The year 2023 just started and the NBA is already giving us big emotions. The All-Star Game will take place in Salt Lake City this year, with the Utah Jazz trying to get one of their players in the big game.
The NBA decided to change the voting rules for this season, drifting away from social media and only letting fans vote for their favorite players through the league’s official app. That’s how we landed here, where the first voting return was revealed.
As usual, the two players who once fought for the title of the best baller in the world rank first in their respective conferences. LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers and Kevin Durant of the Brooklyn Nets lead their respective conferences in votes. The King surpasses Durant by a small margin, getting 3,168,694 votes against the 3,118,545 Durant received.
NBA Fans Have Big Complains About The First 2023 All-Star Game Voting Return
LeBron surpasses Nikola Jokic on the frontcourt list, as the Serbian player has gotten 2,237,768 votes. Anthony Davis (2.0 million), Zion Williamson (1.8 million), and Andrew Wiggins (1.1 million) complete the top 5 in the West. As for the East, Durant tops Giannis Antetokounmpo (2.9 million), Joel Embiid (2.2 million), Jayson Tatum (2.1 million), and Jimmy Butler (477K), close the top 5 in the East.
Lakers’ LeBron James and Nets’ Kevin Durant lead the NBA’s first 2022-23 All-Star fan voting returns: pic.twitter.com/ObI4WQjnuH
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) January 5, 2023
Many fans had something to say about this situation, with some criticizing the voters, asking for certain players to show up on this list, and others even urging the league to delete the fan vote.
bro what are these votes. HOW IS ANDREW WIGGINS RIGHT BEHIND ZION. revoke the fan vote
— Caleb (@Aye__Bear) January 5, 2023
https://twitter.com/mtplug_grinder/status/1611060688692338689
Derrick Rose is still gonna be getting all star votes in 2030
— Rich Stayman (@RichStayman) January 5, 2023
Warriors fans need to be stopped
— Smaug🌹 (@Smaug55) January 5, 2023
Reaves only 9th? ??
We gotta stop giving the fans a vote.
— amir (@blumenfeld) January 5, 2023
run it back 🤣 pic.twitter.com/YXtp2NcFXD
— FADE (@FadeAwayMedia) January 5, 2023
We dont want kd vs lebron AGAIN
— fan account (@Asensii20) January 5, 2023
No Ant but Austin Reaves…
Here we go again… dawg boutta get screwed for 2 years in a row 😭
— 🐺 NEW ERA (@WolvesGotNext) January 5, 2023
kuz!!!
— Scotty 🦉 (@Dmv_Scott) January 5, 2023
https://twitter.com/RJ4AllStar2023/status/1611061383205986310
How tf Austin reaves top 10????
— Cam (@thelifeofcamd) January 5, 2023
https://twitter.com/Durantmuse/status/1611061613112741889https://twitter.com/Laf4MVP/status/1611060456294174726
Stop with the fan voting. No way AD should be top 3 and no way Reeves and Russ should be on here at all
— Aidan (@_aidanwatts_) January 5, 2023
Knicks fans we gotta do better. Derrick Rose getting more votes than Randle and Brunson is ridiculous
— TJ (@QJonesNYC) January 5, 2023
So far starters would be
West: Curry, Doncic, LeBron, Davis, Jokic
East: Kyrie, D-Mitch, Durant, Giannis, Embiid
W-Reserves: Morant, Shai, Wiggins, PG, Zion, Klay, Lauri.
E-Reserves: Harden, Brown, Butler, Tatum, Siakam, Melo, Haliburton
— no (@ABlondie36) January 5, 2023
My reaves vote worked pic.twitter.com/vrJajbNpRN
— Xan Devious | 6’0 🇲🇽/🇺🇸 (@XanDv_TTV) January 5, 2023
Donovan Mitchell and Jaylen Brown are the clear cut first two guards. Mitchell easily has been the best guard. Kyrie voters🤦♂️
— Christian Pasini (@ChristianPas18) January 5, 2023
https://twitter.com/Vince1o7/status/1611060462879395841
LeBron and AD WWWW #lakeshow
— ✧.* (@HoodiiBron) January 5, 2023
Yet again, hard working players who deserve a nod will not be voted in by fans do to the fact they are not in big markets and don’t get the national spotlight.
— Herk (@RIPPEY720) January 5, 2023
Tatum not at least #4 in voting is a crime.
— OniiPro (@OniiPro) January 5, 2023
LeBron and Kevin as Team Captains again
— SMOOOTH👑 (@TripleOSmoooth) January 5, 2023
Eliminate the fan vote. It should strictly be determined by players and coaches.
— Chad Crawford (@ItsCrawdaddy) January 5, 2023
This will be the worst game in years!
— Sergey Mak (@SergeyMak8) January 5, 2023
No Herro, No Bam, No Fox, No Sabonis but claxton and Austin reeves are here?! It’s so clear how many fans are casuals.
— Dami (@KingDami5299) January 5, 2023
WHERE IS RANDLE
— EverythingKnicks (@EverythinKnicks) January 5, 2023
I love that Austin Reaves is on this list. Well deserved.
— CRE Acquisitions Guy (@NersesAposhian) January 5, 2023
Dame snubbed hard wtf
— RTP Ant🐜 (@RTPAnt) January 5, 2023
Every time we’re getting closer to the All-Star Game and the league reveals the numbers for every player, a lot of fans go crazy about it. This time wasn’t the exception, and many expect the association to do something different, so this doesn’t happen again next season.
Then again, it seems like no fan is happy to see this, and no matter what changes every season, they will complain about anything. With the first results of the fan voting, it seems like LeBron James and Kevin Durant will be captains of their teams once again, and this could be a big opportunity for KD to end LeBron’s unbeaten run in the All-Star Game.
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