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From: jmccollum@latour.DEC
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Subject: NBA All-Star Balloting, Phase I
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Date: Tue, 26-Nov-85 17:23:00 EST
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Posted: Tue Nov 26 17:23:00 1985
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> Nf-From: ada-uts!stuart    Nov  4 12:21:00 1985
>
>
> Is this a joke -- making selections five games into the season.
> Just because the NBA decided to hand out the ballots before
> the season starts doesn't mean that we on the net should make our
> selections now.  Why not wait until January to see which players
> are having good seasons and which players are injured.

As I stated in my original mail, I'll keep totals until the actual starting
teams are announced. If you want to wait until January, go ahead.  I  would
agree with your implication that injured  players / holdouts should not  be
considered. But if people want to vote for Bernard King, who hasn't  played
a minute this season  (and may not  play a minute  the whole season),  then
I'll count it up.

	There are  close  races  for  the second  forward  spot  from  both
conferences and the  second guard in  the west. I  am listing players  here
along with the number  of votes they have  received. Note that some  people
have not seen fit to vote for a whole team so the total number of votes  at
each position  may differ.   For people  still voting,  please be  sure  to
include the team a player is on. Once in a while I get a vote for a  player
I'm not familiar with. Can anyone identify John Paxson for me?

	Here's the result  from the  first round of  balloting.  My  USENET
distributor was down  for about a  week and  half.  If you  feel your  vote
didn't get counted, let  me know.  For those  who didn't vote yet,  there's
plenty of time.

		EAST				WEST
		====				====
		
			Votes					Votes

			     Center:
			     -------
Moses Malone		12		Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	11
 Philadelphia 76ers			 L.A. Lakers
Pat Ewing		1		Sam Bowie		1
 N.Y. Knicks				 Portland Trail-Blazers

Forwards:				Forwards:
---------				---------
Larry Bird		13		Ralph Samson		7
 Boston Celtics				 Houston Rockets
Terry Cummings		4		James Worthy		4
 Milwaukee Bucs				 L.A. Lakers
Dominique Wilkins	3		Adrian Dantley		3
 Atlanta Hawks				 Utah Jazz
Bernard King		3		Mark Aguirre		2
 N.Y. Knicks				 Dallas Mavericks
Buck Williams		1		Alex English		2
 N.J. Nets				 Denver Nuggets
Julius Erving		1		Calvin Natt		2
 Philadelphia 76ers			 Denver Nuggets
Kevin McHale		1		Marques Johnson		1
Boston Celtics				 L.A. Clippers
					A.C. Green		1
					 L.A. Lakers

Guards:					Guards:
-------					-------
Michael Jordan		8		Magic Johnson		10
 Chicago Bulls				 L.A. Lakers
Isiah Thomas		7		Rolando Blackman	3
 Detroit Pistions			 Dallas Mavericks
Michael Ray Richardson	4		Byron Scott		3
 N.J. Nets				 L.A. Lakers
Sidney Moncrief		4		Walter Davis		2
 Milwaukee Bucs				 Pheonix
Maurice Cheeks		2		Lester Connor		1
 Philadelphia 76ers			 Golden State Warriors
Dennis Johnson		1		Clyde Drexler		1
 Boston Celtics				 Portland Trail-Blazers
					Norm Nixon		1
					 L.A. Clippers
					John Paxson		1
					 ???

		Jim McCollum
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