LeBron James of the Miami Heat, Carmelo Anthony of the New York Knicks, Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers and Kevin Durant of the Oklahoma City Thunder are among the leading vote-getters through the first returns of 2013 NBA All-Star Balloting presented by Sprint, the league announced.
James is the overall leading vote getter with 641,348 votes, while Bryant is second with 639,419 votes.
The 62nd NBA All-Star Game is scheduled for Feb. 17, 2013 at the Toyota Center.
James, Anthony (573,112) and the Boston Celtics’ Kevin Garnett (218,246) lead the Eastern Conference’s frontcourt players, while the Heat’s Dwyane Wade (430,925) is the East’s leading vote-getter in the backcourt.
After Durant (605,965), the conference’s leading frontcourt vote-getters are the Lakers’ Dwight Howard (434,168) and the Clippers’ Blake Griffin (307,855).