Let the ballot stuffing begin

The official 2010 NBA All-Star ballot was unveiled today in Dallas, and there are five Spurs listed. Here are their numbers after six games played:

• Manu Ginobili (17.5 PTS, 2.7 REB, 4.2 AST, 1.0 STL)
  
• Tony Parker (14.8 PTS, 4.0 AST)
  
• Tim Duncan (14.6 PTS, 11.8 REB, 1.6 BLK)
  
• Richard Jefferson (15.3 PTS, 4.0 REB, 3.0 AST)
  
• Antonio McDyess (6.2 PTS, 4.6 REB)

Now we all know that All-Star voting is not based on merit, but simply on popularity. You know what to do. Vote early and vote often.

Fans will be able to vote daily for the All-Star Game starters in a variety of ways, including: at each NBA arena; in 20 languages on NBA.com; and through mobile phones by texting the player's last name to 6-9-6-2-2 ("MYNBA"), via Web2Go on T-Mobile phones or wap.nba.com for any wireless carrier. A T-Mobile-branded All-Star Balloting widget will also be available on NBA.com so that fans can "drop" the widget on their blogs or social network pages allowing others to vote directly.

Paper balloting will continue through January 10, while wireless balloting and voting on NBA.com will conclude January 18. Starters will be announced live on TNT on Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010.