NBA 2018-19: Why the early NBA All-Star voting results seem to be odd

Luka Doncic

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The NBA All-Star Weekend includes a Rising Stars Challenge game every year. The best Rookies play the best 2nd year or sophomore players. For this reason, it is odd that Luka Doncic has received 679,839 votes placing him second, ahead of Kevin Durant, Anthony Davis and Paul George for frontcourt players being considered for the All-Star Game from the Western Conference.

Doncic is a very good rookie player averaging 19.4 points per game and is the front runner for the 2019 rookie of the year award. However, Doncic will get his time to shine at the Rising Stars Challenge game this year as a rookie and next year as a sophomore. His vote tally is not odd because he is talented and the fix is because of whom his selection would supplant or might exclude from the big event on Sunday, February 17th, 2019.

Right now, based on early voting the starting frontcourt from the west would be LeBron James, Luka Doncic and Kevin Durant. Its hard to argue that Anthony Davis or Paul George don't deserve a starting role at the All-Star game. However, it is early and there is plenty of time for players to move up or down by gathering more votes.