No matter what the league, All-Star games are boring jokes anyway. The NBA's is a no-defense, no-passing joke. The NHL's is a no-defense shootout. Most of the NFL's Pro Bowl players beg out. Baseball's was so unimportant it ended in a tie last year when one team ran out of pitchers. The only reason most players want to get chosen is so they can collect their incentive bonuses and then come up with some phantom injury so the alternates can collect theirs. Voting procedures favor big markets and washed-up "stars" over the players playing the best. Young players tend to be "disrespected" and miss out. I just cannot fathom why anyone cares about the NBA, or any other, All-Star game. -- Jim McMaster mailto:mcmasjc@tatanka.stortek.com Go Celtics!