The popularity contest that is the All-Star fan balloting process is complete. here are your starters:
EAST
G – Jason Kidd
G – Dwyane Wade
F – LeBron James
F – Kevin Garnett
C – Dwight Howard
WEST
G – Allen Iverson
G – Kobe Bryant
F – Carmelo Anthony
F – Tim Duncan
C – Yao Ming
All in all, I don’t think the fans did such a bad job this season. I made my picks in a recent column, and all ten starters earned spots on my rosters. It would have been nice to see Caron Butler get the starting nod over Dwyane Wade, but knew there wasn’t a chance in hell of that happening. In the West, I didn’t have either Nugget starting, and I had Duncan starting at center. In my opinion, Chris Paul and Steve Nash deserve to start more than Iverson and ‘Melo.
Still, the fans didn’t make the mistake of putting T-Mac in the lineup and it makes me wonder if the coaches will vote him onto the roster. He already said that he didn’t really want to play in the All-Star Game, so hopefully the coaches will give the spot to someone more deserving.
The reserves will be announced next Thursday (1/31) on TNT.
