Luka Doncic walks steadily towards her first NBA All-Star . In the third vote count, the Dallas Mavericks star remains the second most backed player with 4,598,323 props, only behind LeBron James . Although popular support is only half of the vote (the other half is shared between the players and the specialized press), the results leave it one step closer.

Doncic is at least (almost) assured to finish first among the western players, the category in which it appears this year. With only four days left before the vote is closed, he has more than one and a half million votes ahead of the second, James Harden (2,934,614) and a chasm separates him from the third, Damian Lillard (984,140).

Everything indicates that Luka Doncic will be All-Star this season. Although popular support is only part of the vote for the All-Star holder quintets, Slovenian is already by right an NBA star. In his last game, he became the youngest player in history to get a triple-double with more than 15 rebounds and 15 assists, and the youngest to achieve it with at least 17 basket passes, the top of his career.

LeBron James, in the lead

The most voted player for the All-Star is LeBron James (4,747,887), who last week completed Doncic's 'sorpasso'. Among the interiors of the West (eaves and pivots) are followed by his partner in Los Angeles Lakers Anthony Davis and Kawhi Leonard .

In Eastern Giannis Antetokounmpo , he almost doubles any other player. The current MVP has received 4,474,107, compared to less than 2.5 million Pascal Siakam. The third place is for Joel Embiid. Among the outsiders, Trae Young already exceeds two million votes, while the difference for second place between Kyrie Irving and Kemba Walker is less than 20,000.

The quintets holding the All-Star are decided according to the vote obtained in the popular vote (50%), the vote between the players (25%) and the specialized press (25%). The elected will be announced on January 23 and on the 30th the substitutes will be announced, which are chosen by a vote among the trainers of the 30 franchises.

Voting for incumbent quintets closes next Monday, January 20. Both that day and Thursday 16, the votes will count twice and can be cast through the NBA website, the official application or the Google search engine.

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