NBA All-Star so far...

by lovinglosangeles on Jan 12, 2012 12:43 PM PST

So far the All-Star voting is going like this:

West: Chris Paul, Kobe Bryant, Kevin Durant, Blake Griffin, Andrew Bynum

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Forwards: Kevin Durant (OKC) 633,538; Blake Griffin (LAC) 394,264; Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) 231,832; Pau Gasol (LAL) 185,428; Kevin Love (Min) 143,814; LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) 118,268; Tim Duncan (SA) 81,783; Lamar Odom (Dal) 59,686; Metta World Peace (LAL) 39,006; Danilo Gallinari (Den) 34,438.

Guards: Kobe Bryant (LAL) 690,613; Chris Paul (LAC) 540,173; Ricky Rubio (Min) 133,520; Steve Nash (Pho) 118,922; Russell Westbrook (OKC) 107,197; Kyle Lowry (Hou) 90,725; Monta Ellis (GS) 63,696; Manu Ginobili (SA) 50,765; Jason Kidd (Dal) 49,596; Chauncey Billups (LAC) 42,657.

Centers: Andrew Bynum (LAL) 496,597; DeAndre Jordan (LAC) 134,961; Marc Gasol (Mem) 102,116; Nenê (Den) 94,167; Marcin Gortat (Pho) 62,631; Kendrick Perkins (OKC) 41,579.

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lakers fans are hilarious!

MWP in top ten!! lol

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by Lawler's Law on Jan 12, 2012 1:19 PM PST reply actions

i bet most of them don’t even know that lamar odom has been traded yet and have voted him in too.

you’d figure grant hill, or caron or many others would be better on merit..

by hans007 on Jan 12, 2012 2:16 PM PST up reply actions

maybe people just dont know who to vote for

and decide to vote for world peace

by shap on Jan 12, 2012 5:02 PM PST up reply actions

That's how I voted

Plus, no way I’m gonna vote for someone with a chance to overtake Blake, so I just went with someone funny. Think I voted for Harden a few times too, cause I was surprised it was listed as a forward

by osamu on Jan 12, 2012 5:44 PM PST up reply actions

Or

you could just leave it blank.

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by cliptakular on Jan 12, 2012 8:31 PM PST up reply actions

I’ll throw some votes out to guys I like. Not saying I like MWP, but his name is always good for a chuckle, especially when you see it on an All-Star Ballot. Mostly been just throwing random votes at Harden for the second F spot in the W. Would vote for Love too since I’ve always been a fan, but don’t want to risk him overtaking Blake, haha

by osamu on Jan 12, 2012 10:40 PM PST up reply actions

one of my new years resolutions is to help world peace

so i took a shortcut and just voted for him to the all-star game

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by KidJustin on Jan 13, 2012 12:22 AM PST up reply actions

Centers

Used to be a league full of high quality Centers. Now, it’s just Bynum and Howard. I still think Bynum is overrated.

by Hengtime81 on Jan 12, 2012 1:27 PM PST reply actions

I think he could be a great player...

if he matured and didn’t get injured

by shay on Jan 12, 2012 4:13 PM PST up reply actions

Bynum has proven that he isn't all talk.

But his inconsistency and injury kills him. He can put up 20-15 a night, or he can just as easily put up 10-10.

by SurfinQ00 on Jan 12, 2012 5:04 PM PST up reply actions

darn, no more yao ming

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by peterghost on Jan 12, 2012 2:26 PM PST reply actions

This is how I expected it to be for the starting 5

I’m surprised DJ is getting more votes than Marc Gasol but I like it.

by chrisd on Jan 12, 2012 2:47 PM PST reply actions

i kinda like it

but marc gasol is miles better, and will probably make it over dj. deservedly so.

by shap on Jan 12, 2012 5:03 PM PST up reply actions

Damn...

we need to start voting like mad to get DJ in the starting lineup over Bynum. I’d like to see as many Clippers in the starting lineup as possible.

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by 82-0 on Jan 12, 2012 3:28 PM PST reply actions

most importantly

I hope Vinny is the coach for the west, haha. Gotta get those W’s

by osamu on Jan 12, 2012 3:42 PM PST reply actions

Oh God...

Vinny would be the East’s All-Star MVP.

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by 82-0 on Jan 12, 2012 6:59 PM PST up reply actions

somehow if the Clips had the best record in the West

by the All-Star Game, I’d hope Vinny showed some improvement in his coaching tactics, haha. Plus the coaches don’t really do anything, but it’d be nice to have him there to decide how much playing time any of the Clips get. He could also do us a solid and play Kobe the whole game at center against Dwight.

by osamu on Jan 13, 2012 1:29 AM PST up reply actions

and not play cp3/Blake lol

by LJ Hann on Jan 13, 2012 1:35 AM PST up reply actions

Seems like LA ballot stuffing

Other cities may catch up on ballot stuffing.

considering World Peace got 39,006 votes, that’s 39,006 more than he deserves. So 39,006 Laker fans cast “all homer ballots” so you can discount all Laker vote getters by that amount (though Kobe will still win it easily).

But similarly Clipper vote getters should be discounted by something close to Billups number. Billups is better than World Peace, but probably still not one of the top two guards in the West.

by Thretch on Jan 12, 2012 3:52 PM PST reply actions

Beast Forwards in the West

Doesn’t it seem very crowded for good forwards? The top six seem worthy of consideration, whereas for guards it seems obvious that Kobe and CP3 are the only ones to consider. You could field Gasol ©, Blake (PF), Dirk (SF) and Durant (SG) with one PG and have a great team. I’d even take LMA or Love at PF

And where would Caron go on that list. Maybe near Odom (Odom better last year, Caron better this year)

by Thretch on Jan 12, 2012 3:59 PM PST reply actions