After fan voting determines the starters for the Eastern and Western Conference All-Stars, the 30 head coaches vote for the remaining team members in their respective conferences, selecting seven players -- two guards, two forwards, a center and two players regardless of position. If any of the All-Stars are unable to participate in the midseason classic for any reason, NBA Commissioner will select a replacement. Below is a list of replacements since 1990.

Year	Player	Reason	Replacement (position in balloting)
2007	Jason Kidd	Sore back	Joe Johnson
2007	Steve Nash Allen Iverson	Sore shoulder Ankle sprain	Ray Allen (8th in voting for guards) Mehmet Okur (5th in voting for centers)
2007	Yao Ming* Carlos Boozer	Right knee fracture Left fibular fracture	Carmelo Anthony (3rd in voting for forwards) Josh Howard (8th in voting for forwards)
2006	Jermaine O'Neal*	Torn groin muscle	Gilbert Arenas (7th in voting for guards)
2003	Chris Webber	Left ankle sprain	Peja Stojakovic (5th in voting for forwards)
2002	Shaquille O’Neal*	Arthritis, right big toe	Elton Brand (8th in voting for forwards)
2002	Vince Carter*	Aggravated left quadriceps tendon	Baron Davis (8th in voting for guards)
2002	Karl Malone	Personal reasons	Not replaced on roster
2001	Grant Hill*	Foot injury	Latrell Sprewell (3rd in voting for forwards)
2001	Alonzo Mourning*	Kidney illness	Dikembe Mutombo (3rd in voting for centers)
2001	Theo Ratliff	Stress fracture, right wrist	Antonio Davis (6th in voting for centers)
2001	Shaquille O’Neal*	Strained arch, right foot	Vlade Divac (3rd in voting for centers)
1997	Alonzo Mourning	Injury week before game	Joe Dumars (5th in voting for guards)
1997	Patrick Ewing*	Inactive since Jan. 23	Chris Webber (4th in voting for forwards)
1997	Charles Barkley*	Injury suffered mid-January	Detlef Schrempf (7th in voting for forwards)
1997	Shaquille O’Neal	Injury week before game	Kevin Garnett (3rd in voting for forwards)
1997	Clyde Drexler	Injury week before game	Chris Gatling (not in top 10 for forwards)
1995	Cedric Ceballos	Injury week before game	Dikembe Mutombo
1994	Alonzo Mourning	Injury suffered late-December	Horace Grant (not in top 10 for forwards)
1994	Charles Barkley*	Inactive since Jan. 9	Gary Payton (8th in voting for guards)
1993	Chris Mullin	Inactive since mid-January	Selected as a reserve by the coaches despite being injured already, so the coaches selected 8 reserves instead of the usual 7
1993	Mitch Richmond	Injury week before game	Terry Porter (5th in voting for guards)
1992	Larry Bird*	Inactive since Dec. 30	Michael Adams (3rd in voting for guards)
1992	Dominique Wilkins	Suffered season ending injury on Jan. 28	Kevin Willis (not in top 10 for forwards)
1992	Magic Johnson*	Retired Nov. 7, two days after All-Star ballot was released	Started and played in game; Tim Hardaway was named to team on Jan. 23 when the West starters were announced (2nd leading vote getter among active Western conference guards)
1991	Larry Bird*	Inactive about a month prior to game	Hersey Hawkins (not in top 10 for guards)
1991	Isiah Thomas*	Injured prior to announcement of reserves	Eight players named as reserves
1990	Karl Malone	Injury week before game	Rolando Blackman (not in top 10 for guards)

* denotes player was selected as a starter