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http://realgm.com/src_wiretap_archives/56752/20090122/2009_all_star_starters_announced/

Western Conference Tim Duncan Amare Stoudemire Yao Ming Kobe Bryant Chris Paul

Eastern Conference Kevin Garnett LeBron James Dwight Howard Allen Iverson Dwyane Wade

Glad that Yi did not make the team as a starter. If he did make it i wouldnt watch the all star game.

what's more interesting is, amare barely passed BRUCE BOWEN !

I mean, he's BRUCE f...in BOWEN !! Guy's averaging 2.8 pts, 1.9 rebs and 0.6 assists in 20 mins and if he only got 68k more votes, he would've started !!

I wish it were like bowen and yi starting... that would have been hilarious.. oh amare and iverson starting is not the best thing, either

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/players/3167

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_ylt=A ... &type=lgns

I love how Perk got the second most votes for a center in the East. Granted he was about 2.5million votes behind Howard, but still, not bad for Perk.

celtics543 wrote:I love how Perk got the second most votes for a center in the East. Granted he was about 2.5million votes behind Howard, but still, not bad for Perk.

Does that mean he comes off the bench at center for the East?

mzepol wrote:

celtics543 wrote:I love how Perk got the second most votes for a center in the East. Granted he was about 2.5million votes behind Howard, but still, not bad for Perk.

Does that mean he comes off the bench at center for the East?

Not automatically -- Yi won't get selected, for example. But if I were a coach I'd vote for one of Perk or Z, over a PF who might in theory be a better player.

I think. Let's see.

The roster is starting with 2 combo guards, and 1 each SF, PF, and C.

Add 1 C, 2 PFs (Bosh and somebody else), 2 other forwards (Pierce/Granger/Orlando guys), 2 big guards (e.g., Johnson/Allen), and one PG (multiple candidates).

Works for me.

Z over Perk if healthy. But he isn't.

Sucks to be Chris Bosh and Devin Harris. Really both deserve to be starting in this game. While I love KG, he should be coming off the bench.

As for the reserves I believe the backup center has to actually be a center. So Chris Bosh can't be it, seeing he was voted on as a forward. Although hopefully I'm wrong on that.


I'll just give my All-Star teams for fun.

West
Ming
Duncan
Stoudemire
Bryant
Paul

Bench
O'neal
Nowitzki
West
Roy
Parker
Jefferson
Nash

East
Howard
Garnett
James
Wade
Iverson

Bench
Okafor (Both Bogut and Big Z are hurt)
Bosh
Pierce
Johnson
Harris
Nelson
Granger

See, Iverson's inclusion this year somewhat ruins it for some others. I mean you can make a legitimate case this season for quite a few first time candidates. Among them, Granger, D. Lee, Harris, Calderon, Rondo, Horford, Iguodala, Okafor, Nelson, Murphy and Bargnani.

This is from yesterday.

An Objective Look At The Potential 2009 All-Stars

By: Christopher Reina
RealGM.com Writer

Eastern All-Star Starters

F: LeBron James
F: Chris Bosh
C: Dwight Howard
G: Dwyane Wade
G: Rajon Rondo

My Subjective All-Stars

Eastern Conference Starters: Same as above

Eastern Conference Reserves: Garnett, Johnson, Devin Harris, Lee, Paul Pierce, Iguodala, and Okafor

http://realgm.com/src_feature_pieces/72 ... all_stars/



What makes this interesting are the recent injuries to possible candidates as the eastern reserves.

Calderon - Day-to-day
Harris - Day-to-day
Horford - Day-to-day
Ilgauskas - Injured