SEASON 37 ALL STAR GAME SELECTIONS

ALL STAR GAME NOTES

-- The West is way younger than the East...with the exception of third-year player Naceg Gecan, every other member of the West All Star team has been named to the team for the first time. Eleven players, more than half the players named to the two teams, are experiencing their first All Star game.
-- Three rookies, all in the West, made the All Star game.
-- Every team is represented by at least one player.
-- Only 5 of the 20 players from last season's game returned to the All Star contest this season. Of that number, only T. Kanes Masterson and Naceg Gecan have repeated as starters.
-- Hall of Fame center Max Payne is now just the 15th MBA player to make at least seven All Star Games.
-- Hall of Fame center Max Payne now has 13 awards on his card, tying him for 16th place all time. In gaining this All Star Game award, Payne outdistanced fellow Hall of Fame centers Bill Rustler and Rip Slamjam (each had 12 awards) and he is now tied with Tommy Zoop, Guru Gannon and Raisin Sport with 13 awards. Only two centers, Diamond Dallas Paige and Jonny Cockaroo (both with 16) are ahead of him on the all-time Hall of Fame list.
-- The East has won 23 games and the West 13 in the series. The game will take place in Oklahoma City, whose team, the Lariats, is in first place and has two rookies in the starting lineup for the West.
-- Not making the All Star Game this season are MBA luminaries such as:
* Hall of Famer Hrundi V. Bakshi of Houston, who has made the game 6 times, out for the season due to injury.
* Hall of Famer Ching-Chong Chung of Chicago, who has made the game 8 times.
* Vic Hitler of Houston, last season's regular season MVP (who just missed with a 20.0 GVP)
* Lemon Jell-o of Oklahoma City, who has made the game 5 times (missed despite a 21.8 GVP)
* Funsy Van Slochum of San Jose, who has made the game 4 times and has played at a 21.2 GVP clip in his 14the season.
-- Others with at least a 20 GVP who did not make the team:
* Forward Buck Naked of Charleston, 20.0
* Forward Sven Marquardt of Seattle, 21.0
* Forward Grube Gatchies of San Jose, 20.8
* Center Linwood Boomer of Sacramento, 20.0