Gasol making case for All-Star spot

Since the fan vote alone probably won't be enough to make Pau Gasol an All-Star starter, the Lakers big man has started stuffing the ballot box himself. "Yeah, once or twice," he admitted, chuckling. "Just to give me a couple extra votes." Gasol currently is sixth in the balloting for Western Conference forwards, more than 600,000 votes behind leader Tim Duncan, of San Antonio, and more than 200,000 back of second-place Amare Stoudemire, of Phoenix. Voting for the Feb. 15 All-Star game will continue through Jan. 11 for paper balloting and...read full article