Carmelo Anthony is an All-Star Starter

Jan 12, 2016; New York, NY, USA; New York Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony (7) drives to the basket against the Boston Celtics during the first half of an NBA basketball game at Madison Square Garden. Mandatory Credit: Adam Hunger-USA TODAY Sports
Jan 12, 2016; New York, NY, USA; New York Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony (7) drives to the basket against the Boston Celtics during the first half of an NBA basketball game at Madison Square Garden. Mandatory Credit: Adam Hunger-USA TODAY Sports

Carmelo Anthony finally made it as an All-Star starter for 2016! Let’s keep voting to keep him there!


New York Knicks superstar Carmelo Anthony has finally made the 2016 NBA All-Star game as a starter!

In the third tally of votes released, Anthony has moved ahead of Detroit Piston center Andre Drummond. In the second returns Anthony trailed Drummond by 5,622 votes. Now ‘Melo has overtaken the big man for the final starting frontcourt position by 7,029 votes.

Anthony still trails the two leading Eastern Conference frontcourt vote-getters heavily though… there is no way he can catch up to LeBron James or Paul George. Both have an excess of 200,000 votes more than Anthony, the best Melo can hope for is to keep his starting position in the 2016 NBA All-Star game.

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Eastern Conference Frontcourt
1 LeBron James (Cle) 830,345
2 Paul George (Ind) 569,947
3 Carmelo Anthony (NYK) 368,336
4 Andre Drummond (Det) 361,307
5 Pau Gasol (Chi) 294,172
6 Chris Bosh (Mia) 266,817
7 Kristaps Porzingis (NYK) 248,783
8 Kevin Love (Cle) 241,700
9 Hassan Whiteside (Mia) 226,039
10 Giannis Antetokounmpo (Mil) 60,953
11 Jonas Valanciunas (Tor) 45,743
12 Marcin Gortat (Was) 34,747

Although with still a few more days to vote, with fan voting ending on January 18, 2016. With such a slim margin over Drummond, Anthony need Knick fans to keep on voting! Keep him as the starter!

COMMON KNICK FANS! KEEP ON VOTING!

Let’s try to keep Carmelo Anthony where he belongs!

This is the multitude of ways to get our Knicks into the 2016 NBA All-Star game.

How to vote:

• NBA.com voting page at NBA.com/vote: Fill out one full ballot per day on NBA.com/vote from a desktop or mobile browser.

• NBA App: Access the ballot and vote through the app, which is available on Android and iOS. Fans can fill out one full ballot per day.

• Twitter: Tweet, retweet or reply with the player’s first and last name, along with the hashtag #NBAVOTE. Each tweet may include only one player’s name. Fans can vote for 10 unique players each day throughout the All-Star voting period.

• Facebook: Use the player’s first and last name along with the hashtag #NBAVOTE in a post on your personal Facebook account, or comment on another’s Facebook post. Fans can post votes for 10 unique players per day, and each vote may contain only one player’s name.

• Instagram: Post an original photo with the hashtag #NBAVOTE and the player’s first and last name in the photo caption. Fans can vote for 10 unique players per day, and each vote may contain only one player’s name.

• SMS: Text the player’s last name to 6-9-6-2-2 (“MYNBA”) on any wireless device. Fans can vote for 10 different players per day per phone number via SMS voting by sending 10 separate SMS messages, each one with a different player’s last name. Message and data rates may apply.

• Google Search: Search “NBA Vote All-Star” or “NBA Vote Team Name” (ex: NBA Vote Celtics) and use respective team cards to select players. Voters can submit one vote per player per day, with up to 10 total votes per day.

Voting will conclude Monday, Jan. 18, 2016, at 11:59:59 p.m. ET. Starters will be announced live on TNT on Thursday, Jan. 21 during a special one-hour edition of TNT NBA Tip-Off presented by Autotrader.com at 7 p.m. ET, featuring Ernie Johnson, Charles Barkley, Shaquille O’Neal and Kenny Smith. The special will air prior to TNT’s exclusive doubleheader featuring the Clippers at the Cavaliers (8 p.m. ET) and the San Antonio Spurs at the Phoenix Suns (10:30 p.m. ET).

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(source: NBA.com)