Earlier, the NBA officially announced the results of the first round of voting in Cleveland in 2022, the Western Side, Curry topped the list with 2584623 votes, and the East was temporarily led by Durant with 2360435, that is to say, now Curry is temporarily the vote king of this All-Star vote, and followed by the official former "Son of Clement" LeBron James, who currently has 2018725 votes, that is to say, the difference Curry has about 570,000 votes, this gap is actually not too big, In the next few votes, James could not have surpassed Curry and launched a shock to the record of the ninth All-Star Vote king of his career.
In this regard, the Lakers official is also canvassing for the team's top superstar: "You have seen what this person has done, let's take him to the top, hurry up and vote!" As the first person in the active league, James has been a hot superstar since entering the NBA in 2003, in his 19-year career, he has won a total of 8 All-Star votes, namely in 07, 10, 14, 17-21, and in the 20th year of the Chicago All-Star, James also broke the record for the highest number of votes in NBA history with a total vote of 6.27 million, and he is currently away from Jordan's record of 9 votes, which is also worse than this time, and the difference between the votes in Curry is not too much. It is also difficult to ensure that Old Zhan will not go against the current after that and surpass Curry in one fell swoop.
As of now, James can average 28.4 points, 7.4 rebounds, 6.5 assists, 1.7 steals, 1.1 blocks for the Lakers, the three shooting rates are 52%, 37% and 77.3%, respectively, at the age of 37, but also to be a father and a mother, playing the third highest score in his career, it is really difficult for the old Zhan, but as far as the current situation of the Lakers is concerned, if James really does not open his "full strength" mode in advance, the team may have lost a lot.
And this All-Star is different from the previous places, Cleveland can be said to be the place where James became famous, as a native of Akron, James spent 19 years of his career in the Cavaliers, that is to say, nearly 60% dedicated to the hometown team, and in 16 years led the Cavaliers to 1-3 Jedi reversed the Warriors, helped the team to win the first championship in team history, but also let everyone change the previous "traitor" image of James, so that now James returns to the Cavaliers home every time, It will be cheered by the fans.
Although Curry is indeed temporarily in the All-Star ticket king position, but his performance in the past 5 games is not eye-catching, three points in succession, the offensive state is far less than in November, and James is in full swing, the average score per game in recent games has soared to 30+, at the same time, it has also led the Lakers to achieve 3 consecutive wins, allowing the team to rush back to the top six in the West, and the bright personal data + record pick-up bonus will also allow James to continue to receive the attention of fans during this time, thus continuing to improve his total number of votes.
In fact, this ticket king battle is very important for James, if you can tie Jordan's 9 times NBA ticket king record this year, then even if the next few All-Stars have not had the highest number of votes, but in the last year of their careers, in view of emotional factors, fans should also let old Zhan get the glory of the 10th ticket king as he wishes, but if this regret fails to win the ticket king, given the 37-year-old age, no one can guarantee that James's competitive state in the next few seasons can maintain the same top level as now. Can't play the state, naturally will affect the subsequent All-Star vote, and in the end, Old Zhan's career may only be to chase Jordan, and can not be overtaken, becoming the first person in history.