The NBA All-Star Balloting Program is Ready for Basketball Fans

The official 2008 NBA All-Star ballot was unveiled last month during a special tip-off event in New Orleans, the Official Host City of NBA All-Star 2008. The NBA All-Star Game will be held at New Orleans Arena on Sunday, February 17, 2008 and you can bet that basketball fans are already getting giddy just thinking about it. Leading up to the NBA All-Star Game is the NBA All-Star Balloting program, which allows basketball fans all over the world to vote daily for their favorite players to be starters for the game. There are 120 players total listed on the ballot – 60 each from the Eastern and Western conferences. The ballot includes 24 guards, 24 forwards and 12 centers from each conference.

So, how exactly does the balloting work? Voters select two guards, two forwards and one center form each conference and votes are tallied to see who the starting players will be in February. The 120 players on the ballot were selected by a panel of media experts who regularly cover the NBA. This year’s panel included Ric Bucher of ESPN the Magazine, Rick Bonnell of the Charlotte Observer, David DuPree of USA Today, Ernie Johnson of TNT, Jack McCallum of Sports Illustrated, Mike Monroe of San Antonio Express News and Sam Smith of the Chicago Tribune. T-Mobile is the presenting partner of the 2008 NBA All-Star Balloting program, and in support of the NBA’s on-going effort to help rebuild New Orleans, the company will donate $1 for every ballot cast in T-Mobile-owned retail locations or on t-zones to the New Orleans Recovery School District. NBA fans can find out more information about how to cast a vote at www.nba.com. Bulls fans will definitely want to take advantage of the opportunity to give their players a shot at starting in the game. This year’s Chicago nominees are Ben Gordon, Kirk Hinrich, Luol Deng, Andres Nocioni and Ben Wallace.

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