New York, USA, January 29 (AP) - Yugoslav Predrag "Peja" Stojakovic of the Sacramento Kings was among seven reserves picked Tuesday for the NBA All-Star games.
Steve Nash (Dallas), Wally Szczerbiak (Minnesota), Stojakovic (Sacramento) and Nowitzki were first-time picks on the West team. The other West reserves are Karl Malone (Utah), Gary Payton (Seattle) and Chris Webber (Sacramento).
Jermaine O'Neal of Indiana and Shareef Abdur-Rahim of Atlanta joined Pierce as first-time picks on the East team, and will be joined by veterans Alonzo Mourning (Miami), Ray Allen
(Milwaukee), Jason Kidd (New Jersey) and Tracy McGrady (Orlando).
Reserves were selected in a vote by NBA coaches, who could not vote for their own players, while fans voted on the starters for the Feb. 10 game at Philadelphia.
The East starters are Michael Jordan (Washington), Vince Carter (Toronto), Antoine Walker (Boston), Allen Iverson (Philadelphia) and Dikembe Mutombo (Philadelphia).
Starting for the West are Shaquille O'Neal (Los Angeles Lakers), Kobe Bryant (Lakers), Tim Duncan (San Antonio), Steve Francis (Houston) and Kevin Garnett (Minnesota). Francis
also is a first-time All-Star.
A record five All-Stars were born outside the United States: Duncan (U.S. Virgin Islands), Mutombo (Congo), Nash (Canada), Nowitzki (Germany) and Stojakovic (Yugoslavia). Nash
is the first Canadian All-Star.
