyson Chandler (NO) 32,595; Andris Biedrins (GS) 29,026.

Posted by eViL:

Posted by TMS:

LOL... OK Anji, have fun watching the Allstar game w/Yi Jianlian & Erik Dampier starting... some of us with the half brains would much rather watch players who actualy deserve to be lauded for their half season's performance.

Bro, I think TrueBlue got you mixed up with his post. Yao has 4 times as many votes as Dampier. KG has more than 7 times as many votes as Yi. And LeBron has more than 5 times as many votes as Yi. Dampier and Yi are not going to be all-stars.

eVil we know those players aren't the leaders it's said with angst and sarcasm. I posted a link in the initial post

Posted by Anji:

Posted by TMS:

LOL... OK Anji, have fun watching the Allstar game w/Yi Jianlian & Erik Dampier starting... some of us with the half brains would much rather watch players who actualy deserve to be lauded for their half season's performance.

Did you read what evil posted???? No matter who votes you'll disagree about one or two, but the best players in the league play in the all star game. It's a non-issue.

[Edited by - anji on 12-14-2007 12:04 AM]

sorry if i misread it, but i still hate fan voting to decide the Allstars... when Shaq gets voted in to start when he's only played in 10 games some years while someone who's been having a career season & is outperforming almost every other C in the league gets the shaft, it bothers me... if it's an non-issue for you, i'm happy for ya.

Full agreement. The All-Star voting is ridiculous. I understand it's a fan event and the most popular players get to play, but there has to be checks and balances. Especially with internet voting, the fan voting has become an absolute joke, since ballots can be "stuffed" easier now.

Posted by Andrew:

eViL is ok with fan voting and internet ballot stuffing.....hmmmmm I wonder why....

LOL! None of us would know anything about that, especially me.