'King' LeBron James Becomes First in NBA History, 20th consecutive All-Star Selection

"King" LeBron James 40, Los Angeles Lakers was named the first player to be selected 20 times in the history of the National Basketball Association NBA.

According to the NBA Secretariat's 2023-2024 All-Star fan voting results, James received 5,098,872 votes and ranked first second overall in the Western Conference. As a result, James has been eligible to play in the All-Star Game for 20 consecutive years since the 2004-2005 season, the second year since his debut in the NBA. During the 2003-2004 season after his debut in the NBA, he was only able to play in the "Rookie Challenge."

Until last season, James and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 77 tied for the most No. 1 19 times in All-Star selection. Kobe Bryant 1978-2022 ranked third with 18 selections. Michael Jordan 61, the "basketball emperor," was selected as the 14th joint 7th All-Star during his 15 seasons in the NBA. This season, the Eastern Conference's "Greek Express" Yanis Antetokounmpo 30, Milwaukee topped the NBA All-Star voting list. Antetokounmpo was picked as the eighth All-Star by an individual with 5,427,874 votes, which is about 330,000 more than James. Antetokounmpo and James will captain the East and West teams at the All-Star Game, which will take place at Indiana Stadium on Feb. 19. Both players were captains of both teams last season. 스포츠토토