The NBA's first round of All-Star voting was released Thursday afternoon, and in the latest sign of a transition in eras in The Association, both LeBron James and Stephen Curry rank third at their respective positions.
James sits third overall in the West frontcourt voting -- still in a starting spot -- with 1.17 million votes, sitting behind Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic, with 1.4 million votes, and Phoenix Suns forward Kevin Durant, with 1.27 million, though James has a healthy lead for the third and final starting spot over his Lakers teammate, Anthony Davis, and San Antonio Spurs center Victor Wembanyama, who are both over 900,000 votes cast.