The NBA opened voting for the 2020 NBA All-Star Game on Christmas Day and Thursday delivered the first returns after over a week of voting, with the Los Angele Lakers star duo of LeBron James and Anthony Davis leading the voting for the Western Conference frontcourt. But LeBron’s streak of consecutive seasons being an All-Star captain is jeopardy as the Western Conference has a new top vote-getter in the first returns.
Luka Doncic of the Dallas Mavericks is the NBA’s leading vote-getter, with just about 50,000 more votes than James through the first week of voting. Meanwhile, Giannis Antetokounmpo looks poised to remain the captain from the Eastern Conference as the reigning MVP leads the East in votes.
However, while James may not be a captain, the Lakers are well-represented the votes. And in some ways that are tongue-in-cheek. Dwight Howard cracked the top 10 in Western Conference frontcourt voting despite playing just 20 minutes a game and Lakers reserve guard Alex Caruso got more votes than Phoenix’s Devin Booker, among other strong guards in the West.
Below are the full results the league released on Thursday.
Western Conference Frontcourt Guards 1. LeBron James (LAL) 1,020,851 1. Luka Dončić (DAL) 1,073,957 2. Anthony Davis (LAL) 955,246 2. James Harden (HOU) 749,080 3. Kawhi Leonard (LAC) 740,657 3. Damian Lillard (POR) 202,498 4. Paul George (LAC) 280,894 4. Stephen Curry (GSW) 191,149 5. Karl-Anthony Towns (MIN) 173,129 5. Russell Westbrook (HOU) 189,005 6. Kristaps Porzingis (DAL) 171,749 6. D’Angelo Russell (GSW) 122,499 7. Nikola Jokić (DEN) 160,934 7. Donovan Mitchell (UTA) 108,349 8. Carmelo Anthony (POR) 142,292 8. Alex Caruso (LAL) 92,233 9. Brandon Ingram (NOP) 118,188 9. Devin Booker (PHX) 91,817 10. Dwight Howard (LAL) 69,785 10. Ja Morant (MEM) 77,081 Eastern Conference Frontcourt Guards 1. Giannis Antetokounmpo (MIL) 1,073,358 1. Trae Young (ATL) 443,412 2. Joel Embiid (PHI) 606,534 2. Kyrie Irving (BKN) 432,481 3. Pascal Siakam (TOR) 544,302 3. Kemba Walker (BOS) 432,031 4. Jimmy Butler (MIA) 431,483 4. Derrick Rose (DET) 233,669 5. Jayson Tatum (BOS) 364,137 5. Zach LaVine (CHI) 174,991 6. Tacko Fall (BOS) 110,269 6. Ben Simmons (PHI) 159,065 7. Bam Adebayo (MIA) 104,086 7. Jaylen Brown (BOS) 156,537 8. Gordon Hayward (BOS) 75,420 8. Kyle Lowry (TOR) 154,139 9. Andre Drummond (DET) 68,076 9. Bradley Beal (WAS) 149,640 10. Domantas Sabonis (IND) 67,482 10. Spencer Dinwiddie (BKN) 94,618
