NBA All-Star Balloting: Landry Greets Fans, Signs Autographs at Aaron’s
By: Jim Eichenhofer, Hornets.com, @Jim_Eichenhofer
January 31, 2012
New Orleans Hornets power forward Carl Landry was realistic enough to know that he wasn’t going to be voted into the 2012 NBA All-Star Game as a Western Conference starter. In fact, the last time Landry’s name appeared on the official ballot – when he was a member of the Sacramento Kings – he jokingly claims that only his friends and family picked him.
“My first year I only got 30 votes,” he said with a big grin. “This year, I think I’m up to 32.”
Although he may not receive a ton of national recognition, Landry is one of the NBA’s most fan-friendly players, as he demonstrated Saturday, Jan. 28 at an Aaron’s store in Kenner. The 28-year-old made an appearance at Aaron’s to promote NBA All-Star balloting, as well as to meet and sign autographs for Hornets fans who stopped by the Williams Boulevard location.
Landry (Twitter account @CarlLandry24) has been known to tweet photos of he and diehard fans he meets around the city, as he did again Jan. 28 at Aaron’s. The fifth-year NBA veteran handed his cell phone to a Hornets employee, who snapped pictures of Landry with members of the Bee-Zanies, the group of avid fans who vocally support the team from Section 117.
Landry said he is appreciative of the Bee-Zanies, several of whom drove from downtown New Orleans to Kenner to support Landry at the All-Star balloting event.
“They help make for a cool atmosphere in the Hive,” the Purdue University product said of the Bee-Zanies. “You don’t get that in a lot of NBA arenas. It’s almost like a college type of feel. It definitely gives the building energy.”
Although it’s uncertain how many votes the 6-foot-9, 248-pounder received this time because the NBA only lists the top 10 vote-getters at each position, he was guaranteed to be heavily supported on a local level. For each of the past three years – despite representing the league’s smallest city – Hornets fans have led the entire NBA in the largest number of paper All-Star ballots submitted.
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By: Jim Eichenhofer, Hornets.com, @Jim_Eichenhofer
January 31, 2012
New Orleans Hornets power forward Carl Landry was realistic enough to know that he wasn’t going to be voted into the 2012 NBA All-Star Game as a Western Conference starter. In fact, the last time Landry’s name appeared on the official ballot – when he was a member of the Sacramento Kings – he jokingly claims that only his friends and family picked him.
“My first year I only got 30 votes,” he said with a big grin. “This year, I think I’m up to 32.”
Although he may not receive a ton of national recognition, Landry is one of the NBA’s most fan-friendly players, as he demonstrated Saturday, Jan. 28 at an Aaron’s store in Kenner. The 28-year-old made an appearance at Aaron’s to promote NBA All-Star balloting, as well as to meet and sign autographs for Hornets fans who stopped by the Williams Boulevard location.
Landry (Twitter account @CarlLandry24) has been known to tweet photos of he and diehard fans he meets around the city, as he did again Jan. 28 at Aaron’s. The fifth-year NBA veteran handed his cell phone to a Hornets employee, who snapped pictures of Landry with members of the Bee-Zanies, the group of avid fans who vocally support the team from Section 117.
Landry said he is appreciative of the Bee-Zanies, several of whom drove from downtown New Orleans to Kenner to support Landry at the All-Star balloting event.
“They help make for a cool atmosphere in the Hive,” the Purdue University product said of the Bee-Zanies. “You don’t get that in a lot of NBA arenas. It’s almost like a college type of feel. It definitely gives the building energy.”
Although it’s uncertain how many votes the 6-foot-9, 248-pounder received this time because the NBA only lists the top 10 vote-getters at each position, he was guaranteed to be heavily supported on a local level. For each of the past three years – despite representing the league’s smallest city – Hornets fans have led the entire NBA in the largest number of paper All-Star ballots submitted.
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