NBA ALL-STAR 2009

NBA All Star Starters have been selected. Crazy the league still allows the fans to pick the starters. The reserves maybe…but not the starters. It seems as the same group of guys are coveted for this top spot year in and year out. I think there are many guys that deserve to be starters this season and weren't awarded the opportunity. With the fans picking the starting 5 team records go out the window. If you are on a losing team I don’t think you deserve a spot on the all star team. How in the world Allen Iverson was chosen as a starter for the umpteenth season and it doesn’t look like Chauncey Billups or Carmelo Anthony (I know he’s hurt but he still should have been selected as a starter) will be chosen is beyond me. Touché!!!
Well I can at least look forward to the coach’s half way getting things right when they select the reserves.
((( NBA All-Star weekend takes place February 13-15 in Phoenix, Arizona)))

1
* Allen Iverson (Detroit)
G
6-0
180
07/07/75
Georgetown

3
* Dwyane Wade (Miami)
G
6-4
216
01/17/82
Marquette

23
* LeBron James (Cleveland)
F
6-8
250
12/30/84
St. Vincent/St. Mary HS

5
* Kevin Garnett (Boston)
F
6-11
220
05/19/76
Farragut Academy (HS)

12
* Dwight Howard (Orlando)
C
6-11
265
12/08/85
SW Atlanta Christian Academy (GA)
5

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24
* Kobe Bryant (L.A. Lakers)
G
6-6
205
08/23/78
Lower Merion HS

3
* Chris Paul (New Orleans)
G
6-0
175
05/06/85
Wake Forest

21
* Tim Duncan (San Antonio)
F
6-11
260
04/25/76
Wake Forest

1
* Amare Stoudemire (Phoenix)
F
6-10
245
11/16/82
Cypress Creek (Orlando, FL)

11
* Yao Ming (Houston)
C
7-6
310
9/12/80
China

1/25/09 NBA Scores Around the League

Mavericks-100
Celtics-124

Spurs-85
LA Lakers -99

Suns -104
Hawks-99

Raptors-113
Kings-97

Rockets-108
Pistons-105

Bobcats-93
Pacers-98

Timberwolves-109
Bulls-108

Nuggets-117
Jazz- 97

Clippers 92
Warriors 107

**NHL all star game went down last night with the Eastern Conference defeating the West in a Shoot-Out 11-12**