Last week, when the NBA released the results of the first fan returns in NBA All-Star voting, Knicks fans were pleased to see that their favorite players were getting a lot of love. While the last few
years had been headlined by how Brunson and his teammates were not getting enough votes, and how Knicks fans needed to do their part, we saw five Knicks players in the top 20 vote getters for the Eastern Conference. Brunson was third in the conference with 1,040,601 votes, Karl-Anthony Towns was seventh with 510,577, and OG Anunoby, Mikal Bridges, and Josh Hart were also all in the top 16 with over 100,00 votes.
The batch of games the Knicks have played since last week’s voting reveal has been ugly, with none of the aforementioned players playing particularly well. In fact, you could make an argument that they’ve all been downright bad. But the voting, at least for now, has been kind to the Knicks’ starters. Brunson surpasses the 76ers’ Tyrese Maxey to become the player with the second most votes in the conference, while Towns, Anunoby, Bridges, and Hart all retain the same places they were in last week.
With how bad the team and the players have looked recently, it will be interesting to see how the votes look next week. If you are interested in supporting the players, though, head on over to https://vote.nba.com/en and cast your votes.
