New Orleans power forward Anthony Davis led all Western Conference frontcourt players in 2015 with 1.3 million votes, but some new competition may guarantee that Davis won’t claim the top spot this time. With Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant now listed as a frontcourt player (after receiving a total of 1.1 million votes as a backcourt player last season), the soon-to-retire wing and therefore sentimental pick had a commanding lead when initial results were announced by the NBA on Christmas morning.
Bryant has earned 719,235 votes so far, while Davis is currently sixth among “bigs” with 156,161 votes. In between Bryant and Davis are frontcourt players Kevin Durant, Blake Griffin, Kawhi Leonard and Draymond Green. The 2016 NBA All-Star Game will be played in February in Toronto.
NBA All-Star Voting 2016 presented by Verizon is an all-digital program that gives fans everywhere the opportunity to vote for their favorite players as starters for the All-Star Game. New to the voting program this year, fans can cast their daily votes directly through Google Search on their desktop, tablet and mobile devices. They can also vote on NBA.com, through the NBA App (available on Android and iOS), SMS text and social media networks including Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, as well as via Sina Weibo and Tencent Microblogs in China.