Are you an All-Star?

Well it is six games into the NBA season and it is tough to tell the difference between the haves and the have nots. There have already been some injuries (and a retirement) that will affect teams for extended periods of the season, and some weird results from the hometown Toronto Raptors - beating the Cavs but getting blown out by the Grizzlies.

None of these factors though apparently matter to the NBA who released the nominees for the All-Star game that is taking place in Dallas in February 14. You can now go vote on nba.com for your favs, because it obviously at this point in time you aren't voting for someone based on production.

For Raptor Truthers you can go vote for Jose Calderon, Hedo Turkoglu, Chris Bosh and Andrea Bargnani.

The other thing that stands out by looking at the list of East and West nominees is that the centre position which was once dominated by teams in the Western conference is now owned by the East. Going to be tough for the coach to choose guys from a list that will include Shaq, Dwight Howard, Al Horford, Tyson Chandler, Andrew Bogut and up and coming star Brook Lopez. Compared to the West where the leading candidates include Andrew Bynum or Marcus Camby.

Here are my early predictions on the starting 5;
EAST
G-Derrick Rose
G-Dwayne Wade
F-LeBron James
F-Kevin Garnett
C-Dwight Howard

WEST
G-Chris Paul
G-Kobe Bryant
F-Carmelo Anthony
F-Kevin Durant
C-Amare Stoudamire

Here is a list of the rest of the nominees;
http://www.nba.com/raptors/news/raptors_allstar_release_111009.html