NEW YORK -- Michael Jordan is an All-Star for the 14th time, while Karl Malone won't be for the first time since 1987.

	East Roster
	Player	Team
	Vince Carter*	Toronto
	Allen Iverson*	Philadelphia
	Tracy McGrady*	Orlando
	Jermaine O'Neal*	Indiana
	Ben Wallace*	Detroit
	Zydrunas Ilgauskas	Cleveland
	Michael Jordan	Washington
	Jason Kidd	New Jersey
	Jamal Mashburn	New Orleans
	Brad Miller	Indiana
	Paul Pierce	Boston
	Antoine Walker	Boston
	* = Starter

"I don't think it matters," Malone said before the Jazz played at Sacramento on Tuesday night. "You don't control it, and there ain't nothing you can do about it. I got nominated 14 times, but they don't pick you now, what can you do about it?"

Jerry Stackhouse and Jalen Rose also aren't going to the league's showcase event Feb. 9 in Atlanta -- and both felt snubbed.

"I can't sit here and say it's not disappointing," Stackhouse said Tuesday.

The 29 NBA coaches voted for seven reserves from each conference. Chosen from the East along with Jordan were Jason Kidd of New Jersey, Paul Pierce and Antoine Walker of Boston, Brad Miller of Indiana, Zydrunas Ilgauskas of Cleveland and Jamal Mashburn of New Orleans.

The Western Conference reserves are Shaquille O'Neal of the Lakers, Stephon Marbury and Shawn Marion of Phoenix, Steve Nash and Dirk Nowitzki of Dallas, Gary Payton of Seattle and Chris Webber of Sacramento.

	West Roster
	Player	Team
	Shaquille O'Neal	Lakers
	Stephon Marbury	Phoenix
	Shawn Marion	Phoenix
	Steve Nash	Dallas
	Dirk Nowitzki	Dallas
	Yao Ming *	Houston
	Steve Francis*	Houston
	Kobe Bryant *	Lakers
	Kevin Garnett *	Minnesota
	Tim Duncan *	San Antonio
	Gary Payton	Seattle
	Chris Webber	Sacramento
	* = Starter

Jordan called it a privilege to be able to return to the game in what he says will be his last season.

"It gives my kids a chance to go and see some of the up-and-coming stars," Jordan said.

He moved into a tie with Malone and Jerry West for the second-most All-Star selections in NBA history behind Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's 19.

Jordan has the highest career scoring average in All-Star history at 21.3 points. He was voted in as a starter in his 13 previous selections.

The omission of Indiana's Ron Artest drew attention for two reasons: He's played a critical role in the Central-leading Pacers' 33-12 start, and he had two confrontations with Heat coach Pat Riley in Indiana's victory over Miami on Monday.

"He's been our most valuable player," Reggie Miller said Tuesday. "It's a shame that a player of his stature and with his stats can't make the All-Star team. Looking at that roster, the East's coaches ought to be shot for not putting him on."

Other notable players not selected also included Dallas' Michael Finley and Golden State's Antawn Jamison.

Among the league's top 20 scorers, only Jamison (23.4 points), Rose (23.1), Stackhouse (22.9), Cleveland's Ricky Davis (22.4) and New York's Allan Houston (21.3) were not selected.

"I'd rather be in the playoffs, honestly," Houston said. "When I did make it, our team was better. We were winning more games, so I guess in the eyes of the voters it does make a difference."

Like Stackhouse, Rose said he was "disappointed." The man who runs Rose's team, Chicago Bulls general manager Jerry Krause, was trembling with anger.

"I wonder if the coaches who were voting on the thing are seeing the same things we're seeing," Krause said. "Jalen Rose is an All-Star. He belongs on the All-Star team. This is one of the worst decisions I've seen in a long time.

"I'm speaking out now. If they want to say something about me speaking out, that's too bad. I feel this is a very wrong decision, and I think he has been wronged as a player and as a person."

Malone had been selected every year since 1988. He declined a telephone interview request following Utah's shootaround at Sacramento and said he would speak with reporters after Tuesday night's game against the Kings.

O'Neal, who finished behind Houston's Yao Ming in fan balloting to pick the starters, was chosen an All-Star for the 10th time.

The selections of Ilgauskas (Lithuania), Nash (Canada) and Nowitzki (Germany), along with starters Tim Duncan (U.S. Virgin Islands) and Yao (China), tie the record set last season of five international players.

Six NBA teams -- Boston, Dallas, Houston, Indiana, the Lakers and Phoenix -- will have two All-Stars.

"I'm a happy guy and a sad guy," Mavericks coach Don Nelson said. "I thought this year Mike (Finley) deserved to make it, but two out of three ain't bad. All three of my guys have had great starts."

The starters for the East will be Detroit's Ben Wallace, Indiana's Jermaine O'Neal, Orlando's Tracy McGrady, Philadelphia's Allen Iverson and Toronto's Vince Carter.

Houston's Steve Francis and Yao, Kobe Bryant of the Lakers, Minnesota's Kevin Garnett and San Antonio's Duncan will start for the West.

Marion, Yao, Ilgauskas, Mashburn, Miller and Wallace will be making their first All-Star appearances.

Ilgauskas was elated. The 7-foot-3 center underwent five foot operations and nearly retired two seasons ago.

"It's amazing," he said. "It's been a long, frustrating road for me. It's hard to believe what I've been through and where I've come from."

The coaches will be Sacramento's Rick Adelman and Indiana's Isiah Thomas, setting up an intriguing subplot in the Eastern Conference locker room. At the 1985 All-Star game in Indianapolis, Thomas was said to have led a freeze-out of Jordan among the veterans on the Eastern Conference roster.

Jordan shot 2-for-9 and scored seven points in that game -- his worst performance in an All-Star game.

"He was with Chicago and I was with Detroit, and I'm sure it was a position neither one of us expected to be in," Thomas said. ``I know how much he respects the All-Star game, and he knows how much I respect it, so I'm sure we'll approach it professionally."

Jordan needs 10 points to surpass Abdul-Jabbar (251) for most career points in All-Star games.

"I've been there many times, and this is definitely my last time," Jordan said.