No. Top 2 guards are voted in as starters. The other 2 by the coaches. Lin would have to pass up Kobe or Paul to get in as a starter. He will not get voted in as a reserve by the coaches.
I'm a big fan of Lin. But he doesn't have All-Star numbers--doesn't deserve it. Getting the nod by fans will only increase the scrutiny on him and make other players take it to him every night. Not that it makes much of a difference, but I'm gonna vote for Paul and Harden for Lin's sake.
Wow... the only problem I have with this is the fact that Lin is over Harden in the voting. That is all... Honestly, I can care less if Westbrook gets in... (although he deserves it) but Lin having more votes than Harden just shows why I hate Lofs... Also, Lin has a chance to surpass Paul in the voting... And its not knee jerk... but he will pass paul if he drops 3 more 20 pts games... although he hasn't been consistent with his play fully like Paul, Curry, Westbrook...
Disgusting, probably won't matter much in the long run but I can't believe he has more votes than Harden.
I would like to see where the votes come from... I'd be ready to bet that Lin has 5x times more votes from the USA + rest of the world (minus China) than from China itself.
EASTERN CONFERENCE Frontcourt LeBron James (Mia) 970,314 Carmelo Anthony (NYK) 891,759 Kevin Garnett (Bos) 328,716 Chris Bosh (Mia) 308,194 Tyson Chandler (NYK) 260,000 Paul Pierce (Bos) 171,601 Joakim Noah (Chi) 129,331 Josh Smith (Atl) 111,260 Anderson Varejao (Cle) 99,955 Amar'e Stoudemire (NYK) 90,996 Shane Battier (Mia) 88,800 Andrew Bynum (Phi) 84,939 Luol Deng (Chi) 76,400 Brook Lopez (BKN) 67,991 Jeff Green (Bos) 52,785 Backcourt Dwyane Wade (Mia) 645,875 Rajon Rondo (Bos) 574,272 Deron Williams (BKN) 309,778 Kyrie Irving (Cle) 258,193 Ray Allen (Mia) 195,142 Monta Ellis (Mil) 71,287 Raymond Felton (NYK) 66,745 Jrue Holiday (Phi) 56,683 Jason Terry (Bos) 52,833 Brandon Jennings (Mil) 49,122 WESTERN CONFERENCE Frontcourt Kevin Durant (OKC) 924,898 Dwight Howard (LAL) 616,150 Blake Griffin (LAC) 489,795 Tim Duncan (SA) 299,434 Pau Gasol (LAL) 197,377 Kevin Love (Min) 189,949 Omer Asik (Hou) 131,002 Rudy Gay (Mem) 125,562 Serge Ibaka (OKC) 111,963 Marc Gasol (Mem) 99,271 Zach Randolph (Mem) 97,778 LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) 97,090 Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) 93,491 Metta World Peace (LAL) 85,279 Chandler Parsons (Hou) 78,235 Backcourt Kobe Bryant (LAL) 977,444 Chris Paul (LAC) 542,564 Jeremy Lin (Hou) 496,133 James Harden (Hou) 283,691 Russell Westbrook (OKC) 232,074 Steve Nash (LAL) 166,262 Tony Parker (SA) 111,032 Ricky Rubio (Min) 96,466 Stephen Curry (GS) 78,380 Manu Ginobili (SA) 70,813
The West team is so much better. Wade and Rondo vs CP3 and Kobe. The East doesn't even have a center.
Also you people that find it "disgusting" are really stupid... what's so strange that Lin has more fans than Harden? (and that is what the All Star game is atm) I honestly even find it strange CP3 has more fans than Lin. Actually I am 100% sure that if Lin somehow averages 15/7 in the next 2 weeks he will overcome CP3. (as there are many Lin fans not voting him as his performance is not good) NOTE: I am talking about who has more fans and not about who's the better player.
This. Lin's fanbase really isn't that big over in China/Taiwan. Kobe's still more popular than him there.
They want people to go to NBA.com as often possible. More page hits = more fan participation = more revenue. The NBA AllStar game is all about promotion and money. Never intended as a meritocracy to honor the best players (I think that's what the end of season awards are for).
Are u guys forgetting all stars is a popularity contest? It doesn't even matter anyways, lin is not gonna surpass Paul so ppl stop freaking out and talking **** about china, I bet the majority of lins votes aren't even from the us, u guys are overestimating the amount of votes coming from there
If it were Lin/Bryant starting. You'd have CP3 as a lock. Westbrook/Parker have potential to make it over Harden, even if that shouldn't be the case.
