“I’m not exactly sure where all the votes are coming from,” Carlisle said. “I’m sure his country is been very busy online. But look, he’s a good player and he’s having a good year.”
Doncic, 19, collected 679,839 votes in the first round of the fan voting process, which was released Thursday. He trailed only Los Angeles Lakers’ forward LeBron James, who is his childhood idol and who had 1,083,363 votes.
Forward Dirk Nowitzki has been impressed what he’s seen from Doncic this season, especially with the way he’s made a seamless transition from playing in Europe to playing in the NBA.