Shai Gilgeous-Alexander remains in fourth place at 1,544,468 votes. He only trails Luke Doncic, Nikola Jokic and Stephen Curry. After being in 19th place in the first batch of results, Chet Holmgren has dropped off the list.

The NBA on Thursday released the second batch of returns for All-Star fan voting and Portland Trail Blazers forward Deni Avdija landed among the top 10 on Western Conference ballots.

Former NBA star DeMarcus Cousins has a message for Los Angeles Lakers center Deandre Ayton after recent comments.

Nets forward Michael Porter Jr. continues to rise in the All-Star fan voting results during a breakout season.

 Utah Jazz star forward Lauri Markkanen ended up making some notable noise in the first NBA All-Star fan voting returns, placing in the top 15 vote-getters of Western Conference candidates, and made for some additional optimism about what his All-Star fate may hold for later this season.

The Hawks’ choice not to give Young a long-term contract extension this summer opened the door for all of this chatter.

Norman Powell is not lobbying, mind you. But if asked, the Miami Heat guard is not going to deny an ongoing desire for a first NBA All-Star selection.

According to a recent announcement from the NBA, Nikola Jokic (1,998,560) currently sits second in the West for total fan votes for the All-Star Game, while his co-star, Jamal Murray, lands 15th in the conference (260,014).