On connait les 5 de départ, aucune surprise:
All-Star Balloting closed on Jan. 22 with Yao
(1,990,303) and Bryant (1,891,204) leading all players in votes received in the second-to-last balloting update. Starters for the 2006 All-Star game in Houston on Feb. 20 (8 p.m. ET, TNT) will be announced on Feb. 2, live on TNT. The head coaches in each conference will vote to determine the remaining All-Stars in their respective conference, which will be announced Thursday, Feb. 9, on TNT.
We know of one All-Star already. Detroit’s Flip Saunders and his coaching staff earned the honor of coaching the Eastern Conference All-Stars as the Pistons have clinched the best possible winning percentage in the Eastern Conference through games of Feb. 5. The Houston Rockets’ Tracy McGrady leads all Western Conference forwards with 1,571,867 votes, followed by the San Antonio Spurs’ Tim Duncan (1,269,683). Bryant and the Phoenix Suns’ Steve Nash (1,515,474), the 2004-05 NBA Most Valuable Player, lead all Western Conference guards.
O’Neal leads all Eastern Conference players with 1,840,207 votes, followed by James (1,827,008). The Indiana Pacers’ Jermaine O’Neal (1,067,619) is second to James among Eastern Conference forwards. The MVP of the 2005 NBA All-Star Game, Allen Iverson of the Philadelphia 76ers, leads Eastern Conference guards (1,743,700), followed by the Heat’s Dwyane Wade (1,256,071).
Pour le banc il faudra attendre le 9 février, voilà mes favoris:
-K Garnett, Nowtzki, Marion, Camby, C Anthony, R Allen et TP
-V Carter, B Wallace, J Kidd, Billups, Arenas, P Pierce et M Redd