December 11, 2014 – All Hornets players will be eligible to be voted to the NBA All-Star Game this season as balloting goes all-digital and all NBA players are included on the ballot for the first time.
NBA All-Star Balloting 2015 presented by Sprint begins today and gives fans around the world the opportunity to vote daily for their favorite players as starters for NBA All-Star Game 2015. The official NBA All-Star Ballot presented by Sprint will include all current NBA players for the first time ever. Fans will continue to select two guards and three frontcourt players when choosing the starters for the 2015 NBA All-Star Game, but can now vote for any current NBA player.
HOW TO VOTE
Online Ballot
Fans can vote on NBA.com by clicking here. Limit one ballot per day per computer with up to 5 Hornets players and 5 Western Conference players. Fans can also access the ballot and vote from their mobile device.
Text Message
Fans can vote by texting a player's last name to 69622 (MYNBA). Limit one vote per player every 24 hours, and only 10 votes per phone per day. Message and data rates may apply.
NBA Game Time and NBA Game Time from Sprint apps
Limit one ballot per phone per day on those apps.
Fans can post status updates from their personal account that includes the hashtag #NBABallot and the first & last name of the player (Example: "Al Jefferson #NBABallot"). Limit one vote per player per day and limit 10 votes per account per day. Note: Comments on status updates do not count as votes.
Fans can tweet a player's first and last name or Twitter handle, along with #NBABallot to cast a vote (Example: "@KembaWalker #NBABallot" OR "Kemba Walker #NBABallot"). Retweets, replies and mentions also count as votes. Limit one vote per player per day, and limit 10 total votes per account per day.
Fans can post photos to their personal accounts with the player's first and last name and #NBABallot in the caption to cast a vote (Example: Lance Stephenson #NBABallot). Comments on photos will not count as votes.
Voting for more than one player at a time through text or social media will not count. So remember, vote for your favorite Hornets, but be sure to do it in separate texts, posts, etc.
As part of the NBA’s all-digital program, fans can vote on NBA.com, through social media networks including Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and Sina Weibo and Tencent Microblog in China, via SMS text, and the NBA Game Time and NBA Game Time from Sprint applications.
New to this year’s program is SAP, which will integrate daily stats into the online ballot. Fans can sort players on the NBA Ballot by their current stats from NBA.com/stats powered by SAP HANA. SAP will also host a new feature on NBA.com/stats called the SAP NBA All-Star 2015 Game Predictor. After fans vote, they will be able to see how the East and West starters they picked would match up. The game predictor will compare player statistics and compute a game score based on the fan’s picks.
Balloting concludes on Monday, Jan. 19, and starters will be announced live on TNT on Thursday, Jan. 22, during a special one-hour edition of TNT NBA Tip-Off presented by Autotrader.com at 7 p.m. ET, featuring Ernie Johnson, Charles Barkley, Shaquille O’Neal, and Kenny Smith. The special will air prior to TNT’s exclusive doubleheader featuring the San Antonio Spurs at the Chicago Bulls (8 p.m. ET) and the Brooklyn Nets at the Los Angeles Clippers (10:30 p.m. ET).