Back to the NBA Newsfeed

Retiring Bryant tops early NBA All-Star balloting

View photo

Kobe Bryant, pictured on December 22, 2015, is the leading scorer in NBA All-Star Game history with 280 points (AFP Photo/Doug Pensigner)

New York (AFP) - Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant, retiring after this season to end a 20-year career, is the runaway vote leader for the 65th NBA All-Star Game, the league announced Friday.

Bryant, a 17-time All-Star, has received 719,235 votes with reigning NBA Most Valuable Player Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors next at 510,202 and LeBron James of the Cleveland Cavaliers topping the Eastern Conference with 357,937 votes.