The All-Star first round of voting is released! There is no best, only better, and three winners and one loser are born
The NBA regular season continues, and earlier the NBA officially announced the results of the first phase of voting for the 2024 All-Stars, with Giannis Antetokounmpo and LeBron James being voted the top voters in the East and West, respectively.
The specific rankings are as follows: Western frontcourt: James, Durant, Jokic, thick eyebrows, Leonard, George, Shin Jing, Wembanyama, Holmgren, Towns, Western backcourt: Doncic, Curry, Alexander, Harden, Irving, Edwards, Morant, Fox, Klay, Reaves.
Eastern frontcourt: Antetokounmpo, Embiid, Tatum, Butler, Brown, Adebayo, Bridges, Porzingis, Kuzma, Banchero, Eastern backcourt: Haliburton, Lillard, Trae Young, Mitchell, Maxey, Brunson, LaMelo Ball, Derrick White, DeRozan, Holiday As far as the results of the first round of voting are concerned, there are still a lot of points worth discussing, let's take a look at the results of the first round of All-Star voting, there is no best, only better, and three winners and one loser are born.
Winner one Haliburton. In the current poll, the backcourt in the East is led by Haliburton, which is also a recognition of his quality. So far this season, the Pacers have become one of the dark horse teams in the Eastern Conference standings, and they have won five consecutive games to move to 19-14 and sit fifth in the Eastern Conference standings, mainly due to Haliburton's excellent performance. He also had a clear lead in the first round of voting to take the top spot in the Eastern Conference backcourt, and he currently has 430,000 more votes than Lillard in second place, and is second only to Doncic and Curry among the backcourt players in the entire league.
So far this season, he has averaged 24.9 points, 4.1 rebounds, 12.7 assists and 1 steal in 34.3 minutes per game, and in the last 7 games, he has averaged 25.6 points and 15 assists per game, becoming the fourth player in NBA history, averaging 25+ points and 15+ assists per game in 7 games. The previous three were Magic, Johnson, Chris Paul and Westbrook. This season has really reached the stage of growth and glory for Haliburton, and if this trend continues, it is certain that he will be selected as an All-Star again this season.
Winner two Harden. It's hard to imagine Harden ranking so high in this first-round poll. He is second only to Doncic, Curry and Alexander in the Western backcourt, beating Irving Edwards, Morant, Fox and other players. Of course, this is also thanks to his help to the team and personal data, so far this season he has averaged 17.7 points, 4.8 rebounds, 8.1 assists and 1.4 steals per game, shooting 47% from the field and 43.3% from three-point range He has become an important part of the Clippers' Big Three, the Clippers are currently at the top of the Western Conference standings, and the team maintains an excellent momentum, as long as the team does not suffer major injuries, this season of the Clippers is likely to be the closest to their goal.
Winner three maxi. It can be said that Maxey is the biggest beneficiary of the 76ers' trade for Harden, and as Harden leaves Maxey to further secure the team's position, he has gained more tactics and ball possession in the game, and his statistics have also ushered in a significant improvement. So far this season, he has averaged 25.9 points, 3.7 rebounds and 6.4 assists in 37.1 minutes per game, shooting 45.8% from the field and 38.8% from three-point range.
Loser one Booker. I don't know if you feel that there is one person missing from this list, who is not there? Suns star Devin Booker. This season, he averaged 26.7 points, 5.2 rebounds, 7.8 assists and 0.8 steals in 35.9 minutes per game, and his personal data is very good, but surprisingly, Booker, who was selected to the All-Star team three times and was selected to the All-NBA team once, missed the top 10 in the Western Conference backcourt in the first phase of the voting results. Do you think Booker will be able to make it to the All-Star this season?
Of course, this is only the result of the first round of voting, and there will be other rounds of voting to follow, and the final voting results will not be known until the last minute, which players do you think will end up being the dark horses among the All-Star players?