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If the NBA All-Star Game was held today, the East would feature a guard averaging 15.4 points and 4 assists in just 10 games. The West would feature a guard who has played in six games, averaging 3.2 points. I'm talking about Allen Iverson and Tracy McGrady, respectively.
Yes, the fan vote is kind of a joke. We're looking at you, China. (Check out the full results, to this point, on NBA.com.)
If there's any hope, it's the fact that Steve Nash is roughly 1,000 votes behind T-Mac, a margin easily made up. The real headscratcher is Iverson, who is about 150K clear of the next guard in the East, Orlando's Vince Carter. In a happy world, we'd probably have either Nash or Chris Paul over T-Mac in the West. It's a shame Durant is technically a small forward, because he's lost behind Carmelo Anthony and Dirk Nowitzki. In the East, Iverson should be out and either Joe Johnson or Gilbert Arenas should probably slide in. I'd give the nod to Johnson playing for a winner.
Your other starters in the East are LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Kevin Garnett and Dwight Howard. In the West, in addition to Melo and Dirk, you've got Kobe Bryant and Amare Stoudemire.
Please, NBA fans, band together and correct this.
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And this is why NBA All-Star voting is a joke!!
by buckeyenut on Dec 31, 2009 4:49 PM EST reply actions
Iverson and McGrady making the All-Star Game…what is this, 2002?
by June 2003 on Dec 31, 2009 7:26 PM EST reply actions
Why not have the fans vote for the reserves instead?
by orkahn on Jan 1, 2010 12:48 AM EST reply actions
The vote needs to be taken away from fans (or just China perhaps). McGrady and Iverson have no business being anywhere near this year’s all star game unless they bought tickets.
by LakerKev on Jan 1, 2010 4:57 AM EST reply actions
How close is Darko Milicic?
by whucares on Jan 1, 2010 8:08 AM EST reply actions
It won’t do any good. Stern ego will not allow him to give in to the fans. China has no business voting. They don’t see enough games from the other teams. Those two mention above are a joke and the rest of the sporting world are laughing again at stern and the NBA.
by Condor7 on Jan 1, 2010 10:47 AM EST reply actions
They should just list them on the roster as one guy ("Allen McGrady"), and each of them gets to play a half.
by L'etat, c'est moi on Jan 1, 2010 12:14 PM EST reply actions
It will be great to watch NBA All Star Game, i have bought tickets from http://ticketfront.com/event/NBA_All_Star_Game-tickets looking forward to it.
by Maroussia on Feb 15, 2010 1:33 AM EST reply actions
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