The NBA released the results from the first round of fan voting for the 2019 NBA All-Star Game on Thursday. Based on the early numbers, it’s safe to conclude Beal will need to rely on the coaches vote to return to the All-Star Game.
Beal finished ninth among Eastern Conference backcourt players with 61,269 votes in the first set of returns. But to just say he’s ninth doesn’t really do justice to how far behind Beal is in the voting relative to his peers.
Beal would need to triple his vote total just to get to sixth-place.