Voting for which ten players will start the 2018 NBA All-Star Game has been open for over two weeks, though the first returns were just announced by the league Thursday night. And with 148,622 votes, Trail Blazers point guard Damian Lillard currently ranks seventh among Western Conference guards.
Lillard, averaging 25.2 points on 42 percent shooting from the field, 36 percent shooting from three and 93 percent shooting from the free throw line, 6.3 assists, 4.9 rebounds and 1.0 steals in 36.9 minutes per game this season, Lillard finds himself 25,721 votes behind Houston's Chris Paul, who is sixth with 174,343 votes, and 27,805 votes ahead of Lakers rookie Lonzo Ball, who is in eighth with 120,817 votes.