NBA All-Star Game 2016 Voting: 3rd Update for East, West Rosters Released

January 14th, 2016 by Tyler Conway Leave a reply »

In both conferences, it appears four of the five NBA All-Star Game starting spots have been decided. The fifth and final places will likely be determined by voting over the next seven days.

The NBA released its third returns in All-Star balloting Thursday, with Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green and New York Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony each holding slim margins for the final frontcourt spot in their respective conferences:



Anthony currently sits a little more than 7,000 votes ahead of Detroit Pistons center Andre Drummond for the East's final spot. Green is just over 12,000 votes in front of San Antonio Spurs forward Kawhi Leonard.

Kobe Bryant remains the overall leading vote-getter, with his 1,533,432 votes putting him more than 300,000 ahead of his next closest competitor (Stephen Curry). Bryant has nearly double the votes of any Eastern Conference player, as LeBron James leads that pack with 830,345. The Los Angeles Lakers guard has been anything but an All-Star on the floor but has received votes in droves after announcing he'll retire at the end of the season.

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