T he third returns for NBA All-Star Game voting have arrived, and we're now just one week away from learning the ASG starters. Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo remains in front as

Kevin Durant was surpassed by LeBron James in fan voting for the 2024-25 NBA All-Star Game in the past week, the NBA revealed.

One of the people who hate it is none other than NBA All-Star Kevin Durant. He was asked about the new format and said “ I absolutely hate it .” “All-Star Game format changing, all the formats — terrible in my opinion. We should just go back to East-West. Just play a game,” Durant told reporters.

The fans certainly believe Durant is doing plenty, as evidenced by his landing second in the first return of fan votes for Western Conference All-Star front-court players. He's behind three-time NBA MVP Nikola Jokic of the Nuggets, the league announced Thursday.

Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo continues to lead the NBA All-Star voting by a mile, per the latest fan returns. The Greek Freak has 3,489,956 votes. In the Eastern Conference frontcourt,

Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic and Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo, who have accounted for five of the past six NBA Most Valuable Player awards, continue to lead the 2025 All-Star fan balloting.

We’ve been keeping tabs on All-Star 2025, with looks at the first fan results and second fan results this month. The third fan tally just landed, and with staters set to be announced a week from today,