The NBA recently released its first 2024-25 All-Star fan voting returns on X, formerly Twitter, per ESPN Senior NBA Insider Shams Charania. Charania, 30, posted the NBA’s news on X. Charania’s post drew mixed emotions from X users, as one user questioned the fans’ votes for the Charlotte Hornets Point Guard LaMelo Ball and another user asked why the New York Knicks Center Karl-Anthony Towns had 1,000,000 votes, while Knicks Point Guard Jalen Brunson only had 400,000 votes. Read on for the NBA’s recent release.
The NBA’s Western Conference Leaders
The NBA’s Western Conference leaders were the Denver Nuggets’ Nikola Jokic, also known as “The Joker,” for the Frontcourt section and the Oklahoma City Thunder’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, also known as “SGA,” for the Guards section. Jokic, 29, had 1.4 million votes, while Gilgeous-Alexander, 26, accumulated 1.05 million votes at the time of writing.
For the Frontcourt section, Jokic’s runner-up was Kevin Durant with 1.26 million votes. Following Jokic and Durant, the remaining frontcourt consisted of Los Angeles Lakers Forward LeBron James, Lakers Forward Anthony Davis, and San Antonio’s Victor Wembanyama. Houston’s Alperen Sengun, OKC’s Jalen Williams, Golden State’s Andrew Wiggins, Sacramento’s Domantas Sabonis, and the Memphis Grizzlies’ Jaren Jackson Jr all received a lofty number of votes.
For the Guards section, Gilgeous-Alexander’s runner-up was Luka Doncic with 870,000 votes. Following Gilgeous-Alexander and Doncic, the remaining guards were the Warriors’ Stephen Curry, the Mavericks’ Kyrie Irving, the Minnesota Timberwolves’ Anthony Edwards, the Los Angeles Clippers’ James Harden, the Grizzlies’ Ja Morant, the Kings’ De’Aaron Fox, the Suns’ Devin Booker, and the Clippers’ Norman Powell.
Eastern Conference Leaders
The NBA’s Eastern Conference leader was Milwaukee Bucks Forward Giannis Antetokounmpo, also known as “The Greek Freak,” with 1.71 million votes to lead the Frontcourt section, and the Charlotte Hornets’ LaMelo Ball with 947,000 votes to lead the Guards section at the time of writing. Some, if not most, NBA fans disagreed with Ball’s current lead.
For the Frontcourt section, Antetokounmpo, 30, had a runner-up in the Boston Celtics’ Jayson Tatum with 1.385 million votes. Tatum, 26, won his first-ever NBA championship last June defeating the Dallas Mavericks. Following Antetokounmpo and Tatum, the remaining frontcourt consisted of the New York Knicks’ Karl-Anthony Towns, the Orlando Magic’s Paolo Banchero, the Celtics’ Jaylen Brown, the Miami Heat’s Jimmy Butler, the Magic’s Franz Wagner, the Philadelphia 76ers’ Joel Embiid, the 76ers’ Paul George, and the Cleveland Cavaliers’ Evan Mobley.
For the Guards section, Ball, 23, had a runner-up in Cavaliers Guard Donovan Mitchell, also known as “Spida,” with 718,000 votes. Mitchell, 28, has been playing for the Cavaliers since 2022 following a five-year tenure with the Utah Jazz from 2017-2022. Following Ball and Mitchell, the remaining guards were the Bucks’ Damian Lillard, the Knicks’ Jalen Brunson, the Atlanta Hawks’ Trae Young, the Detroit Pistons’ Cade Cunningham, the 76ers’ Tyrese Maxey, the Washington Wizards’ Jordan Poole, the Heat’s Tyler Herro, and the Celtics’ Derrick White.
The NBA’s Leaders
The NBA’s leaders in the first round of the 2024-25 All-Star fan voting are subject to change as the NBA officially opened voting to the public from Thursday, December 20, 2024-Monday, January 20, 2025. Each individual can vote once per day during the league’s one-month voting period for all four categories.
The 2025 NBA All-Star Game will be played at the Chase Center in San Francisco’s Mission Bay neighborhood on Sunday, February 16, 2025, at 5:00 p.m. Pacific. The Chase Center is the home of the NBA’s Golden State Warriors and the WNBA’s Golden State Valkyries, and the partial home of the NCAA’s University of San Francisco men’s and women’s basketball teams.
