The 2022 All-Star Game voting second return is public now, and the favorites to make the team keep confirming their superstar status. This season, we’ve had big comebacks like Kyrie Irving and Klay Thompson’s, who have earned All-Star buzz even after playing no more than three games in the 2021/22 NBA season.
Things look very interesting now, as the four leaders of the first return confirmed their status. Now, the race will be about who will lead each squad in the upcoming showdown.
This week, Stephen Curry leads the overall voting, surpassing the 4-million mark, topping other high-profile names like LeBron James and Kevin Durant. These megastars are the three most voted players in this year’s voting, showing they still are the three biggest players in the association.
Stephen Curry (West guards), Kevin Durant (East frontcourt), DeMar DeRozan (East guards) and LeBron James (West frontcourt) continue to be the top vote-getters at their respective position groups in the second fan returns of NBA All-Star Voting presented by Tissot. pic.twitter.com/dAaVBHrXi5
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Curry has received 4,463,426 votes, followed by LeBron with 4,386,392, and Durant with 4,088,334. DeMar DeRozan leads the Eastern Conference frontcourt votes with 2,973,854 votes, which shows he’s going through a very sweet moment right now.
Golden State Warriors’ Andrew Wiggins ranks 3rd in the Western Conference frontcourt voting, getting 1,829,733 votes, only trailing LeBron James and Nikola Jokic. Klay Thompson ranks 4th in the guards voting with 749,038 votes, behind teammate Curry, Ja Morant and Luka Doncic.
In the Eastern Conference, Giannis Antetokounmpo follows Kevin Durant in the frontcourt voting with a little more than 3 million. Kyrie Irving ranks 6th with more than 550K votes, surpassing up-and-raising stars like Fred VanVleet, Darius Garland and Jaylen Brown.
Curry and LeBron are fighting for that chance to lead Team Curry or Team LeBron in the 2022 edition of the All-Star Game. The voting will conclude on January 22. Once that phase is over, we’ll know the starters in each conference.
The 2022 NBA All-Star Game will take place on Sunday, Feb. 20 at 8 p.m. ET.
