jmccollum@latour.DEC (11/27/85)
> 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 decvax!decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-latour!jmccollum E-Net: latour::jmccollum Internet: mccollum at TOPS20.DEC.COM
wbpesch@ihuxp.UUCP (Gregory A. Green) (12/02/85)
> > 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. > > Jim McCollum > decvax!decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-latour!jmccollum Jim - Wouldn't it be redundant to mention that if Dr. J or Larry Byrd where hurt they would still get the votes to be on the All-Star team. There are certain players in the NBA that no matter if they are injured or just playing (plain) bad will be elected starters in the NBA All-Star game. While other players, such as Orlando Woolridge, can have exceptional seasons and yet still be overlooked. And people thought that winning an Oscar was tough. BTW, John Paxson plays for the Chicago Bulls, his brother Jim plays for the Portland Trailblazers. -- Gregory A. Green ihnp4!ihuxp!wbpesch