nyshakespeare wrote:

Allanfan20 wrote:Marcus Camby should be starting at center for the West.

My West ballot is Paul, Nash, KD, Dirk, & Cambyman.

I don't even understand why Yao is on the ballot. Ridiculous.

Allanfan20 wrote:

nyshakespeare wrote:

Allanfan20 wrote:Marcus Camby should be starting at center for the West.

My West ballot is Paul, Nash, KD, Dirk, & Cambyman.

I don't even understand why Yao is on the ballot. Ridiculous.

because the Allstar balloting is a joke to begin with... Shaq got voted in as a starter during seasons where he hardly even played over much more deserving players... they need to change the entire voting process so fans stop making this into a farce.

orangeblobman wrote:All-Star voting is not a farce. It's meant to be an interactive process where the fans can have some input in seeing their favorite players play together in the All-Star game. The outcome of the game is meaningless, it's just a fun game where everyone can relax and enjoy themselves. If the fans want to see Garnett, then so be it. If they want Shaq in there, fine. That's what the people want, and the people have spoken.

if that's the case don't complain when Yao gets voted in as a starting C for the WC.

Howard, the leading vote-getter in the Eastern Conference with 1,537,619 votes, paces centers in the East, followed by the Boston Celtics' Shaquille O'Neal (639,661). James, a two-time All-Star MVP (2006, 2008), leads all Eastern Conference forwards with 1,518,807 votes, followed by the New York Knicks' Amar'e Stoudemire (1,143,391). The Heat's Dwyane Wade, last year's All-Star Game MVP, paces all guards with 1,499,768 votes; the Chicago Bulls' Derrick Rose is second among guards in the East (1,225,575). Stoudemire passed Boston's Kevin Garnett (1,049,544) since the third balloting update was announced Jan. 6, while Rose leapfrogged the Celtics' Rajon Rondo (1,171,311). All other potential starters for both teams remain unchanged from the previous update.

Amar'e only leads by 96,000 votes. Keep voting!

Amar’e now 2nd in All-Star balloting
It’s been almost two decades since the Knicks last produced an All-Star starter, but now Amar’e Stoudemire is two weeks away from starting the Feb. 20 game in Los Angeles.

Stoudemire moved past Kevin Garnett and into second in the latest vote tabulations, released Thursday. With more than 1.1 million votes, he now leads Garnett by about 100,000 and trails the leader in the East forward balloting, LeBron James, by about 360,000. Garnett also has double to vote total of his teammate, Paul Pierce, who’s in fourth, so it basically comes down to Stoudemire or Garnett, still out with a calf injury.

Of course, with his past knee issues and now the recurring left shoulder stinger he reinjured early in Wednesday’s 131-125 loss in Utah, a few days off wouldn’t hurt the Knicks’ big man.

But not since Patrick Ewing in 1992 has a Knick started an All-Star Game, so even a token appearance means something.

The league won’t release another weekly vote count next week, but will announce the starters on TNT during the telecast of the Knicks’ home game against Miami on Jan. 27.

Paper-ballot voting ends Monday, while on-line voting on NBA.com continues until Jan. 23.

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The Knicks don’t have any official update on whether Danilo Gallinari will return for Friday’s game against the Kings, as coach Mike D’Antoni suggested he might earlier this week, but don’t bet on it. Monday’s MLK Day matinee against Phoenix or Wednesday’s game in Houston are more likely. The latter two would fall into the 2-3-week original prognosis, as he sprained his left knee Jan. 2 against Indiana

Stoudemire (left shoulder stinger and who’s scheduled to appear on David Letterman’s show tonight) and Raymond Felton (left ankle sprain and who’s seventh in the All-Star balloting among East guards and too far back to catch the top two, Dwyane Wade and Derrick Rose)

http://blogs.northjersey.com/blogs/knickknacks/amare_now_2nd_in_all-star_balloting/

TMS wrote:

orangeblobman wrote:

TMS wrote:

orangeblobman wrote:All-Star voting is not a farce. It's meant to be an interactive process where the fans can have some input in seeing their favorite players play together in the All-Star game. The outcome of the game is meaningless, it's just a fun game where everyone can relax and enjoy themselves. If the fans want to see Garnett, then so be it. If they want Shaq in there, fine. That's what the people want, and the people have spoken.

if that's the case don't complain when Yao gets voted in as a starting C for the WC.

I won't. I would love it if Yao got one more run on the All-Star team before he fades to a distant memory.

the fact that we even have to be voting to get Amare in as the starter is a joke in itself... dude has only been the clear MVP all year but he's in danger of taking a backseat to a guy who isn't even playing right now.

I think most older or more mature hoops fans don't watch the All-Star game. I only watch the trey bucket contest if Gallinari is in it or a Peja, that's it. The kids probably vote a lot.

Posted: 3:00 PM, January 13, 2011

The Knicks’ Amar'e Stoudemire and Chicago’s Derrick Rose have surged into position to start in the NBA All-Star Game through the fourth return of fan voting.

Stoudemire passed perennial starter Kevin Garnett on Thursday for the second forward spot in the Eastern Conference, while Rose moved ahead of the Celtics’ Rajon Rondo in a battle of guards hoping to make their first start.

Stoudemire, in his first season in New York, is nearly 94,000 votes ahead of Garnett as he bids to become the first Knicks player voted to start since Patrick Ewing in 1992. Rose is now 54,264 in front of Rondo.

All other leaders remained the same for the Feb. 20 game at Staples Center in Los Angeles. The Lakers’ Kobe Bryant is the overall vote leader and the Hornets’ Chris Paul is second at guard in the West, joined by forwards Kevin Durant (Oklahoma City) and Carmelo Anthony (Denver), and center Yao Ming (Houston).

Orlando center Dwight Howard is the East’s leading vote-getter. Miami teammates LeBron James and Dwyane Wade maintain big leads at their positions.

Paper balloting ends Jan. 17 and voting on NBA.com continues through Jan. 23. Starters will be announced on Jan. 27.

Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/knicks/latest_votes_put_knicks_stoudemire_W3nV6q5yL5KErqhMK65YzN#ixzz1Ax2m27rh

Allanfan20 wrote:

TMS wrote:

orangeblobman wrote:All-Star voting is not a farce. It's meant to be an interactive process where the fans can have some input in seeing their favorite players play together in the All-Star game. The outcome of the game is meaningless, it's just a fun game where everyone can relax and enjoy themselves. If the fans want to see Garnett, then so be it. If they want Shaq in there, fine. That's what the people want, and the people have spoken.

if that's the case don't complain when Yao gets voted in as a starting C for the WC.

So then 2 things. Don't put balloting out until January so that we'll all have a good idea of who is out all season and who isn't. That way, Yao doesn't even make the ballot. Then, if you want the fans to have input, do this. A quarter of the vote comes from the players. A quarter comes from the media. A quarter comes from GMs. A quarter comes from the fans. The fans are involved and the players get voted in as they deserve.

i personally would prefer to have a system where the coaches nominate players & the writers vote in the starters & reserves, & then allow the fans to vote in 2 extra slots for their favorite players that don't get in... i think that's probably the fairest way to go about it & that satisfies both the prestige based on actual merit & throws the fans a bone at the same time... i wouldn't put it into the hands of the players because they're the ones being voted on.

I still want to get a full breakdown of all of the All-Star votes. I want to see if I'm the only person writing in Fields daily.