LeBron leaps Doncic, Giannis into NBA All-Star vote lead

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LeBron leaps Doncic, Giannis into NBA All-Star vote lead

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Early fan voting in the NBA All-Stars shows LeBron James overtaking young hotshots Luka Doncic and Giannis Antetokounmpo

 

 

NEW YORK, USA – Five-time NBA Most Valuable Player LeBron James leaped over Slovenian guard Luka Doncic and reigning NBA MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo to lead early fan voting totals for the NBA All-Star Game released Thursday, January 9 (Friday, January 10, Philippine time).

Los Angeles Lakers star James was more than 53,000 votes behind Dallas star Doncic for the top spot in last week’s first early voting results announcement by the league.

But new totals show James with 3,359,871 votes to stand 82,001 ahead of Doncic with Greek star Antetokounmpo of the Milwaukee Bucks 3rd overall and atop the Eastern Conference with 3,259,383 votes.

Leaders from the Eastern and Western conferences will be the team captains for the 69th NBA All-Star Game, to be played February 16 at Chicago. Each captain will select from the elected pool of starters to determine an opening lineup then choose from available reserves, all regardless of conference.

Fans votes account for 50% of the vote to decide starters. Active NBA players and a media panel each have a 25% say in the matter, with voting concluding on January 20 and starters revealed 3 days later.

James, the NBA assists leader with 10.8 a game, sets the pace in the Western Conference frontcourt with Lakers teammate Anthony Davis 2nd on 3,124,446 and Kawhi Leonard of the Los Angeles Clippers 3rd on 2,210,539. The Clippers’ Paul George is a distant 4th on 845,719.

Doncic paces the West guards on 3,277,870 with NBA scoring leader James Harden of Houston next on 2,167,269 votes for the last backcourt spot and Portland’s Damian Lillard a distant 3rd on 687,855.

Antetokounmpo leads the East frontcourt on 3,259,383 with Cameroon stars Joel Embiid of Philadelphia (1,784,211) and Pascal Siakam of defending NBA champion Toronto (1,730,763) in the other starting spots for now.

Miami’s Jimmy Butler ranks 4th in the East fan frontcourt balloting at 1,400,293.

There’s a three-way battle for two starting spots in the East backcourt with Atlanta’s Trae Young atop the pack on 1,389,628 and Brooklyn’s Kyrie Irving 2nd on 1,351,997.

Boston’s Kemba Walker is hot on their heels on 1,331,577. – Rappler.com

 

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