Jordan Rules With 2 Million Votes
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Michael Jordan, the leading vote-getter in the history of the NBA All-Star game, on Sunday became the first player to receive more than 2 million votes in one season.
In final fan voting for the Feb. 9 game at Cleveland, the Chicago Bull guard led all players in votes for a record eighth time with 2,451,136.
Joining Jordan in the Eastern Conference starting lineup will be forwards Grant Hill of Detroit (1,868,020 votes) and Scottie Pippen of Chicago (1,683,956), center Patrick Ewing of New York (1,395,759) and guard Penny Hardaway of Orlando (1,132,024).
For the Western Conference, the starters will be forwards Charles Barkley of Houston (1,877,232) and Shawn Kemp of Seattle (1,713,049), center Hakeem Olajuwon of Houston (1,487,310) and guards Gary Payton of Seattle (1,206,539) and John Stockton of Utah (1,127,250).
The rest of the 12-man teams will be selected by all the coaches in the respective conferences and announced this week.
Houston’s Rudy Tomjanovich will coach the West and Doug Collins of Detroit will coach the East.
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