why are we already choosing the nba all-star game?

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yahoo has a story about yi jianlian being left off the nba all star ballot and people saying it's a snub to chinese fans (yao has been on every year). why in the world are they letting people choose their all stars after 8-9 games into the season? how can you even make decisions at a time like this? i guess it goes to show how much of it is the same players voted in every year simply on who they are and not how they produce. just because a player is hot or cold now that has no relation that they will continue that trend in at least 2 months when it turns to 2008. this makes absolutely no sense that they are choosing this early. can anyone explain this?