Your NBA All-Stars

This just in, putting 'em up for general discussion:

2005-06 ALL-NBA FIRST TEAM

      Position             Player, Team (1st Team Votes)          Points
      Forward              LeBron James, Cleveland (116)          610
      Forward              Dirk Nowitzki, Dallas (105)            584
      Center               Shaquille O’Neal, Miami (45)           402
      Guard                Kobe Bryant, L.A. Lakers (110)         597
      Guard                Steve Nash, Phoenix (106)              583

                        2005-06 ALL-NBA SECOND TEAM

      Forward              Elton Brand, L.A. Clippers (15)        309
      Forward              Tim Duncan, San Antonio (17)           277
      Center               Ben Wallace, Detroit (44)              363
      Guard                Chauncey Billups, Detroit (21)         378
      Guard                Dwyane Wade, Miami (13)                373

                        2005-06 ALL-NBA THIRD TEAM

      Forward              Shawn Marion, Phoenix (4)              270
      Forward              Carmelo Anthony, Denver                97
      Center               Yao Ming, Houston (30)                 261
      Guard                Allen Iverson, Philadelphia (1)        104
      Guard                Gilbert Arenas, Washington             79

Other  players  receiving  votes,  with  point  totals (first team votes in parentheses):  Kevin  Garnett, Minnesota, 94; Tony Parker, San Antonio, 66; Pau  Gasol, Memphis, 49; Vince Carter, New Jersey, 47; Paul Pierce, Boston, 29;  Jason  Kidd, New Jersey, 20; Dwight Howard, Orlando, 11; Marcus Camby, Denver,  9;  Richard Hamilton, Detroit, 9; Rasheed Wallace (1), Detroit, 8; Zydrunas  Ilgauskas,  Cleveland, 5; Nenad Krstic, New Jersey, 5; Ray Allen, Seattle,  4; Mehmet Okur, Utah, 4; Michael Redd, Milwaukee, 4; Brad Miller, Sacramento, 3; Joe Johnson, Atlanta, 2; Sam Cassell, L.A. Clippers, 2; Mike Bibby,  Sacramento,  1;  Chris  Bosh,  Toronto,  1; Boris Diaw, Phoenix, 1; Antawn Jamison, Washington, 1; Andrei Kirilenko, Utah, 1; Chris Kaman; L.A. Clippers, 1; Chris Paul, New Orleans/Oklahoma City, 1.

 

Comments

[Jeff - HoopsAddict]

I wondered where/if Chris Bosh would place. Thanks for posting this info, CY.

Surprising, though, that he had such a good season and ranked behind big men with arguably weaker seasons like Brad Miller, Mehmet Okur and Nenad Krstic. I guess the difference is CB4 led a bottom-five team.

[cy]

Interesting that LeBron, Kobe and Dirk led Nash in the voting totals -- and LeBron and Kobe had more first-place votes, although all the numbers were close. Yet Nash got the MVP, from the same group of voters.

So far the eyeball evidence these playoffs confirm my original leaning stated earlier: LeBron's the MVP. He's lifted his team the farthest. The nearest competition, IMO, is Nowitzki, whose game is so multiskilled now that, along with that 7-foot frame, he's virtually unguardable (excepting the extremely annoying Bruce Bowen).