On Thursday afternoon, the NBA launched the outcomes of the third spherical of 2024 All-Star voting. All 5 Celtics starters discovered themselves amongst the highest vote-getters within the Jap Convention for the third straight week.
LeBron James and Giannis Antetokounmpo lead their respective conferences within the third fan returns of #NBAAllStar Voting offered by AT&T.
Followers account for 50% of the vote to determine All-Star starters. NBA gamers and a media panel account for 25% every. pic.twitter.com/fyGeQXgEhH
— NBA Communications (@NBAPR) January 18, 2024
Jayson Tatum (3,717,311 votes), Jaylen Brown (977,953 votes), and Kristaps Porzingis (567,036 votes) all held their spots over the previous week. The frontcourt trio remained in third, fifth, and sixth locations respectively.
The “Inventory Alternate” backcourt duo of Derrick White (515,882 votes) and Jrue Vacation (407,126 votes) additionally noticed themselves stick in the identical slots. White stayed in seventh place amongst Jap Convention guards, whereas Vacation caught in ninth.
The league mentioned that followers will proceed to have the ability to place votes by means of Saturday, earlier than the ultimate tally is revealed subsequent Thursday on the Jan. 25 version of TNT’s “Contained in the NBA.”
Fan voting solely applies to the beginning lineup. Three frontcourt gamers and two backcourt gamers from every convention are chosen by followers, whereas the reserves are picked by coaches, different gamers, in addition to a media panel.
As of now, it appears as if Tatum has locked up a spot with the sport’s starters, whereas Brown has a strong probability of being named a reserve. The fates of the remaining three Cs is a little more cloudy.
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No crew has ever seen greater than 4 gamers be named to an All-Star Recreation. There have been 9 cases all through NBA historical past the place 4 gamers from the identical squad earned the dignity. Three of these have been Celtics groups. They did it in 1962, 1975, after which 2011.