The third returns for NBA All-Star Game voting have arrived, and we're now just one week away from learning the ASG starters. Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo remains in front as

LaMelo Ball and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander remain the leaders at guard in the East & West, with Antetokounmpo and Jokić as the top overall voting leaders.

The second returns of NBA All-Star voting are in, and Giannis Antetokounmpo of the Milwaukee Bucks still leads all vote-getters. Just like in the first returns, Nikola Jokic of the Denver Nuggets leads all Western Conference vote-getters.

The Cleveland Cavaliers still hold the best record in the NBA, and today is the last day to send four of our starts to the All-Star game in San Francisco next month.

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The latest return of votes for the 2025 NBA All-Star Game have returned some fascinating results. Nikola Jokic and Giannis Antetokounmpo are the overall leaders in votes received, per ESPN’s Shams Charania. But sometimes just as interesting are the players who did not receive as much love from the fans.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and LaMelo Ball remain the leaders at guard in the East & West, with Jokić and Antetokounmpo as the top overall leaders.

LeBron James wasn’t too far behind Kevin Durant after the second fan return All-Star votes for the Western Conference frontcourt. He has since passed him as revealed in the third fan return votes Thursday.

Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo continues to lead the NBA All-Star voting by a mile, per the latest fan returns. The Greek Freak has 3,489,956 votes. In the Eastern Conference frontcourt,