Jaylen Brown acquired the Sixth-most All-Star fan votes within the Japanese Convention, per the NBA’s first returns, launched Monday.
Brown acquired 808,276 votes, trailing Milwaukee Bucks ahead Giannis Antetokounmpo (1,192,296), Philadelphia 76ers guard Tyrese Maxey (1,072,449), New York Knicks guard Jalen Brunson (1,040,601), Detroit Pistons guard Cade Cunningham (1,000,171), and Cleveland Cavaliers guard Donovan Mitchell (851,155).
And, whereas Sixth isn’t a foul place to be, it’s a stunning end result given Brown’s play this season; the four-time All-Star is within the midst of the perfect season of his 10-year NBA profession, and the Celtics have surpassed expectations with a 19-12 document.
Brown is averaging 29.7 factors, 6.3 rebounds, and 4.8 assists, whereas capturing 50.6% from the sector, 37% from three, and 77.9% from the road. His scoring, assists, discipline purpose share, and free throw share are all at career-highs.
On Sunday, he tied Larry Chicken for the longest streak of consecutive 30+ level video games in franchise, tallying his ninth straight 30+ level recreation with 37 factors in opposition to the Portland Path Blazers.
And, his teammates have praised his play this season.
“He’s only a high participant on this NBA,” Payton Pritchard mentioned on Friday. “He needs to be within the MVP dialog, for positive, and he reveals it each evening. JB is a troublesome cowl — he can shoot it in any respect three ranges, is athletic and robust, and he’s received a great deal with and pull-up recreation. So he’s only a powerful cowl, and he’s displaying it.”
Jaylen Brown could possibly be an All-Star reserve as a substitute of a starter if voting holds
Because it at present stands, Brown is in peril of not being named an All-Star starter, with a last resolution decided by gamers and the media. Followers voting represents 50% of the vote to find out the 5 gamers from every convention honored as starters for the 2026 NBA All-Star Sport, with present NBA gamers and a media panel accounting for 25% every. All-Star reserves are chosen by the NBA’s 30 head coaches. The NBA All-Star recreation will happen on February fifth in Los Angeles.
If voting ended right now, Antetokounmpo, Maxey, Brunson, Cunningham, and Mitchell could be the East’s 5 starters. Brown could be a shoo-in for a reserve spot.
Apparently, Brown would fare higher if he performed within the Western Convention; within the West, solely Luka Doncic (1,249,518), Nikola Jokic (1,128,962), and Stephen Curry (1,031,455) acquired extra fan votes than Brown.
Whereas being an All-Star reserve is nothing to scoff at, it’d seemingly be a disappointing end result for Brown given his play this season. Within the East, solely Maxey (30.7 factors) and Mitchell (30.2 factors) have averaged extra factors per recreation, although Brown’s Celtics have a greater document (19-12) than Maxey’s 76ers (16-14) and Mitchell’s Cavaliers (17-16). Antetokounmpo has solely appeared in 18 video games, and his Bucks crew at present has the East’s fifth-worst document at 13-19.
No different Celtics participant was within the High 20 in All-Star voting, although the Celtics have additionally been campaigning for Derrick White and Payton Pritchard. Fan voting opened on December seventeenth and closes on January 14th. Followers can submit one full poll per day through the official NBA web site or the NBA App.
