2013 All-Star Balloting Open

[Andrew]

Featuring the new Frontcourt designation rather than two forwards and a centre.

http://allstarballot.nba.com/

Cast my votes for:

East: Tyson Chandler, Carmelo Anthony, LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Rajon Rondo
West: Tim Duncan, Blake Griffin, Kevin Durant, Kobe Bryant, Chris Paul

[Qballer]

bold prediction: Jeremy Lin edges CP3 in west guard voting unless Stern fudges with voting numbers like he did a few years back to prevent Yi Jianlian from being a starting forward in the east

[Kenny]

WEST: Faried, Duncan, Durant, Andre Miller, Lillard (write-in)
EAST: Melo, Noah, Mullens, Irving, Afflalo

[Martti.]

East : Jennings, Wade, LeBron, Bosh, Noah
West : Paul, Harden, Durant, Faried, Cousins

[stereoxide]

East: Irving, D-Will, Melo, LeBron, Josh Smith
West: Kobe, Harden, Durant, Howard, Griffin

[Stress Fracture]

East: Melo, LeBron, KG, Lowry, Kemba
West: Asik, Lin, Harden, Parsons, KD, Patrick Patterson (write-in)

Gotta vote for the hometown players

[rise]

Vote Gana Diop in for the lulz!

[moe szyslak]

I guess Harden's gonna have loads of votes from the fans...

[Qballer]

he's fallen off very quickly after adjustments have been made after game 2, but if he returns to form, the coaches will vote him in. there's no way he tops kobe or cp3 for fan votes though

[SteveHTOWN]

West: Timmy, Dwight, KD, Kobe, CP3
East: Rondo, Kyrie, 'Melo, LBJ, Noah

[shadowgrin]

Stern fudges with voting numbers like he did a few years back to prevent Yi Jianlian from being a starting forward in the east

Nope.
The internet voting then already had less percentage value in the count for total votes. Arena votes hold more weight.

[Andrew]

bold prediction: Jeremy Lin edges CP3 in west guard voting unless Stern fudges with voting numbers like he did a few years back to prevent Yi Jianlian from being a starting forward in the east

I reckon he'll fall short, but end up around fifth in voting among guards in the West.

[benji]

incredible

[NovU]

Solid line up. Would rape in 2K13.

[Dc311]

The NBA released the first voting returns for the 2013 All-Star Game.

Eastern Conference

Frontcourt: LeBron James (Mia) 641,348; Carmelo Anthony (NYK) 573,112; Kevin Garnett (Bos) 218,246; Chris Bosh (Mia) 210,724; Tyson Chandler (NYK) 151,744; Paul Pierce (Bos) 114,735; Joakim Noah (Chi) 73,366; Josh Smith (Atl) 69,344; Andrew Bynum (Phi) 68,596; Amar’e Stoudemire (NYK) 64,266; Shane Battier (Mia) 59,419; Anderson Varejao (Cle) 57,336; Luol Deng (Chi) 48,450; Brook Lopez (BKN) 47,940; Jeff Green (Bos) 36,080.

Backcourt: Dwyane Wade (Mia) 430,925; Rajon Rondo (Bos) 382,613; Deron Williams (BKN) 211,426; Kyrie Irving (Cle) 155,989; Ray Allen (Mia) 130,016; Monta Ellis (Mil) 47,650; Raymond Felton (NYK) 37,974; Jason Terry (Bos) 36,147; Brandon Jennings (Mil) 35,610; Jrue Holiday (Phi) 35,193.

Western Conference

Frontcourt: Kevin Durant (OKC) 605,965; Dwight Howard (LAL) 434,168; Blake Griffin (LAC) 307,855; Tim Duncan (SA) 189,577; Pau Gasol (LAL) 139,868; Kevin Love (Min) 112,922; Omer Asik (Hou) 88,178; Rudy Gay (Mem) 85,279; Serge Ibaka (OKC) 68,285; LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) 66,290; Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) 63,056; Marc Gasol (Mem) 61,716; Zach Randolph (Mem) 59,916; Metta World Peace (LAL) 59,167; Anthony Davis (NO) 53,779.

Backcourt: Kobe Bryant (LAL) 639,419; Chris Paul (LAC) 353,603; Jeremy Lin (Hou) 298,319; James Harden (Hou) 196,108; Russell Westbrook (OKC) 143,437; Steve Nash (LAL) 118,073; Tony Parker (SA) 69,983; Ricky Rubio (Min) 54,744; Manu Ginobili (SA) 47,800; O.J. Mayo (Dal) 36,495.



The current starters for the Eastern Conference would be LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony, Kevin Garnett, Dwyane Wade and Rajon Rondo. In the Western Conference, the current projected starters are Kevin Durant, Dwight Howard, Blake Griffin, Kobe Bryant and Chris Paul.

[RedPhazon8]

I sure wished they did the voting based off position, kinda rough for people who play front court who have to go against two other positions...

[Phil89]

West: Marc Gasol, Kevin Love, Kevin Durant, OJ Mayo, Russell Westbrook
East: Anderson Varejao, Joakim Noah, Josh Smith, Deron Williams, Kyrie Irving

Although a Byron Mullens selection would be amazing.

[benji]

I sure wished they did the voting based off position, kinda rough for people who play front court who have to go against two other positions...

What position do we vote for Carmelo Anthony and LeBron James at? Tim Duncan?

[NovU]

Lin an all star?

[Andrew]

I reckon the distance between Paul and Lin will be much larger when it's all said and done, comfortably giving CP3 the nod alongside Kobe in the backcourt for the West. I'm a little surprised to see KG getting so many votes, but I'm guessing Bosh or Chandler (perhaps more likely Bosh) could very well end up overtaking him.

incredible

Could be worse, Irving is back in the lineup so he's currently available to play.

[Martti.]

I hope Bosh can overtake KG so the Big 3 would start for the East. Damn, a lot of Heat fans, Battier has more votes then Varejao and Deng...

[dei.]

Dirk has more votes than Zach Randolph . OJ Mayo should be getting more votes than Nash