Just in this year’s voting results, we can cite various eyebrow-raising examples of players not taking their vote seriously whatsoever.
How about Los Angeles Lakers swingman Kostas Antetokounmpo playing eight minutes all year and getting 10 votes from players to be an All-Star? That’s the same number John Wall got and one more than Bojan Bogdanovic, double-digit scorer for the best team in the league this year.
That’s not even the worst one, either.
Mamadi Diakite and Killian Tillie each got an All-Star vote from a player this season. Neither has made their NBA debut yet.
Jaren Jackson Jr. hasn’t played yet this campaign either and he got five votes. Milwaukee Bucks guard Jaylen Adams has scored two points in 18 total minutes of action. He got five votes as well.
That’s one more player vote apiece than Karl-Anthony Towns, who had just four votes from fellow players, got. Granted, he’s missed a lot of time this season, but the point remains the same.
Tacko Fall and his 49 minutes of action this campaign got three votes. KZ Okpala and his 2.2 points per game got the same amount. Cole Anthony and his sub-38 percent field-goal percentage got four votes.