The NBA All Star 2nd Returns were reported a few days ago, sooner than I had expected. Anyhow, voting ends in less than four days on January 20th. Please keep voting.

The frontcourt and guard forerunners, for both East and West Coasts, remain unchanged. Giannis Antetokounmpo (Milwaukee Bucks – 3,475,698 votes) and LeBron James (Los Angeles Lakers – 3,096,031 votes) both have a commanding lead for the frontcourt, while Tyrese Haliburton (Indiana Pacers – 2,192,810 votes) and Luka Doncic (Dallas Mavericks – 2,508,618 votes) led the guards for the East and West respectively.

Slight changes for the West Coast

For the Frontcourt, Kevin Durant of the Phoenix Suns ⬇️ to 3rd from prior 2nd position, while Alperen Sengun (Houston Rockets) ⬆️ to 6th from 7th.

For the Guards, Devin Booker (Phoenix Suns) enters the list in 9th position edging out Austin Reaves (LA Lakers) and pushing Klay Thompson (Golden State Warriors) ⬇️ to the 10th position.

East Coast

The East Coast recorded slightly more changes than the West.

For the Frontcourt,

• Kristaps Porzingas (Boston Celtics) ⬆️ 2 spots to 6th, from 8th
• Paolo Banchero (Orlando Magic ) ⬆️ to 9th from 10th
• Bam Adebayo (Miami Heat) ⬇️ to 7th from 6th,
• 📲 Julius Randle (New York Knicks) and Mikal Bridges (Brooklyn Net) at 8th and 10th respectively, while
• Kyle Kuzma (Washington Wizards) exits the list.

For the Guards,

• Damian Lillard (Milwaukee Bucks) ⬇️ to 3rd from 2nd, LaMelo Ball (Charlotte Hornets) to 8th from 7th, and DeMar DeRozan (Chicago Bulls) to 10th from 9th position.
• Derrick White (Boston Celtics) ⬆️ to 7th from 8th, Jrue Holiday (Boston Celtics) to 9th from 10th, and Trae Young (Atlanta Hawks) to 2nd from 3rd.

Can’t wait to see the final returns.

All Star coming to California

This year’s All Star takes place in Indianapolis. California will thereafter host the next two; first in NoCal (San Francisco) in 2025 and SoCal (Los Angeles) in 2026. It’s always exciting to watch but will be more so in California 😍