A certain four-time MVP leads all players in fan voting…
The second batch of 2023 All-Star Game voting returns has arrived, and it looks like four of your Los Angeles Lakers continue to make an impact in the upper echelon of the tallies!
Last week, when the initial results were announced, ageless wonder LeBron James led everyone with 3,168,694 fan votes.
The 18-time All-Star and four-time league MVP, now playing in his 20th season, continues to lead the way this week, having accrued 4,825,229 votes to once again remain in pole position among all players.
Brooklyn Nets forward Kevin Durant, the 2014 MVP, and Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo, a two-time MVP, are the two immortals with the second- and third-most fan votes (4,509,238 for Durant, 4,467,306 for the Greek Freak).
Shockingly, LA big man Anthony Davis, who hasn’t played a game since December 16th and remains out indefinitely with a stress injury in his right foot, is still among the top three Western Conference frontcourt players receiving fan votes, behind James and Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic, the league’s reigning MVP.
The fact that Davis is ahead of players like New Orleans Pelicans forward Zion Williamson, who until recently was mostly healthy, Sacramento Kings center Domantas Sabonis, and Utah Jazz forward Lauri Markkanen, is more a testament to AD’s continued popularity than his on-court work this year. He has been great when healthy, albeit on a middling team that would miss the play-in tournament if the season ended today.
