James now has 2,591,287 fan votes to Durant’s 2,498,843. The two all-time greats are second and third to three-time NBA MVP, Denver Nuggets big Nikola Jokic, who has 2,924,436 fan votes.

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

Cleveland and Oklahoma City have followed similar paths to success in the years since the departure of their franchise icons.

Lastly, fan voting returns from Thursday suggest that LaMelo Ball of the Charlotte Hornets has a strong chance to be voted as a starter. He leads all East backcourt players in fan voting. Given Ball's time missed to injury (11 games so far) and Charlotte's lowly 8-27 record, his safest path to the All-Star Game is as a starter.

The third voting returns for this season's NBA All-Star game are in, and here are where Lakers superstars LeBron James and Anthony Davis rank.