NBA ALL STAR VOTING FINAL RESULTS 1997 – CLEVELAND Terrell Brandon Chris Gatling Latrell Sprewell Dikembe Mutombo Patrick Ewing was injured .Since 1975, the NBA All-Star selections have been left to the fans who vote to determine the starting five for each team. NBA coaches complete the rosters. Until 1974, the starters per team and three bench players were chosen by sport writers and sport casters. Until 1973, each NBA team had to be represented with at least 1 player and a maximum of 3 players.
S=Starter R=Reserve WEST GUARDS TM VOTES Gary Payton SEA S 1,206,539 John Stockton UTA S 1,127,250 Clyde Drexler HOU 926,432 Jason Kidd PHO 911,858 Nick Van Exel LAL 447,347 Eddie Jones LAL R 372,196 Mitch Richmond SAC R 347,195 Avery Johnson SA 313,349 Jeff Hornacek UTA 300,324 Stephon Marbury MIN 298,706 FORWARDS TM VOTES Cedric Ceballos PHO 1,877,232 Shawn Kemp SEA S 1,713,049 Karl Malone UTA S 1,337,319 Kevin Garnett MIN R 481,911 Tom Gugliotta MIN R 280,504 Sean Elliott SA 274,016 Detlef Schrempf POR R 259,839 Cedric Ceballos PHO 229,787 Michael Finley DAL 209,611 Brian Grant SAC 171,169 CENTERS TM VOTES Hakeem Olajuwon HOU S 1,487,310 Shaquille O’Neal LAL 1,305,941 David Robinson SA 753,247 Sam Perkins SEA 187,698 Olden Polynice SAC 172,143 Felton Spencer GS 162,752 Arvydas Sabonis POR 151,775 Bryant Reeves VAN 121,523 John Williams PHO 115,372 Brian Williams LAC/CHI 52,325 EAST GUARDS TM VOTES Michael Jordan CHI S 2,451,136 Anfernee Hardaway ORL S 1,132,024 Allen Iverson PHI 567,641 Reggie Miller IND 506,553 Joe Dumars DET R 428,535 Damon Stoudamire TOR 396,863 Tim Hardaway MIA R 309,220 Jerry Stackhouse PHI 292,669 Glen Rice CHA R 199,216 Mookie Blaylock ATL 190,348 FORWARDS TM VOTES Grant Hill DET S 1,868,020 Scottie Pippen CHI S 1,683,956 Dennis Rodman CHI 887,483 Chris Webber WAS R 396,365 Juwan Howard WAS 283,512 Toni Kukoc CHI 273,429 Vin Baker MIL R 269,994 Otis Thorpe DET 268,793 Christian Laettner ATL R 225,893 Larry Johnson NY 220,886 CENTERS TM VOTES Patrick Ewing NY 1,395,759 Alonzo Mourning MIA 1,041,570 Dikembe Mutombo ATL S 541,528 Marcus Camby TOR 329,522 Luc Longley CHI 301,838 Gheorghe Muresan WAS 235,156 Shawn Bradley NJ 174,123 Rik Smits IND 169,063 Vlade Divac CHA 119,671 Rony Seikaly ORL 83,241
