Knicks big men Amar’e Stoudemire and Tyson Chandler were left off the Eastern Conference’s All-Star team when reserves were announced last night.
The Knicks’ sub-.500 record (11-15) killed their chances. Only Carmelo Anthony will represent the Knicks as a starting forward on Feb. 26 in Orlando, Fla.
Chandler has not made an All-Star Game. The coaches’ voting ballots were submitted Monday before the club’s three-game winning streak.
Stoudemire, who started the past three years, had a rough start to this season, which got rougher when his brother was killed in a car crash Monday in Lake Wales, Fla. Stoudemire left the club to grieve.
Stoudemire and Chandler make $33 million combined this season.
Chandler was beated out by Pacers center Roy Hibbert, and Stoudemire was kept out of the game in his hometown by forwards Paul Pierce of the Celtics and Luol Deng of the Bulls.