News from January 19. The All-Star Starters were announced. In a change from the past the starters were determined by a combination of fan, player and media votes. The players were ranked for each voting list and then the formula of ((fan rank x 2) + player rank + media rank) / 4 was applied with the top 3 forwards and top 2 guards in each conferences getting the start position. The Western Conference starters are: Kevin Durant (GS), Kawhi Leonard (SA), Anthony Davis), Stephen Curry, and James Harden (Hou). The Eastern Conference starters are: LeBron James (Cle), Giannis Antetokounmpo (Mil), Jimmy Butler (Chi), Kyrie Irving (Cle), and DeMar DeRozan (Tor). Curry, Harden, and Russell Westbrook (OKC) and DeRozan and Isaiah Thomas (Bos) had the same weighted score, but the tie-breaker went to the players with the higher fan vote. The All-Star game will take place February 19 in New Orleans. [Top 15 Front court and 10 Guards voting results listed at the end.] The players and owners signed the new Collective Bargaining Agreement. The new CBA starts July 1 and runs through the 23-24 season with the players and owners both having the right to opt-out for the final season. Jodie Meeks (Orl) is expected to be out 4 to 6 weeks with a dislocated thumb. Denver elected not to sign Alonzo Gee to a 2nd 10-day contract after he finished his 1st 10-day contract. Denver activated Gary Harris and placed Wilson Chandler (personal reasons) on IL. Miami placed Justise Winslow (right shoulder surgery) on IL. San Antonio activated Dejounte Murray and placed Bryn Forbes on IL. Mia 99, Dal 95 at Mia Goran Dragic (Mia) had 32 points on 11-15 FG, 4-4 3-pointers, and 6-10 FT and 6 rebounds. Hassan Whiteside (Mia) had 13 points and 8 rebounds. Tyler Johnson (Mia) had 23 points. Wesley Matthews (Dal) had 18 points including 4-9 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 19 points. Mia shot 20-29 FT and Dal shot 7-11 FT. Josh Richardson (Mia, sprained left foot) did not play. Cle 118, Pho 103 at Cle LeBron James (Cle) had 21 points, 9 rebounds, and 15 assists. Kyrie Irving (Cle) had 26 points. Channing Frye (Cle) had 18 points including 4-8 3-pointers and 10 rebounds. Tyson Chandler (Pho) had 22 points including 9-14 FG and 16 rebounds including 8 offensive. Eric Bledsoe (Pho) had 21 points on 4-12 FG and 13-14 FT, 7 rebounds, and 8 assists. Kevin Love (Cle, sore lower back) did not play. Was 113, NY 110 at NY Otto Porter (Was) had 23 points including 6-10 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. John Wall (Was) had 29 points, 5 rebounds, 13 assists, and 3 steals. Marcin Gortat (Was) had 12 points and 12 rebounds including 5 offensive. Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 34 points and 10 rebounds. Derrick Rose (NY) had 20 points and 5 rebounds. SA 118, Den 104 at SA Kawhi Leonard (SA) had 34 points including 12-22 FG and 5 rebounds. Dejounte Murray (SA) had 24 points including 7-11 FG. David Lee (SA) had 10 points on 5-7 FG and 16 rebounds including 5 offensive. Nikola Jokic (Den) had 35 points including 14-22 FG and 12 rebounds. Will Barton (Den) had 18 points and 7 assists. SA shot 51.2% (44-86) FG and Den shot 40.7% (37-91) FG. Tony Parker (SA, foot pain), Pau Gasol (SA, broken left hand), and Danilo Gallinari (Den, sore left ankle) did not play. Min 104, LAC 101 at LAC Andrew Wiggins (Min) had 27 points including 8-10 FT. Gorgui Dieng (Min) had 13 points and 7 rebounds. Karl-Anthony Towns (Min) had 37 points including 17-24 FG, 12 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 5 assists. Austin Rivers (LAC) had 20 points. DeAndre Jordan (LAC) had 29 points on 12-15 FG and 5-12 FT and 16 rebounds including 6 offensive. Chris Paul (LAC, left thumb surgery) did not play. All-Star voting (top 15 and 10) Western Conference Forwards and Centers Score Fan Player Media Kevin Durant (GS) 1.0 1 1 1 Kawhi Leonard (SA 2.5 3 2 2 Anthony Davis (NO) 3.5 4 3 3 DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) 5.0 6 4 4 Draymond Green (GS) 6.25 5 9 6 Zaza Pachulia (GS) 6.5 2 12 10 Marc Gasol (Mem) 7.5 10 5 5 Karl-Anthony Towns (Min) 7.75 7 10 7 LaMarcus Aldridge (SA) 8.0 8 6 10 DeAndre Jordan (LAC) 9.25 11 7 8 Fan | Players | Media Kevin Durant (OKC) 1,768,185 | Kevin Durant (GS) 170 | K. Durant (GS 94 Zaza Pachulia (GS) 1,528,941 | Kawhi Leonard (SA) 119 | K. Leonard (SA) 91 Kawhi Leonard (SA) 1,058,399 | Anthony Davis (NO) 105 | A. Davis (NO) 78 Anthony Davis (NO) 974,802 | D. Cousins (Sac) 100 | D Cousins (Sac) 11 Draymond Green (GS) 914,973 | Marc Gaso (Mem) 59 | M. Gasol (Mem) 5 DeMarcus Cousins(Sac) 654,274 | L. Aldridge (SA) 36 | D. Green (GS) 4 Karl-A. Towns (Min) 367,199 | DeAndre Jordan (LAC) 31 | K. Towns (Min) 3 LaMarcus Aldridge (SA) 323,814 | Gordon Hayward (Uta) 29 | R. Gobert (Uta) 1 Blake Griffin (LAC) 295,161 | Draymond Green (GS) 21 | D. Jordan (LAC) 1 Marc Gasol (Mem) 273,705 | Steven Adams (OKC) 20 | DeAndre Jordan (LAC) 237,708 | Karl-A. Towns (Min) 20 | JaVale McGee (GS) 229,738 | Zaza Pachulia (GS) 19 | Trevor Ariza (Hou) 221,369 | Nikola Jokic (Den) 17 | Pau Gasol (SA) 214,387 | Rudy Gobert (Uta) 15 | Ryan Anderson (Hou) 207,227 | W. Chandler (Den) 14 | Guards Score Fan Player Media Stephen Curry (GS) 2.0 1 3 3 James Harden (Ho) 2.0 2 2 2 Russell Westbrook (OKC) 2.0 3 1 1 Klay Thompson (GS) 5.0 4 8 4 Chris Paul (LAC) 5.0 5 6 4 Damian Lillard (Por) 6.5 8 4 6 Eric Gordon (Hou) 8.75 7 15 6 CJ McCollum (Por) 10.75 16 5 6 Andre Iguodala (GS) 11.5 9 22 6 Manu Ginobili (SA) 11.5 10 20 6 Fan | Players | Media Stephen Curry (GS) 1,848,121 | R. Westbrook (OKC) 167 | R.Westbrook 93 James Harden (Hou) 1,771,375 | James Harden (Hou) 149 | J. Harden (Hou) 91 R. Westbrook (OKC) 1,575,865 | Stephen Curry (GS) 63 | S. Curry (GS) 6 Klay Thompson (GS) 1,054,304 | Damian Lillard (Por) 33 | C. Paul (LAC) 1 Chris Paul (LAC) 735,460 | C.J. McCollum (Por) 23 | K.Thompson (GS) 1 Jordan Clarkson (LAL) 460,979 | Chris Paul (LAC) 22 | Eric Gordon (Hou) 450,891 | Mike Conley (Mem) 17 | Damian Lillard (Por) 340,593 | Klay Thompson (GS) 14 | Andre Iguodala (GS) 290,271 | E. Mudiay (Den) 11 | Manu Ginobili (SA) 214,670 | Devin Booker (Pho) 10 | | Gary Harris (Den) 10 | | Rodney Hood (Uta) 10 | Eastern Conference Forwards and Centers Score Fan Player Media LeBron James (Cle) 1.0 1 1 1 Giannis Antetokounmpo (Mil) 2.0 2 2 2 Jimmy Butler (Chi) 4.0 5 3 3 Joel Embiid (Phi) 4.75 3 8 5 Kevin Love (Cle) 4.75 4 7 4 Kristaps Porzingis (NY) 6.25 7 5 6 Paul George (Ind) 7.0 8 4 8 Carmelo Anthony (NY) 7.5 6 6 12 Jabari Parker (Mil) 10.5 10 10 12 Hassan Whiteside (Mia) 11.0 11 14 8 Fan | Players | Media LeBron James (Cle) 1,893,751 | LeBron James (Cle) 198 | L. James (Cle 96 Antetokounmpo (Mil) 1,604,463 | G. Antetokounmpo 162 | Antetokounmpo 93 Joel Embiid (Phi) 922,174 | Jimmy Butler (Chi) 68 | J. Butler (Chi) 70 Kevin Love (Cle) 909,488 | Paul George (Ind) 64 | K. Love (Cle) 15 Jimmy Butler (Chi) 691,072 | K. Porzingis (NY) 51 | J. Embiid (Phi) 6 Carmelo Anthony (NY) 544,133 | Carmelo Anthony (NY 50 | A. Horford (Bos) 6 K. Porzingis (NY) 486,527 | Kevin Love (Cle) 47 | K.Porzingis (NY) 2 Paul George (Ind) 426,325 | Joel Embiid (Phi) 43 | A.Drummond (Det) 1 Tristan Thompson (Cle) 245,822 | Andre Drummond (Det) 30 | P.George (Ind) 1 Jabari Parker (Mil) 198,574 | Jabari Parker (Mil) 22 | P.Millsap (Atl) 1 Hassan Whiteside (Mia) 169,746 | Myles Turner (Ind) 14 | Whiteside (Mia) 1 Ersan Ilyasova (Phi) 162,185 | Brook Lopez (Bro) 13 | Dwight Howard (Atl) 151,155 | Paul Millsap (Atl) 13 | Al Horford (Bos) 122,190 | H. Whiteside (Mia) 11 | Andre Drummond (Det) 100,797 | T. Thompson (Cle) 9 | Guards Score Fan Player Media Kyrie Irving (Cle) 1.5 1 1 3 DeMar DeRozan (To) 2.75 3 3 2 Isaiah Thomas (Bos) 2.75 4 2 1 Dwyane Wade (Ch) 4.0 2 6 6 Kyle Lowry (Tor) 4.75 5 5 4 John Wall (Was) 5.75 7 4 5 Derrick Rose ( Y) 7.25 6 9 8 Kemba Walker (Cha) 7.75 9 7 6 Avery Bradley (Bos) 10.0 10 12 8 Bradley Beal (Was) 11.0 14 8 8 Fan | Players | Media Kyrie Irving (Cle) 1,696,769 | Kyrie Irving (Cle) 130 | I.Thomas (Bos) 61 Dwyane Wade (Chi) 979,566 | Isaiah Thomas (Bos) 92 | D.DeRozan (Tor) 55 DeMar DeRozan (Tor) 796,112 | DeMar DeRozan (Tor) 91 | K.Irving (Cle) 32 Isaiah Thomas (Bos) 755,102 | John Wall (Was) 49 | K.Lowry (Tor) 27 Kyle Lowry (Tor) 471,697 | Kyle Lowry (Tor) 40 | J. Wall (Was) 15 Derrick Rose (NY) 337,706 | Dwyane Wade (Chi) 33 | D. Wade (Chi) 1 John Wall (Was) 301,437 | Kemba Walker (Cha) 31 | K.Walker (Cha) 1 Jeremy Lin (Bro) 202,502 | Bradley Beal (Was) 16 | Kemba Walker (Cha) 170,299 | Derrick Rose (NY) 14 | Avery Bradley (Bos) 97,441 | Jeff Teague (Ind) 14 | Schedule for Friday, January 20 (All times Central) Portland @ Philadelphia 6:00 pm Toronto @ Charlotte 6:00 pm Milwaukee @ Orlando 6:00 pm Sacramento @ Memphis 7:00 pm Brooklyn @ New Orleans 7:00 pm Golden State @ Houston 7:00 pm ESPN Chicago @ Atlanta 7:00 pm Utah @ Dallas 7:30 pm Indiana @ LA Lakers 9:30 pm ESPN Schedule for Saturday, January 21 (All times Central) Portland @ Boston 4:00 pm Washington @ Detroit 5:00 pm Brooklyn @ Charlotte 6:00 pm Philadelphia @ Atlanta 6:00 pm Phoenix @ New York 6:30 pm Milwaukee @ Miami 6:30 pm Houston @ Memphis 7:00 pm San Antonio @ Cleveland 7:30 pm ABC LA Clippers @ Denver 8:00 pm Indiana @ Utah 8:00 pm Sacramento @ Chicago 8:00 pm ---- Patricia Bender pbender@eskimo.com For Trianglons puzzles: http://www.trianglons.com For NBA stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/index.html For Mavs stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/mavs.html