Giannis Antetokounmpo is preparing to record his seventh NBA All Star Game appearance in a short time, and he will be captain for the third time in his career, after 2019 and 2020.
The Bucks’ Greek star led the East in votes and will be joined by Kyrie Irving, Kevin Durant (Nets), Donovan Mitchell (Cavaliers) and Jayson Tatum (Celtics) in the starting five.
As it turned out, the “Greek Freak” dominated the proceedings, receiving 6,761,032 votes from the public. Second was Durant with 6,525,199 votes.
In the corresponding vote of the players of the League, Giannis Antetokounmpo was again first with 220 votes against the second star of the Nets who collected 172 votes.
Just two votes were the difference in media preferences, where Jayson Tatum of the Celtics emerged first with 82 positive votes and Giannis came second with 80.
It is worth noting that the players’ choices have more weight in the voting, which make up 50%, while the votes of fans and the Media have 25% each.
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