NBA All-Star fan voting slammed after Klay Thompson gets more votes than Devin Booker
Klay Thompson is ahead of Devin Booker in NBA All-Star voting and some people are not happy about it.
Not happy about it at all.
First returns in fan voting for the Feb. 20, 2022 All-Star Game in Cleveland were released Thursday and Thompson, a guard for the Golden State Warriors, was fourth among guards in the Western Conference with 367,743 votes.
He has not played in a game this season.
The Suns' Devin Booker was one spot behind Thompson in the first batch of voting returns with 338,526 votes. Booker's teammate, Chris Paul, was sixth with 315,912 votes.
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Golden State's Stephen Curry and Brooklyn's Kevin Durant lead the Western and Eastern Conferences, respectively, in the first fan returns of NBA All-Star Voting presented by Tissot.
The next NBA All-Star fan voting update will be shared Thursday, Jan. 13. pic.twitter.com/B0kSITw4Sr— NBA Communications (@NBAPR) January 6, 2022
Booker is averaging 23.5 points, 5.5 rebounds and 4.5 assists per game this season. Paul is averaging 14.1 points, 4.4 rebounds and 10.1 assists per game.
Fan voting counts for 50% of the votes for the All-Star Game starters, while voting from current players will count for 25% and a media panel will count for 25%.
On social media, many in the Suns and NBA community sounded off on Thompson's higher vote total than Booker, slamming the NBA All-Star Game voting process at the same time.
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This is why I push back on comments from illogical followers on Twitter about the game I have played and worked for 40 years. We give you a chance to vote and you vote for a player that has not played in over 2 years. Klay is one of my favorites ever but really! smh. https://t.co/XQAaLm4b6h
— Eddie A Johnson (@Jumpshot8) January 6, 2022
#DevinBooker #NBAAllStar
Retweet this to vote. Klay Thompson is ahead of Book right now which is ridiculous. He shouldn't even be eligible.— SunsUniTracker (@SunsUniTracker) January 6, 2022
And this shows how big of a joke fan voting is. Klay Thompson hasn't played basketball since before the global pandemic and he's No. 4 one spot above Booker. Just ridiculous. Plus, Melo above DA is criminal. https://t.co/dE5BVDOckc
— Espo (@Espo) January 6, 2022
Suns fans please put your bias aside and admit that Klay Thompson has had a better year than #DevinBooker and deserves to be an #NBAAllStar.
— Scott Howard (@ScottHoward42) January 6, 2022
If only Devin Booker was having a better season than Klay Thompson right now. Oh well. https://t.co/6XvF0InMFm
— Luke Lapinski (@LukeLapinski) January 6, 2022
Klay Thompson has more votes than Chris Paul and Devin Booker? smh. Time to stop letting the fans vote, or make it a small percentage or something. That's just stupid. 367K probably think the Earth is flat too. https://t.co/sGpZukG9m2
— Dave Zorn (@davezorn72) January 6, 2022
Klay Thompson is ahead of Devin Booker
Klay Thompson hasn’t played a single minute of basketball this season.... https://t.co/WFDcEJIeHx— Robby Baker (@RobbyBakerTV) January 6, 2022
Klay Thompson got more all-star votes than Devin Booker and Chris Paul and hasn’t played since June 2019 pic.twitter.com/eM0zf9OqXh
— Klay Thompson’s Burner (@iKlayThompson) January 6, 2022
Klay Thompson has more votes than Devin Booker, Chris Paul, Donovan Mitchell, and hasn’t played a single game since June 2019 🤣🤣🤣 pic.twitter.com/JkhEydsYqJ
— werlsonair (@werlsonair) January 6, 2022
That man Klay Thompson hasn't even played a game yet this season and got more votes than CP3 and Devin Booker.....take fan voting away already man these vote counts always look nasty 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 pic.twitter.com/2MV6PXOLOD
— Christian (@KingJaffe617) January 6, 2022
The fact that Klay Thompson has more votes for the All-Star game than Devin Booker shows how wrong fan voting is. I love Klay and he is a very talented player, but he hasn’t played in two years. Cmon man…
— jp (@llewopp) January 6, 2022
Ah yes, Klay Thompson and his 0.0 ppg, 0.0 rpg and 0.0 apg is so much more deserving than Chris Paul and Devin Booker thus far this season. 🙄
Fan voting is and always will be stupid. https://t.co/gSzH17rbJF— Rigo (@WeGoBearToe) January 6, 2022
Klay Thompson hasn’t played a basketball game in the NBA in over two years and has more all star votes then Devin booker and Donovan Mitchell. This format has to change. #NBA
— Moe Dayekh (@moe_dayekh) January 6, 2022
We need to end the fan vote. There is no reason Klay Thompson deserves any votes, let alone more votes than Devin Booker, Chris Paul, Donovan Mitchell, or anybody that has played at all this season. Wiggins with more votes than KAT, Ayton, and Bridges. LaMelo has more than Zo.
— SnowBaller (@5now13aller) January 6, 2022
NBA coaches select reserves for the All-Star Game. Booker has been an All-Star twice, but was an injury replacement both times.
Paul has been an All-Star 11 times, the most recent coming as a reserve pick last season.
What do you think?
Does it bother you that Klay Thompson has more NBA All-Star Game fan votes than Devin Booker and others?
VOTE: Does it bother you that Klay Thompson has more #NBAAllStar fan votes than Devin Booker? (Fans sound off: https://t.co/bTD0gG5HsE) @azcentral
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