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All Star Starters will be announced in a half hour

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by rocketfan83, Jan 23, 2003.

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    http://www.nba.com/features/west_predictions_030123.html
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    In just about 30 minutes the starters will be announced. I suspect both Yao and Steve will hold on to their leads. Even though laker fans probaly have been stuffing the ballots over the last few weeks. I cant wait to see what the reaction will be when Barkley and crew learn that "yao" has been voted in to the big game. Having two all-star starters is a great accomplishment and just shows how far they've come since last season.
    Yao
    Duncan
    Garnett
    Kobe
    Francis
    anybody disagree? Guess we will find out.
     
    #1 rocketfan83, Jan 23, 2003
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    YEAH, Baby, Yeah !!

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    Kobe the top vote-getter with 1,474,386 votes

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    Associated Press


    NEW YORK -- Yao Ming will be the starting center for the Western Conference at the NBA All-Star game after defeating Shaquille O'Neal by almost a quarter-million votes in final fan balloting totals released Thursday.


    In the closest races, Kevin Garnett of Minnesota edged Dirk Nowitzki of Dallas for the last starting spot among Western Conference forwards. Garnett received 1,086,780 votes -- 7,355 more than Nowitzki.


    In the Eastern Conference, Allen Iverson of Philadelphia drew almost 73,000 more votes than Michael Jordan to earn the second guard spot.


    The game is Feb. 9 in Atlanta.


    Yao, the 7-foot-6 Houston Rockets player from China, will become the first rookie to start in the All-Star game since Grant Hill in 1995. The rest of the West's starters are Garnett, Tim Duncan of San Antonio, Steve Francis of Houston and Kobe Bryant of the Lakers.


    Bryant was the leading overall vote-getter with 1,474,386 out of more than 4.5 million ballots cast.

    The Eastern Conference starters are Iverson and Orlando's Tracy McGrady, Indiana's Jermaine O'Neal and Toronto's Vince Carter at forward, and Ben Wallace of Detroit at center.

    Reserves will be announced Tuesday following balloting by the 29 NBA coaches.

    Isiah Thomas of Indiana and Rick Adelman of Sacramento will be the coaches.

    ESPN Tools


     
    #2 olliez, Jan 23, 2003
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    hahah.


    Well...it helps to have asian fans...
     
    #3 Uprising, Jan 23, 2003
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