LeBron James and Kevin Durant lead the way in fan NBA All-Star votes
Fan voting for the 2023 NBA All-Star Game continues at breakneck speed, and perhaps unsurprisingly, two big names are leading the way. Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James and Brooklyn Nets forward Kevin Durant are at the top of the tree in the Western and Eastern Conferences, respectively.
Fan votes will count for 50% of the total; as such, they matter a lot, and millions of people have cast their vote accordingly. In the West, LeBron has so far garnered a total of more than 3.1 million votes, putting the four-time NBA champion ahead of Nikola Jokic in frontcourt terms, while Steph Curry leads guards with 2.7 million total.
Durant also has 3.1 million votes in the East, explained Giannis Antetokounmpo, with the Milwaukee Bucks in second place.
You can never underestimate the pull of star power when it comes to this fan vote, with LeBron James having the most votes despite the fact that this Lakers team is not one you want to support. sports bettingwhich you should only place in after doing the relevant sportsbook research, not least because the Crypto.com Arena team isn’t well positioned to make it to the post-season.
While the Lakers may be bottom of the Pacific Division with a 19-21 record, Nets Durant looks much healthier under new head coach Jacque Vaughn than under his predecessor Steve Nash.
The Nets are now running for 14 wins from 15 and sit second in the Eastern Conference and only one game behind the leader, the Boston Celtics. Durant’s form has been a big reason to get back into shape at the Barclays Center.
The 34-year-old has been very consistent in 2022-23, scoring the most goals for Brooklyn in 27 of the team’s 40 games so far. Durant has reached the NBA All-Star game on 12 previous occasions, and the 13th is certain.
Indeed the only problem that can prevent such an occurrence is injury related. Durant limped out of Brooklyn’s recent 102-101 win over the Miami Heat in the third quarter with a right knee problem.
Around this time last season Durant suffered a sprained MCL, and it sidelined him for five weeks, and Vaughn will be hoping that history won’t repeat itself.
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Before leaving the court, Durant passed Dominique Wilkins on the NBA’s all-time scoring chart, moving up to 14th place as he totaled 26,669 points.
Even though the Nets are more than just Durant, and Vaughn has a decent level of strength in depth on his roster, it shouldn’t be underestimated how important it was to Brooklyn to keep their number seven firing on all cylinders most of the time. regular season and beyond.
It’s not just his playing ability that matters to the Nets; it is also the air of serenity and togetherness that he promotes and exudes, and Durant himself can sense things better in the locker room than in recent seasons, commented recently;
“I think coming into training camp, we understand that it’s going to put a huge strain on us from a media perspective, just from the general noise around our team, so I think it puts us tighter once camp starts.”
“We started to win some games, started to get better as a team and did some things out there that worked for us. And now it looks like everything has been patched together, but it always feels cool, to be honest. Durants added.
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