Pierce should have been All-NBA

["David J. Boutte" <dajubo@earthlink.net>]

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Here are the results of the All-NBA voting: 

First Team                       Total 
Pos  Player                    Points (1st  team votes) 
F   Tim Duncan (SA) .......... 608   (115) 
F   Chris Webber (Sac) ....... 596   (109) 
C   Shaquille O'Neal (LAL) ... 581   (115) 
G   Allen Iverson (Phi) ...... 612   (120) 
G   Jason Kidd (Pho) ......... 423   (54) 



Second Team                      Total 
Pos Player                     Points (1st  team votes) 
F   Kevin Garnett (Min) ...... 424   (25) 
F   Vince Carter (Tor) ....... 287   (11) 
C   Dikembe Mutombo (Phi) .... 238 
G   Kobe Bryant (LAL) ........ 411   (36) 
G   Tracy McGrady (Orl) ...... 318   (21) 



Third Team                       Total 
Pos Player                     Points (1st  team votes) 
F   Karl Malone (Uta) ........ 197 
F   Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) ......  56 
C   David Robinson (SA) ...... 165 
G   Gary Payton (Sea) ........ 117   (1) 
G   Ray Allen (Mil) .......... 105   (3) 



Others receiving votes           Total 
Pos Player                     Points (1st  team votes) 
F  Jerry Stackhouse (Det) ....  54   (3) 
F  Rasheed Wallace (Por) .....  51 
G  Michael Finley (Dal) ......  44 
G  Paul Pierce (Bos) .........  38 
G  Stephon Marbury (NJ) ......  38 
F  Antonio McDyess (Den) .....  34 
G  John Stockton (Uta) .......  32   (1) 
G  Steve Francis (Hou) .......  29   (1) 
F  Glenn Robinson (Mil) ......  20 
F  Antonio Davis (Tor) .......  17 
C  Vlade Divac (Sac) .........  17 
C  Marcus Camby (NY) .........  11 
F  Anthony Mason (Mia) .......   6 
F  Theo Ratliff (Atl) ........   5 
F  Shawn Marion (Pho) ........   4 
G  Jalen Rose (Ind) ..........   4 
G  Latrell Sprewell (NY) .....   4 
F  Shareef Abdur-Rahim (Van) .   3 
F  Brian Grant (Mia) .........   3 
G  Allan Houston (NY) ........   3 
G  Terrell Brandon (Min) .....   2 
G  Sam Cassell (Mil) .........   2 
C  Jermaine O'Neal (Ind) .....   2 
C  Elden Campbell (Cha) ......   1 
F  Antawn Jamison (GS) .......   1 
F  Rashard Lewis (Sea) .......   1 
G  Predrag Stojakovic (Sac) ..   1 
F  Antoine Walker (Bos) ......   1 

If the teams were picked by the position that  the  players ACTUALLY play, these would be the  true All-NBA teams: 

Power Forward-Tim Duncan 
Small Forward-Dirk Nowitzki 
Center-Shaquille O'Neal 
Shooting Guard-Allen Iverson 
Point Guard-Jason Kidd 

2nd Team 
Power Forward-Chris Webber 
Small Forward-Paul Pierce 
Center-Dikembe Mutombo 
Shooting Guard-Kobe Bryant 
Point Guard-Gary Payton 

How did Pierce, in my estimation, leapfrog up to  2nd  team? 
-Kevin Garnett primarily plays PF (Wally  Szczerbiak is the T-Wolves SF) 
-Vince Carter primarily plays SG (Morris  Peterson is the Raptors SF) 

Therefore, Pierce received the 2nd most votes  among players who primarily play the small  forward position.

-David