Saturday, January 23, 2010

LeBron James Tops All Players in All-Star Balloting with Over 2.5 Million Votes


Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James tops All Players in All-Star Balloting for the 2010 NBA All-Star Games. LeBron James has been voted as a starter to the 2010 Eastern Conference All-Star team by the fans. Lebron James became the first player in balloting history to draw at least 2.5 million votes on three separate occasions and this marks the second time in his career that he was the leading vote-getter in All-Star balloting, first was on 2007. Lebron James finished as the leading vote-getter in the NBA All-Star Balloting program with 2,549,693 total votes.

Lebron James becomes the first Cavalier in franchise history to be named an all-star on six occasions, with his sixth consecutive selection to the All-Star team,. He joins Kobe Bryant of the L.A. Lakers and Tim Duncan of the San Antonio Spurs as the only three players to have been selected as starters for each of the last six All-Star Games.

A two-time All-Star Game MVP (2006, 2008), he has averages of 23.4 points on .516 shooting, 6.6 rebounds and 5.2 assists per game in five all-star appearances. He has been named Eastern Conference Player of the Week on three occasions and earned Eastern Conference Player of the Month honors for Oct.-Nov. and December this season.

The 59th NBA All-Star Game will be played at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, TX on Sunday, February 14th at 8:00 p.m. EST.

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