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The NBA All-Star game votes have been updated with a new leader

By Tre LyDay

OAKLAND, CA - JUNE 12: LeBron James #23 of the Cleveland Cavaliers handles the ball against Stephen Curry #30 of the Golden State Warriors in Game Five of the 2017 NBA Finals on June 12, 2017 at ORACLE Arena in Oakland, California. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2017 NBAE (Photo by Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE via Getty Images)
OAKLAND, CA - JUNE 12: LeBron James #23 of the Cleveland Cavaliers handles the ball against Stephen Curry #30 of the Golden State Warriors in Game Five of the 2017 NBA Finals on June 12, 2017 at ORACLE Arena in Oakland, California. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2017 NBAE (Photo by Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE via Getty Images) /
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The NBA All-Star voting has been updated, and the leaders are just who you expected it to be.

NBA All-Star weekend is set to being on Feb. 16 in Los Angeles. Of course, before that we the fans have to vote on who actually makes the All-Star game. As you might expect there are some familiar faces atop the voting leaderboards. This time around though there are some different rules.

If you may recall the NBA canned the East vs. West, and went a new route in regards to the game. The leading vote-getter in each league will be a captain, and will draft their own team. It should make things more competitive, and hopefully more interesting. On the updated leaderboard, LeBron James and Steph Curry lead their respective conferences in votes as of Thursday.

If the voting were to end today, and James and Curry wee the captians the draft could actually be fairly interesting. Curry could honestly just draft his teammates Kevin Durant, Klay Thompson and Draymond Green, and just fill the rest of the roster with whoever else and they’d still probably win.

On the other end you have James who, if it were up to him might just go ahead and draft the banana boat gang should the all make it and then call it a day. It remains to be seen if the players actually even care about the game, but since this was actually their idea they will probably care a little bit more than in years past.

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Also, given the Eastern Conference’s lack of success against the West in the past decade I’m sure they’re done losing every year. The most interesting part of the All-Star game is most likely going to be the draft. Will the captains just draft their teammates and friends? Or, will they take the best player available, and build a team to actually win the game?

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