Mavs’ Kidd, Knicks’ Lee to play
Posted by GameSetMatch on February 12th, 2010
Would-be starters Kobe Bryant and Allen Iverson are out of the NBA All-Star Game.
Jason Kidd of the hometown Dallas Mavericks has been chosen to replace Bryant. New York’s David Lee is replacing Iverson.
An ankle injury has prevented Bryant from playing in the Los Angeles Lakers’ past three games. Iverson has missed Philadelphia’s last five games because one of his young children is ill.
Both informed the league on Thursday that they needed to withdraw from Sunday’s game, sources said.
NBA commissioner David Stern, who makes all selections on All-Star injury replacements, then chose Kidd to make his 10th All-Star appearance. Kidd — who ranks fifth in the league in assists (9.3 per game) — had already left Dallas to begin an All-Star break vacation in the Phoenix area and is expected to fly back to Dallas on Friday.
Click here to read the full article – By Marc Stein of ESPN.com
