NBA ALL STAR VOTING RESULTS 1998 – NEW YORK CITY Jayson Williams 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 555,715 Kobe Bryant LAL S 395,686 John Stockton UTA 344,259 Stephon Marbury MIN 331,749 Jason Kidd PHO R 305,834 Eddie Jones LAL R 300,658 Clyde Drexler HOU 238,150 Nick Van Exel LAL R 232,274 Mitch Richmond SAC R 197,695 Avery Johnson SA 147,485 FORWARDS TM VOTES Karl Malone UTA S 616,251 Kevin Garnett MIN S 513,325 Charles Barkley HOU 479,005 Tim Duncan SA R 423,970 Vin Baker SEA R 360,079 Tom Gugliotta MIN 211,402 Detlef Schrempf SEA 191,963 Shareef Abdur-Rahim VAN 159,069 Sean Elliott SA 136,943 Rasheed Wallace POR 116,865 CENTERS TM VOTES Shaquille O’Neal LAL S 565,184 David Robinson SA R 548,633 Hakeem Olajuwon HOU 325,072 Sam Perkins SEA 117,958 Arvydas Sabonis POR 107,445 Greg Ostertag UTA 68,372 Bryant Reeves VAN 56,633 Lorenzen Wright LAC 54,637 Shawn Bradley DAL 41,735 Erick Dampier GS 20,631 EAST GUARDS TM VOTES Michael Jordan CHI S 1,028,235 Anfernee Hardaway ORL S 509,626 Tim Hardaway MIA R 349,621 Allen Iverson PHI 338,413 Reggie Miller IND R 221,814 Mookie Blaylock ATL 130,202 Bob Sura CLE 130,198 Damon Stoudamire TOR 129,223 Joe Dumars DET 127,929 Steve Smith ATL R 114,982 FORWARDS TM VOTES Grant Hill DET S 838,692 Shawn Kemp CLE S 518,361 Scottie Pippen CHI 475,894 Dennis Rodman CHI 333,865 Glen Rice CHA R 270,277 Chris Webber WAS 190,360 Antoine Walker BOS R 137,994 Christian Laettner ATL 133,293 Keith Van Horn NJ 128,873 Toni Kukoc CHI 120,894 CENTERS TM VOTES Dikembe Mutombo ATL S 476,432 Patrick Ewing NY 441,347 Alonzo Mourning MIA 363,765 Luc Longley CHI 166,984 Rik Smits IND R 117,744 Vlade Divac CHA 112,016 Brian Williams DET 110,083 Travis Knight BOS 70,856 Rony Seikaly ORL 70,747 Gheorghe Muresan WAS 52,183
