OKC Thunder: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander ranks No. 4 among Western Conference guards for All-Star voting | Sports

The first batch of fan All-Star voting was launched on Thursday; Oklahoma City Thunder star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander ranks fourth among Western Conference guards.

Gilgeous-Alexander ranks behind No. 3 guard Ja Morant, No. 2 guard Luka Doncic and No. 1 guard Stephen Curry. Gilgeous-Alexander is barely 3,733 votes behind Morant.

The first spherical of voting outcomes aren’t too surprising – Curry and Doncic are megastars and are having fun with phenomenal seasons whereas Morant has the identify recognition. With that stated, Gilgeous-Alexander has an actual shot at surpassing Morant for the third-most West guard votes by the Jan. 21 deadline. 

Fan voting solely counts for All-Star starters and accounts for 50%. Media and gamers every account for 25% every to spherical out 100%. If Gilgeous-Alexander just isn’t named as an All-Star starter, his hopes will depend on the 30 NBA head coaches to vote him in as a reserve. 

The NBA has 4 upcoming days the place a fan vote will depend for 3 times its price. Those days are Jan. 6, Jan. 13, Jan. 16 and Jan. 20. Fans with an NBA ID can submit one poll every day on both the NBA app or the NBA web site. 

In 34 video games, Gilgeous-Alexander is averaging 30.9 factors on 61.5 true taking pictures share, 5.7 assists and 4.8 rebounds. The 16-22 Thunder is 2 video games again from the tenth seed. 

“It would be an honor. It’s something that I know I dream about,” Gilgeous-Alexander stated on Dec. 21 when requested about the potential of being chosen for his first All-Star recreation this season.

Among different Oklahoma-related NBA gamers, Former Sooner guards Trae Young and Austin Reaves additionally confirmed up on the primary rounds of voting.

Reaves is No. 9 among Western Conference guards and Young is No. 5 among Eastern Conference guards.