Giannis Antetokounmpo, LeBron James lead NBA All-Star voting

Giannis Antetokounmpo and LeBron James proceed to steer All-Star voting forward of subsequent month’s All-Star Recreation, as the 2 stars have been atop the second spherical of voting that was launched Thursday by the NBA.

Like final week, Antetokounmpo and James additionally have been approach forward of the remainder of the sphere. Antetokounmpo was the main vote-getter general, with over 3.4 million individuals voting for the Bucks star, whereas James was the one different participant to high greater than 3 million votes.

Becoming a member of Antetokounmpo atop the East frontcourt voting for a second straight week have been 76ers heart Joel Embiid (2.975 million votes) in second and Celtics ahead Jayson Tatum (2.939 million) in third. Jimmy Butler and Jaylen Brown stay a distant fourth and fifth, respectively.

It was an analogous story out West, with James, adopted by Nuggets heart Nikola Jokic (2.777 million) and Suns ahead Kevin Durant (2.773 million), almost double the vote totals of Anthony Davis and newly prolonged Kawhi Leonard, who remained fourth and fifth.

Within the backcourts, Pacers star Tyrese Haliburton, who suffered a hamstring damage this week, is the one East guard with over 2 million votes. The one change among the many starters in both convention is that Hawks guard Trae Younger edged forward of Bucks guard Damian Lillard for the second beginning spot. Cavaliers guard Donovan Mitchell and Sixers guard Tyrese Maxey have been as soon as once more fourth and fifth.

Out West, Luka Doncic and Stephen Curry have been each over 2 million votes, and have been adopted by Thunder star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Clippers guard James Harden and Mavericks guard Kyrie Irving.

The following spherical of All-Star voting will probably be launched subsequent Thursday, with voting to conclude Jan. 20. The starters will probably be revealed on Jan. 25.

Earlier this season, the NBA introduced that it might be going again to the outdated format of East versus West for the All-Star Recreation, scrapping the captains-picking-teams format the league has gone with the previous few years. Antetokounmpo and James have been the highest vote-getters — and respective captains — for final season’s recreation in Utah.