Go the East All-stars!!!!!!
I have always supported the Eastern Conference in the annual NBA all star competition. A major reason is because Michael Jordan/Scottie Pippen were in the east. Since Jordan retired and the Eastern Conference weakened, I have continued my support for them - they kinda had the underdog status.

Eastern All stars

This year, I think the East have their strongest team for yonks. With Lebron in the side, Vince Carter playing his ass off, Gilbert Arenas winning games for the Wizards, the emergence of Dwayne Wade and the LCL (last center left) Shaq playing the pivot position, the East will be able to match the West even better than b4.

I'm actually quite surprised by the selection of Big Z and the omission of Steve Franchise. The East lineups are as follows:

Gilbert Arenas
Vince Carter
Grant Hill
Zydrunas Ilgauskas
Allen Iverson
LeBron James
Antawn Jamison
Jermaine O’Neal
Shaquille O’Neal
Paul Pierce
Dwyane Wade
Ben Wallace

If i were in charge of the eastern team, i'd use the following starting lineup -

* Center - Shaq in the middle - no brainer.

* forwards - i think you have to go with Jermaine O'Neal to match up with Tim Duncan. It's a lot better than grant hill. Who should be small forward - it's a tough choice cause Vince Carter has been playing so well as of late and so has Lebron. I'd put Lebron here becoz of his all around versatility - he's the best player in the game at the moment

* Guards - Carter and Gilbert Arenas. Both players are scoring like crazy and are the primary reason that their teams are doing so well as of late.

I'd rather use D-wade & Allen Iverson off the bench and bring them in together to change the tempo of the game because of their explosiveness and quickness. i'd be tempted to put Steve Franchise in the team and boot out Big Z too but he sorta covers the same position as the above mentioned two and does similar things. And a extra 7'3 body does help!

Also, having Big Ben on the bench to back up O'Neal is awesome as well as having Antawn Jamison a combo forward who can create headaches for the other team with his inside/outside game.

Starters: Arenas/Carter/Lebron/JO/Shaq
Second Unit: Wade/Iverson/Pierce/Jamison/Wallace
Outer: Franchise/Big Z - omission grant hill


Western All stars

For the western all-stars, their line up is so strong, so formidable. if you glance at the names, its just like some killer lineup with no weaknesses - i look at it, and i'm like woahhhhh. their team lineup is as follows:

Ray Allen
Kobe Bryant
Tim Duncan
Kevin Garnett
Manu Ginobili
Rashard Lewis
Shawn Marion
Tracy McGrady
Steve Nash
Dirk Nowitzki
Amaré Stoudemire
Yao Ming

again, if i were in charge of the western team, i'd use the following rotations:

starters: Nash/Kobe/Nowitzki/Duncan/Amare .Every single player here is just on fire. a bigger lineup and i'd like to see Amare's quickness versus Shaq's power.

subs: t-mac/allen/marion/garnett/Yao - a quicker, mobile fast breaking team. I'd prefer to play Yao in this faster lineup to negate his weaknesses.

Outer: Lewis/Gnobili

I was actually quite surprised that Rashard Lewis made the squad. He's been having a good season but i thought we wouldn't get the props he deserved. I was hoping he'd make the squad then again i also wanted elton brand to make it was well to reward him for his consistency and stellar play for the last couple of seasons.

The All-star game should be awesome. In fact, maybe we should all take a sick day and watch the game?!