The Milwaukee Bucks have a 17-15 record this season in the NBA and a lot of their success has to do with Giannis Antetokounmpo this season. Antetokounmpo this season has played in 26 games for the Bucks. He is averaging 32.4 PPG, 11.7 RPG, 6.0 APG, 1.5 BPG, and 0.8 SPG.
Antetokounmpo is shooting 60.5% from the field, 22.2% from three-point land, and 60.3% from the free-throw line. He is also first in the NBA in points per game, fifth in the NBA in rebounds per game, and 23rd in the NBA in assists per game. He has been playing at an MVP level all season long.
Milwaukee Bucks Giannis Antetokounmpo Leads All NBA All-Stars In Votes
On Thursday, the first updated fan votes for the 2025 NBA All-Star Game was announced. Antetokounmpo of the Bucks leads all NBA voters with 1,710,630 votes. Nikola Jokic of the Denver Nuggets has the most votes for the Western Conference with 1,422,121.
Kevin Durant of the Phoenix Suns has the second-most votes in the West with 1,268,799. Jayson Tatum of the Boston Celtics has the second-most votes in the East with 1,385,551. The other Bucks player who received a good amount of votes for the NBA All-Star Game was Damian Lillard with 704,914. Lillard is third in votes for guards in the Eastern Conference.
Fans React To Antetokounmpo
GIANNIS ANTETOKOUNMPO IS THE FACE OF THE NBA. https://t.co/2nRgg7sqfE pic.twitter.com/auh2iAwAQN
— Bucks Muse (@BucksMuse) January 2, 2025
Nikola Jokić and Giannis Antetokounmpo lead their respective conferences in the first fan returns of #NBAAllStar Voting presented by AT&T.
Fans account for 50% of the vote to decide All-Star starters. NBA players and a media panel account for 25% each.
Next fan update: 1/9. pic.twitter.com/OoIIa3S3fn
— NBA Communications (@NBAPR) January 2, 2025
But whatever you do, do NOT put the @Bucks on the Christmas Day schedule.
— Chris Haworth (@HaworthChris) January 2, 2025
Giannis and Jokic really carrying their teams 😭😭😭
— Syke Deli (@tripperj0nes) January 2, 2025
giannis will win
— Adémola (@flowzki) January 2, 2025
It is not a surprise that Antetokounmpo and Nikola Jokic lead the NBA All-Star Game voting. Without him this season, the Bucks would be one of the worst teams in the NBA. They also started the season 2-8 this year and got out of the basement because of his heroics.
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