Portland Trail Blazers’ point guard Damian Lillard is currently third in All-Star fan voting for the Western Conference, reports Sham Charania of the Athletic. He is behind Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors and Luka Doncic of the Dallas Mavericks. CJ McCollum came in at number 8, while Carmelo Anthony garnered enough votes to break the frontcourt’s top ten. Lillard needs approximatley 400,000 fan votes to overtake Doncic. According to Charania, fan voting is up 70% over the previous year.
Nets‘ Kevin Durant and Lakers‘ LeBron James lead the NBA’s first All-Star fan voting returns.