Gilgeous-Alexander, Holmgren Earn Identical Positioning in Second All-Star Voting Results
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The second rendition of the NBA All-Star Fan Vote was released on Thursday morning, and both the Thunder's Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Chet Holmgren were listed once again.
They remain in the exact same positions as a week ago.
Gilgeous-Alexander still sits third among all Western Conference guards, having 1,763,671 votes. The gap between he and No. 1 listed Luka Doncic (2,508,618) has widened, while Gilgeous-Alexander and Stephen Curry's (2,126,037) difference is similar from the first fan vote.
The former Kentucky Wildcat sits above the LA Clippers' James Harden (612,472), the Dallas Mavericks' Kyrie Irving (544,290) and the Minnesota Timberwolves' Anthony Edwards (523,501).
Gilgeous-Alexander is currently fourth in the NBA in scoring with 31.4 per game, two spots behind Doncic. Oklahoma City's 6-foot-6 star guard puts up those numbers on 55.2% shooting while taking 20.5 shots a night.
Those are pretty absurd numbers, especially when examining his defensive output, averaging the most steals in the league with 2.4 – while also racking up 6.4 assists, the 15th most in the association.
As for the talented Oklahoma City rookie Holmgren, he placed No. 9 again this week with 329,154 votes – trailing San Antonio Spurs rookie Victor Wembanyama (426,419) and the Clippers' Paul George (638,277).
Holmgren sustains his placement ahead of the Minnesota's Karl-Anthony Towns, who holds 241,228 votes.
The Thunder rookie is averaging 17.9 points on 55.5% shooting, along with 2.6 blocks and 7.4 rebounds on the season. He currently trails Wembanyama in the Kia Rookie Ladder.
Following the result of the third and final vote returns on Jan. 18, the starters for the All-Star game are to be revealed a week later on Jan. 25.
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