The Brooklyn Nets have seen their season go from one with playoff aspirations to one where the franchise may have to consider being sellers at the trade deadline. With that being said, it looks like one of the players who had a chance at an All-Star bid may have lost that opportunity.
On Thursday, the NBA announced the final fan returns and the voting results for the 2024 All-Star game. Nets guard Mikal Bridges finished outside of the top-10 in fan voting for Eastern Conference frontcourt players after being towards the back end of the top-10 up until the final fan returns were released.
The players that were in the back end of the top-10 that overtook Bridges were Toronto Raptors forward Scottie Barnes, Miami Heat center Bam Adebayo, and New York Knicks forward Julius Randle. While Bridges fell outside of the top-10, the voting results tell a more detailed story on how his voting ranked during this process.
Bridges had the 10th-highest weighted score among frontcourt players so he still finished in the top-10 relative to his peers. He ranked seventh according to the players (25% of the vote), 11th for fans (50%), and eighth in media voting (25%).
Bridges was not announced as a starter for the All-Star game when the selections were announced on Thursday so he would have to be voted in by NBA coaches as a reserve.
The NBA announced yesterday the final voting results for the 2024 All-Star Game. Nets wing Mikal Bridges finished 10th in weighted score among Eastern Conference frontcourt players (7th in player rank, 11th in fan rank, and 8th in media rank). pic.twitter.com/Khjo7qyaXI
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