NBA ALL STAR VOTING RESULTS 2006 – HOUSTON Vince Carter was selected as a starter because Jermaine O’Neal 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 Kobe Bryant LAL S 2,271,631 Steve Nash PHO S 1,818,230 Manu Ginobili SA 900,935 Ray Allen SEA R 693,892 Tony Parker SA R 646,739 Baron Davis GS 416,811 Jason Richardson GS 303,362 David Wesley HOU 280,296 Mike Bibby SAC 266,378 Sam Cassell LAC 242,456 FORWARDS TM VOTES Tracy McGrady HOU S 1,818,932 Tim Duncan SA S 1,518,796 Kevin Garnett MIN R 1,479,386 Pau Gasol MEM R 662,916 Dirk Nowitzki DAL R 626,083 Ron Artest SAC 502,886 Carmelo Anthony DEN 45,841 Elton Brand LAC R 442,056 Shawn Marion PHO R 285,505 Amare Stoudemire PHO 270,109 CENTERS TM VOTES Yao Ming HOU R 2,342,738 Marcus Camby DEN 859,086 Mehmet Okur UTA 494,261 Chris Mihm LAL 276,556 Brad Miller SAC 222,383 Erick Dampier DAL 211,342 Chris Kaman LAC 182,017 Kurt Thomas PHO 116,529 Lorenzen Wright MEM 110,446 Joel Przybilla POR 62,581 EAST GUARDS TM VOTES Allen Iverson PHI S 2,062,206 Dwyane Wade MIA S 1,499,664 Vince Carter NJ S 1,294,373 Chauncey Billups DET R 717,006 Jason Kidd NJ 594,352 Richard Hamilton DET R 474,895 Gilbert Arenas WAS R 453,971 Steve Francis ORL 438,892 TJ Ford MIL 210,570 Gary Payton MIA 194,424 FORWARDS TM VOTES Lebron James CLE S 2,207,697 Jermaine O’Neal IND 1,291,836 Rasheed Wallace DET R 866,932 Chris Webber PHI 584,579 Grant Hill ( ORL 482,336 Tayshaun Prince DET 481,652 Paul Pierce BOS R 441,218 Chris Bosh TOR R 352,033 Richard Jefferson NJ 307,771 Dwight Howard ORL 299,876 CENTERS TM VOTES Shaquille O’Neal MIA S 2,192,542 Ben Wallace DET R 1,234,687 Zydrunas Ilgauskas CLE 244,322 Andrew Bogut MIL 209,705 Michael Olowakandi BOS 147,110 Nenad Krstic NJ 144,871 Jeff Foster IND 143,911 Samuel Dalembert PHI 115,793 Jamaal Magloire MIL 112,597 Eddy Curry NY 105,974 Raef LaFrentz BOS 88,065