The latest returns are in for the NBA All-Star Game fan voting, and LeBron James has overtaken Milwaukee’s Giannis Antetokounmpo to lead the Eastern Conference. In the first returns, the Greek Freak was ahead of James by just over 7,000 votes.
As of Thursday, James has 1,622,838 fan votes to lead the NBA, putting him ahead of Antetokounmpo by about 150,000 votes. Leading the guards in the East is Kyrie Irving, with 1,370,643. James also has nearly 300,000 more votes than the Western Conference’s leaders, Steph Curry and Kevin Durant. Overall, the top three vote getters– James, Antetokounmpo and Irving– are from the Eastern Conference.