Jan 02 2009
Dwight Howard leads NBA East in All-Star voting
NEW YORK - With the third calculations in for the NBA All-Star vote, dunk champion Dwight Howard is leaving everyone in his dust, running away with the lead with 1,709,088 votes. His closest opponent is last year’s All-Star MVP LeBron James who has 1,521,272.
Although the final tally is not yet in, the league should put Howard’s name on a jersey and pen him in as the Eastern Conference starter. The closest center on the ballot is Philadelphia’s Samuel Dalembert with only 239,089 votes.
The other Eastern Conference leading vote-getters are Boston Celtic forward Kevin Garnett and guards Dwayne Wade (Miami Heat) and Allen Iverson (Detroit Piston).
Looking like the forgotten man in the East, two-time All-Star Joe Johnson (23.4 PPG) of the Atlanta Hawks (21-10–4th seed) has received a mere 189,343 votes and sits in 11th place.
Interested fans can go to NBA.com to vote.
The game will be played on Sunday February 15, 2009 in Phoenix.
