One interesting takeaway is that the biggest difference was how much voting Ball for from fans relative to how little he got from the media. You can read more about this from Stephen Noh on Sporting News. Ball finished with the most among East guards by fans but seventh by media.

All-Star Game starters were announced Thursday, and as per usual, we had some snubs and some weird votes. The difference between fan vote and player vote in the All-Star Game in the last eight years is huge in some cases.

“Inside the NBA” gave us the 2025 All-Star starters last night, and we might have a little bit of controversy. First, let’s get to the picks for each conference. This comes from an aggregate of the fan vote (50 percent), player vote (25 percent) and media vote (25 percent). Backcourt: Steph Curry (Warriors), Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (Thunder)