First Tally Of All Star Votes Are In (Be Warned You Will Be Disgusted)

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


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looks like harris is on his way to being ROBBED. wow. look at the names ahead of him. luke ridnour, derrick rose, jameer nelson, jose calderon, joe johnson, allen iverson.

and Yi is beating out chris bosh

absolutely disgusting. this is why fans should be banned from voting. and yes, i have been voting devin harris EVERY DAY so i can complain all i want

 

LUKE RIDNOUR!?! He's not even the best PG on his team!

 

this is hilarious. and it looks like vince won't make it either because AI is destroying him in votes.

LOL but Yi might catch Garnett

 

That's due to the white votes.

 

I think Luke Ridnour is getting votes from China because Yi was with the Bucks last season, and i guess the Chinese people love Luke.

 

lol, I hope Yi doesn't make the all star game. It's just embarrassing, at least I would be. well, if he does make it, it might not be a bad thing. it might give him some extra motivation to do better to make sure he would deserve it a few years down the line.

 

Wow...Yi in 3rd place? Lets hope to god he stays there, because I would be disgusted if he made the AS game because of his race. The guy isn't even remotely deserving.

I'm also appalled by the amount of votes AI is getting. He's playing like hot garbage this year and hasn't dropped 20 points in what, 9 games? He hardly deserves to be an AS this year, he'll only get there because the casual fan knows his name.

 

Funny one, love your sarcasm. Lets play the 6 degree of Yi.

Oh, I also voted for Yi today. I wanted to see Garnett bumped off.

 

no way in hell should yi namme even be among kg bosh lebron or pierce. no way should he be infront of any of them

AI is the 2pac of basketball he gets unconditional love

 

If Yi was black....would it still disgust you? Of course he doesn't deserve this year, unless he turns it around and pulls his average up to at least 16 ppg, 7 rpg, 45% fgp by the time the All-Star break starts.

 

If Yi was black, Chinese people wouldn't be able to tell him apart. All the votes would go to Ridnour.

Chinese fans are stupid.

 

Yes. If a player gets voted on the team because of ANY race, it's a disgrace to the game. And 16/7 on 45% shooting aren't all star numbers.

 

Fucking embarrassing.

 

That mean you don't like Iverson either? I like Iverson too, he's small and has heart. We peeps from the hood Yo.

 

Oh really....that's funny....cause some certain guy from the Lakers averaged 15 ppg, 3 rebounds and shot 42% from the field....and he still made the 1998 All-Star team....but nobody was bitching about how UNFAIR it was.

*Cough*

"Hypocrites"

 

i agree, people who are outraged by Yi should also be outraged at AI being voted in right now as well.

both undeserving, no matter what race they are.

 

I think we can excuse people for being wayyy more outraged by Yi being third among forwards than Iverson being second. I mean the former is far more of a disgrace than the latter (even though AI clearly shouldn't be getting that many votes).

 

agreed, yi is more of an outrage.

but i feel it's hypocritical to go "oh china fans don't know what they're doing" when us american fans are doing the same thing (voting in players we like and want to see in the all star game instead of those who deserve it). either way, i think NBA fans have proven that they are undeserving of the privelage to vote all star players.

 

I can't say I'm too shocked to see the players who are in first.

As well as he was playing, there is little to no chance Devin was going to get voted to be a starter.

I hope Yi doesn't get voted in. He's going to get so much grief for that.

It's ridiculous that Gilbert is getting any votes. I was hoping that somehow Marbury would have cracked into that top group though, that'd be hysterical.

 

I agree for the most part. But I think the frustration with Chinese fans is over the fact that they're voting with a specific local motivation that completely undermines the All Star game. You don't really see that with Americans (you see it with other countries, but its nowhere near as strong).

The Iverson votes are more indicative of a problem with the entire NBA fanbase: people across all countries still stupidly buy into the AI hype.