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Ratliff named to NBA All-Star team The Sixers center was added to the East team for the All-Star Game by a vote of coaches.
Shot-blocking Theo Ratliff of the 76ers was selected for his first NBA All-Star game.
Ratliff, the 76ers' 6-foot-10 center, and 13 other players were added to the rosters by a vote of the coaches in the Eastern and Western Conferences.
"I'm excited," Ratliff said. "It's a great honor just to even be mentioned as being a possible all-star on the team. To have it happen, that's a lot of credit to the coaching staff and my teammates."
The center, who is in his sixth season in the NBA, said he wasn't surprised when all-star talk heated up. "Not really, because it started way back when. It was something I knew that all I had to do was continue to play hard and be consistent in what I was doing, just letting the game come to me," said Ratliff, who it is believed also will collect a $1 million bonus for making an All-Star appearance. "If you have the coaches recognize you as an All-Star guy, it's a lot sweeter." "I felt that if the fans didn't recognize it, the coaches would. So [my selection] is not a surprise, but I'm happy. It is my first time. These are your peers, the people you play against night in and night out. The coaches are the guys you want to have the input because they know the game better than anybody."
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Ratliff missed All-Star Game, out with wrist injury |
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Philadelphia 76ers center Theo Ratliff missed the NBA All-Star Game and was sidelined with a stress fracture in his right wrist. Toronto Raptors center Antonio Davis replaced the injured Ratliff on the East team in the All-Star Game.
Ratliff, a sixth-year center, was preparing to head to Washington for his first appearance in an All-Star Game when he got the news.
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