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Zaza Pachulia near the top of NBA All-Star voting

AJ Neuharth-Keusch
USA TODAY Sports
This is Pachulia's first season with the Warriors.

The NBA released the first round of fan-voting results for the 2017 All-Star Game starters on Thursday, giving an early look at which players may be headed to New Orleans next month.

Cleveland Cavaliers' LeBron James and Kyrie Irving received the most overall votes, while Golden State Warriors' Kevin Durant and Stephen Curry lead all Western Conference players. The biggest surprise on the list is the Warriors' Zaza Pachulia, who earned the second-most votes of all West frontcourt players despite averaging just 5.2 points and 5.8 rebounds in 17.7 minutes.

Eastern Conference

Frontcourt

  1. LeBron James - 595,288
  2. Giannis Antetokounmpo - 500,663
  3. Kevin Love - 250,347
  4. Joel Embiid - 221,984
  5. Carmelo Anthony - 189,817
  6. Jimmy Butler - 189,066
  7. Kristaps Porzingis - 184,166
  8. Paul George - 138,332
  9. Hassan Whiteside - 72,628
  10. Jabari Parker - 64,141

Guards

  1. Kyrie Irving - 543,030
  2. Dwyane Wade - 278,052
  3. DeMar DeRozan - 253,340
  4. Isaiah Thomas - 193,297
  5. Derrick Rose - 129,924
  6. Kyle Lowry - 128,940
  7. John Wall - 87,360
  8. Jeremy Lin - 59,562
  9. Kemba Walker - 52,122
  10. Avery Bradley - 32,822

 

Western Conference

Frontcourt

  1. Kevin Durant - 541,209
  2. Zaza Pachulia - 439,675
  3. Kawhi Leonard - 341,240
  4. Anthony Davis - 318,144
  5. Draymond Green - 236,315
  6. DeMarcus Cousins - 202,317
  7. Karl-Anthony Towns - 125,278
  8. LaMarcus Aldridge - 101,724
  9. Blake Griffin - 100,524
  10. Marc Gasol - 97,370

Guards

  1. Stephen Curry - 523,597
  2. James Harden - 519,446
  3. Russell Westbrook - 501,652
  4. Klay Thompson - 293,054
  5. Chris Paul - 173,830
  6. Damian Lillard - 117,857
  7. Eric Gordon - 76,609
  8. Manu Ginobili - 65,832
  9. Andre Iguodala - 64,247
  10. Zach LaVine - 53,642

As was announced in December, this year marks the first time that fans only make up 50% of the vote, while NBA players and media each comprise 25%.

Fans can vote in several ways:

  • NBA.com/vote
  • The NBA App
  • Twitter and Facebook, by using the player's first and last name (or Twitter handle) along with the hashtag #NBAVote
  • Google search, by typing in "NBA Vote All-Star" or "NBA Vote Team Name" (example: NBA Vote Warriors) and using the respective voting cards to select teams and then players

On Twitter, Facebook and Google, fans can submit votes for 10 different players per day during the voting period. On NBA.com and in the NBA App, fans can fill out one ballot per day, selecting up to two guards and three frontcourt players from each conference.

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A second voting update will be shared on Jan. 12, voting will conclude on Jan. 16 and the starters will be announced on Jan. 19 on TNT. The All-Star reserves, as selected by NBA head coaches, will be announced a week later on Jan. 26.

The All-Star Game will take place on Feb. 19 at the Smoothie King Center.