LeBron James, Kevin Durant lead in second fan returns of NBA All-Star voting

Los Angeles Lakers’s LeBron James remained the highest vote-getter within the second spherical of fan balloting for the NBA All-Star Sport launched by the league on Thursday.

James is on tempo to hitch Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as the one 19-time All-Stars in historical past when the midseason exhibition is held on February 19 in Salt Lake Metropolis, Utah.

Within the newest returns, James had 4,825,229 votes and because the main vote-getter within the West, was trending towards serving as captain for the sixth straight yr.

He may once more discover himself going up in opposition to a workforce captained by Kevin Durant, the Brooklyn Nets star who leads voting within the East with 4,509,238 votes despite the fact that he’s anticipated to overlook a couple of month after spraining a proper knee ligament this week.

The highest three entrance court docket gamers and prime two guards in every convention shall be chosen as starters, with the gamers with essentially the most votes in every convention serving as captains and selecting their groups.

Denver’s Nikola Jokic remained second amongst Western Convention entrance court docket gamers, and James’s Lakers teammate Anthony davis remained third.

Durant led East frontcourt gamers, simply forward of Milwaukee’s Giannis Antetokounmpo with 4,467,306 votes.

Boston’s Jayson Tatum moved forward of Philadelphia’s Joel Embiid for third spot.

Golden State’s Stephen Curry leads all guards within the balloting with 3,901,808 votes, with Luka Doncic of Dallas second within the West.

Brooklyn’s Kyrie Irving continued to guide guards within the East, forward of Cleveland’s Donovan Mitchell.

Fan voting counts for 50 per cent of the starters balloting, with a media vote counting for 25 per cent and voting by gamers for 25 per cent.