Six first-timers among NBA All-Star reserves
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San Antonio's Manu Ginobili and Washington's Gilbert Arenas and Antawn Jamison were among six first-time selections when reserves for the National Basketball Association All-Star Game were named.
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The NBA All-Star weekend has taken on  the look of a class reunion in recent years with the top picks  of the 2003 draft hogging centre stage.
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By Tony Dejak, AP. All-Stars Baron Davis of New Orleans, Vince Carter of Toronto and Peja Stojakovic of Sacramento made trade demands that were not met.
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The NBA announces Tuesday that Gilbert Arenas and Antawn Jamison have been named to the Eastern Conference All-Star squad.
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By Krista Jahnke, Detroit Free Press  Feb. 17--LAS VEGAS -- Chauncey Billups and Richard Hamilton had an ideal situation at Friday's NBA All-Star media day.   They were there. They're certainly All-Stars.
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The Trail Blazers have a 25 percent chance of taking the first pick in the June 28 allocation selections of new talent by NBA clubs but 13 other clubs that failed to make this year&#039;s playoffs will be hoping to buck the odds.
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Houston Rockets center Yao Ming of China was voted into the National Basketball Association All-Star Game by fans for the sixth straight year in balloting for the starters announced on Thursday.
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Kevin Garnett and LeBron James lead the way among voters for the National Basketball All-Star Game in balloting announced Thursday while Chinese center Yao Ming sets the pace among non-US players.
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Richard Jefferson promises to still be the first one in and the last one out every practice. This from a guy who has played more basketball than any NBA player over
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Boston Celtics star Kevin Garnett and Chinese center Yao Ming remain the top vote-getters overall and among non-US players in National Basketball Association All-Star Game voting totals announced Thursday.
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BURLINGTON, Vt. -- The Celtics rookies quickly learned the importance of early wake-up calls. With ankles taped at the team hotel, Al Jefferson, Delonte West, Tony Allen, and Justin Reed needed to show up well before the veterans or risk being bumped to the back of the line. It could be a long wait for any rookie who overslept. Then ...
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CLEVELAND - When the final votes were tallied in 2007, Ray Allen trailed seven Western Conference guards for a spot on the All-Star team. He then was bypassed by the coaches - perhaps because of Seattle's dismal record - and prepared to spend his first All-Star Weekend in years away from the game.
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SALT LAKE CITY -- Utah forward Carlos Boozer's broken leg is healing, but perhaps not quickly enough for him to play in his first All-Star game, the Jazz said.
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NEW YORK (Sports Network) - Houston Rockets center Yao Ming  led all NBA players in voting and Miami Heat center Shaquille  O'Neal paced the Eastern Conference, as the starters for the  2005 NBA All-Star Game were announced on Thursday.
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NEW YORK (Sports Network) - The NBA has announced 14  reserves for the 2005 All-Star Game to be played on Sunday,  February 20 at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado.
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Many of college basketball's traditional powers feature lineups full of freshman who may have otherwise jumped from high school to the NBA.
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Clyde Drexler, a nine-time National Basketball Association All-Star, and long-time NBA coach Bill Sharman were among six inductees here Friday into the Basketball Hall of Fame.