Steph Curry edged Luka Doncic to lead Western Conference guards in the first wave of voting for the 2023 NBA All-Star game.
Steph Curry has missed the last 10 games for the Golden State Warriors due to a shoulder subluxation. However, fans haven’t stopped voting for Curry for the 2023 NBA All-Star Game.
On Thursday, the NBA revealed the first update of votes for the 2023 All-Star Game in Utah. The reigning NBA Finals Most Valuable Player edged out Dallas Mavericks guard Luka Doncic for the top spot for Western Conference guards.
Through the first wave of voting, Curry was voted for 2,715,520 vote to take the top spot in the West for guards. Grizzlies guard Ja Morant, Oklahoma City’s Shain Gilgeous-Alexander and Klay Thompson rounded out the top-five in the Western Conference backcourt. Jordan Poole landed at the No. 10 position in the voting with 138,392 votes.
Along with Golden State’s backcourt being represented, Andrew Wiggins, Draymond Green and Kevon Looney landed in the top 10 for the Western Conference frontcourt voting.
Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James is currently leading all vote getters in the Western Conference with over 3.1 million votes. In the Eastern Conference, former Warrior Kevin Durant is sitting in the No. 1 spot for overall votes.
In the NBA All-Star voting returns Thursday, OKC Thunder fans quickly noticed that Alex Caruso and Klay Thompson led Shai Gilgeous-Alexander.
There was a pretty obvious omission from the NBA All-Star voting ballot return on Thursday. Oklahoma City Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had dropped out of the top 10.
The other nine guards who had been in the first release of results remained on the list in a slightly differed order. Los Angeles Lakers guard Alex Caruso had jumped onto the list in place of Gilgeous-Alexander.
Thunder fans on Twitter expressed outrage that Caruso, a role player off the bench for the Lakers, and injury Golden State Warriors star Klay Thompson were in the top 10 while the emerging Thunder star wasn’t.
It’s a taste of those enormous fan bases in SoCal and the Bay Area.
Lakers’ LeBron James and Nets’ Kevin Durant continue to be leaders in second round of NBA All-Star Game fan voting. Warriors‘ Stephen Curry and Wizards‘ Bradley Beal leaders at their position too. pic.twitter.com/rCe7VBQp1z
Last week, Gilgeous-Alexander had 99,286 votes and was in ninth, ahead of Thompson.
After the results this Thursday were released, ESPN reporter Royce Young tweeted about how strong the guard has played this season.
Not sure many realize what a good season Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is having, because I was even a little surprised at how good his numbers are — 22.6 ppg on 50.6 FG% and 38.2 3P% (on almost 5 attempts), 5.5 rpg, 6.5 apg. Legit breakout season.
3rd year players to average atleast 22 PPG on 61 percent true shooting or more (in the last 25 years):
86-87 Charles Barkley (All-star) 89-90 Reggie Miller (All-star) 04-05 Amare Stoudemire (All-star) 20-21 Shai Gilgeous Alexander (Not even top 10 in voting among west guards😂) pic.twitter.com/60CzBRa2Fs
As of right now injured Klay Thompson and 5.5 ppg Alex Caruso would be an All Star over Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. Fan vote is getting out of hand😕 pic.twitter.com/0k6Yg4qUG0
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander isn't averaging 22.6 points, 6.5 assists and 5.5 rebounds per game while shooting 50% from the floor for Klay Thompson and Alex Caruso to be on this list. https://t.co/AwUC9mEMYh
That’s the way fan voting works, though! It’s an annual tradition to get angry at role players having a larger fan base than the star on the hometown team you root for.
Fans account for 50% of the all-star vote. Current players’ votes count for 25% and the vote of media members who are counted receive the remaining 25%.
To vote for the Thunder guard, visit NBA’s website or app or post a tweet that contains the hashtags #ShaiGilgeousAlexander and #NBAAllStar.
Caruso and Thompson fans are simply doing this much, much more frequently than Thunder fans.
Voting goes through 10:59 p.m. Central Time on Tuesday.
In the first NBA All-Star voting results, Thunder G Shai Gilgeous-Alexander received the ninth-most votes among Western Conference guards.
Oklahoma City Thunder fans have a little work to do if they’re to get guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander into his first All-Star game this year.
The NBA released their first round of voting results on Thursday. The third-year player placed ninth among guards in the Western Conference with 99,286 votes.
It’ll be a tough road up for Gilgeous-Alexander. Here are the top 10 finishers among Western guards in the first round:
Steph Curry: 2,113,178 votes
Luka Doncic: 1,395,719 votes
Damian Lillard: 998,853 votes
Ja Morant: 257,743 votes
Donovan Mitchell: 236,850 votes
Devin Booker: 173,755 votes
Chris Paul: 128,127 votes
CJ McCollum: 104,965 votes
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 99,286 votes
Klay Thompson: 99,094 votes
This season, Gilgeous-Alexander has averaged 21.8 points, 6.3 assists and 5.3 rebounds per game while shooting 51.2% from the field and 37.5% from 3. Even with the increased role, those shooting percentages are the best of his career.
The fan vote isn’t the end-all, be-all. Fans account for 50% of the vote, while players and media get 25% of the vote apiece.
Fan voting continues through Feb. 16. Starters will be announced Feb. 18 and reserves on Feb. 25.
LeBron James and Kevin Durant lead voting in their respective conferences.
Former Thunder guard Russell Westbrook is ninth among Eastern Conference guards with 137,641 votes.
There may be an actual All-Star game and skills competitions. ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarwoski reported Tuesday that the league and players union is negotiating a game that would be played March 7 in Atlanta.
Voting for 2021 All-Stars began Thursday, Jan. 28 and runs through Tuesday, Feb. 16. Christian Wood appears to be Houston’s top candidate.
The NBA on Thursday introduced fan voting for 2021 NBA All-Star honors. (Given the COVID-19 pandemic, it isn’t yet clear whether there will be an actual midseason game, as there usually is.)
Voting began on Thursday, Jan. 28 at 11 a.m. Central and runs through Tuesday, Feb. 16. “Discussions surrounding a potential All-Star Game are ongoing,” the NBA says in its press release.
Fans may submit one full ballot each day via the NBA App and NBA.com, as well as vote for up to 10 unique players per day on Twitter. All current players are available for selection. Five “2-for-1 Days” will allow fans to have their votes count twice on Jan. 30, Feb. 2, Feb. 4, Feb. 13 and Feb. 16.
NBA players and media will join fans in selecting the All-Star starters. Fans will account for 50 percent of the vote, while all current players and a media panel will account for 25 percent each. Players and media will be able to complete one ballot, featuring three frontcourt players and two guards from both the Eastern Conference and the Western Conference.
After all votes are tallied, players will be ranked in each conference by position (guard and frontcourt) within each of the three voting groups — fan votes, player votes, and media votes. Each player’s score will be calculated by averaging his weighted ranks. Fan voting will serve as the tiebreaker for players in a position group with the same score.
For All-Star votes to be properly accepted via Twitter, here are official instructions from the Houston Rockets:
To vote for the NBA All-Star Ballot via Twitter, voters must tweet with #NBAAllStar and include the first and last name of the player that they want to see play in the All-Star game.
Voters can submit a maximum of 10 valid votes per Twitter handle per day. Each of the 10 votes per day must be for a different player in the NBA.
Tweets must include the NBA All Star Ballot hashtag — #NBAAllStar — to be counted as valid votes.
Each tweet must only include a vote for 1 player.
Retweets will count as valid votes.
Valid votes would need to include a player’s first and last name (eg. John Wall or JohnWall).
Houston’s top All-Star candidate would appear to be starting center Christian Wood, who entered Thursday averaging 23.5 points (52.8% FG), 10.8 rebounds, and 1.8 blocks in 33.6 minutes per game.
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Vote your favorite Rockets players into the 2021 #NBAAllStar Game.
Now including 2020, James Harden has been an NBA All-Star in all eight of his seasons in Houston, and he’s set to start for a sixth time.
Houston Rockets guard and league scoring leader James Harden was named Thursday as a starter for the upcoming 2020 NBA All-Star Game.
Five starters — two backcourt, three frontcourt — were announced from both the Western Conference and Eastern Conference, as determined by voting from fans (50%), players (25%), and media members (25%).
Among the West players, Harden was selected alongside Dallas Mavericks guard Luka Doncic in the backcourt and a frontcourt comprised of three Los Angeles forwards in LeBron James and Anthony Davis from the Lakers, and Kawhi Leonard from the Clippers.
The top vote-getters in each conference were James from the West and Milwaukee forward Giannis Antetokounmpo in the East. In two weeks, they will each “draft” a team for the game — beginning with four selections each from the pool of other starting players (which includes Harden), and then seven picks each among reserve players.
The All-Star starters from the Western Conference:
Frontcourt: LeBron James, Anthony Davis, Kawhi Leonard Backourt: James Harden, Luka Doncic
The All-Star Game reserves, which could include Rockets guard Russell Westbrook, will be announced next Thursday, Jan. 30. The reserves are determined by votes from the league’s coaches.
As for Harden, the 30-year-old has now made the All-Star team in all eight of his seasons with the Rockets, and as a starter in six of them.
In the 2019-20 season, the former MVP and future Hall of Famer is scoring a league-leading 36.6 points per game for the Rockets (27-16). That point total represents highest average by any NBA player in over 30 years. Harden is also in the NBA’s top 10 in assists at 7.4 per game.
With Harden in the starting lineup, the 2020 All-Star Game will take place Sunday, Feb. 16 at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois.
Alright, y’all. I love chaos, but I didn’t think things would get this far.
The NBA dropped the third round of voting for the All-Star game this year just ahead of the final January 20 deadline on Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
If you thought things were chaotic in round two last week, wait until you get a load of what’s going on this week. The bench guys are still on the rise, Pascal Siakam is on the move and Luka Doncic is still right on James’ tail. Just take a look at the newest All-Star Game fan votes released today:
Remember, there’s still a few days left. These aren’t the final results for the fans— but they’re probably really close to them. Even after this, we still have to take in media vote (25%) and player vote (50%) to determine who the starters are.
With that out the way, let’s get in to some of the takeaways here.
NBA Fans love chaos
That’s the only reasonable explanation for Alex Caruso rising up to No. 4 in voting for Western Conference guards. Right now, he’s got more votes under his belt than Devin Booker (577,035), Donovan Mitchell (673,917), Bradley Beal (609,899) and Ben Simmons (629,199).
Some people just love to watch the world burn. Yes, I am one of them. This is absolutely delightful. We just need to get Tacko Fall (757,375 votes) to rise a bit more.
Luka and LeBron will come down to the wire
If you had asked anyone before the season who would challenge LeBron James as the NBA’s leading All-Star vote-getter this offseason, I’m not sure how many people would’ve said Luka Doncic.
Yet, here we are. Doncic is only about 150,000 votes away from James as the leading vote getter. It’s time to stuff the ballot box, y’all. Get it done.
Pascal Siakam is rising fast
The last time we saw these results, Pascal Siakam was third in the Eastern Conference’s front court with just over 1.7 million votes. Now? He’s above Joel Embiid in second place with 2,433,411 votes. That’s a cool 700,000 votes to jump ahead.
No idea what they’re doing in Toronto to make this happen. Do we have another Biebergate on our hands? Maybe Bieber asking his fans to stream his new single, Yummy, was just code for “vote for Pascal Siakam.” I don’t know. Whatever they’re doing it’s working though.
Still no Rudy Gobert
Look, man. Jazz fans have been going absolutely crazy on Twitter over the last month. They’re complaining that nobody is talking about their team while the Jazz are on a 10 game win streak. That’s alright — nobody needs to care about the Jazz for them to be a good team.
But Rudy Gobert should absolutely be in the top 10 for front court voting and he’s not right now. He’s having the best season of his career on both ends and the Jazz are finally winning again.
Of course, Jazz fans are going crazy about it. So crazy, in fact, that they’re even lobbying for screen assists to count as a box score stat to boost his numbers. It’s been crazy. Let’s get Gobert in that top 10. Not just because he deserves it, but because Jazz fans will riot if we don’t.
Regardless of record, the Warriors fanbase is still “dubbing the vote,” landing both Stephen Curry and D’Angelo Russell in the top-10 of Western Conference voting.
While the wins may not be rolling in at a rate Golden State Warriors fans are used to, “Dub Nation” is still showing up when it comes to All-Star voting. In the latest NBA All-Star voting update, the Warriors had two guards rank in the top-10 in Western Conference voting.
Both Stephen Curry and D’Angelo Russell were named in the top-10 in the second round of the Western Conference guard voting. Both guards were called to the top-10 when the first round was announced on January 2.
Curry, who’s only played four games all season ranked fourth behind Luka Doncic (Mavericks), James Harden (Rockets) and Damian Lillard (Trail Blazers) with 595, 913 votes. Curry’s broken hand will take him out of All-Star consideration. However, he is progressing through his injury, entering the shooting stages.
After Curry, the order proceeds with Russell Westbrook (Rockets), Alex Caruso (Lakers), Donovan Mitchell (Utah) and Devin Booker (Suns). Following Booker, is the Warriors’ second representative, Russell.
Russell ranks sixth in the standings with 365,730 fan votes. Memphis Grizzlies rookie, Ja Morant rounds out the top-10 in Western Conference voting.
Russell has played well when healthy but has dealt with injuries to start the 2020 new year. Prior to missing six straight games, Russell was playing at a level worthy of an All-Star nod. The 23-year-old scored 30 or more points in three of his last four games before the injury.
The Ohio State product returned from his shoulder when the Warriors went to Memphis for his first game in the new 2020 decade, just in time to receive more All-Star votes. NBA All-Star voting closes on January 20, with starters announced Thursday, January 23.
Do you hear that? Ah, yes. It’s the sweet, sweet sound of internet chaos. Round two of NBA All-Star voting is in and everyone is just as mad as they were the first go around.
For those of us who love to watch Twitter burn? This is great. For everyone else? All-Star voting is a complete sham. A popularity contest. Do away with the fan vote.
If we’re being honest here, they’re probably right. But that’s also the beauty of the fan vote. It’s chaos!
Here’s a look at how the second round of voting has gone so far. It’s absolutely ridiculous.
Once again, remember, fan voting doesn’t end until January 20. Player voting (25%) and media panel voting (25%) make up the other half of the vote for starters. The reserves will be chosen by NBA coaches.
In other words, this isn’t how the team is going to look. There’s still a big chance for your favorite player to land on the All-Star team.
In the meantime, though, here are seven takeaways from the NBA’s totally chaotic second go-round of All-Star voting.
LeBron James is king again…
After falling down to third in the first round of All-Star voting, LeBron James has jumped up to first overall with 3,359,871 total votes. Luka Doncic is second with 3,277,870 and Giannis Antetokounmpo is third with 3,259,383.
Alright, look y’all. I’ll say it. Look, James is great. We get it. But THIS IS BORING.
Give us Team Doncic and Team Antetokounmpo. It’s time for the torch to be passed. Just once, it’d be nice to see James be human. Have him drafted with all of the other run-of-the-mill All-Stars. Could you imagine James being drafted as not the number one pick in an All-Star draft? DRAMA.
This is what we need. For the love of everything chaotic in the NBA, vote Doncic and Antetokounmpo.
Trae Young is still the leading guard in the East
TRAE YOUNG HIVE STAND UP! The Hawks guard leads all Eastern Conference guards with 1,389,628 votes.
We do not care that Young plays for the worst team in the NBA. We do not care that he can’t play a lick of defense. We don’t even care that we don’t fully know what’s going on with his hairline.
All we know is that he’s probably the most fun player to watch in basketball right now. That’s all that matters, numbers aside. All-Star games are about fun. This vote is correct.
Tacko Fall!? ALEX CARUSO!?!? CLIMBING!?!?
YUP. THAT’S RIGHT.
We’re doing it, y’all. We’re really going to make Tacko Fall and Alex Caruso All-Stars. We had no idea this was possible, yet here we are being incredibly dumb and incredibly great all at one time.
Tacko Fall has 543,352 votes. Alex Caruso moved up to sixth among all West guards. Objectively speaking, this is incorrect. But if this is incorrect, then what’s the actual point in being right?
This is great. Bald Mamba forever. Tacko Fall forever.
Carmelo Anthony is going to get that legacy spot
Anthony isn’t going to be a starter and that’s fine. But the fans want to see him in this game — that’s clear. He’s still sitting at 8th in the West’s front court voting and has been a pretty fun story this year.
We’ve got to get him in that same legacy spot that went to Dirk Nowitzki and Dwyane Wade last year. It makes too much sense.
Kyrie Irving knows what’s good
Kyrie Irving has been injured for most of the season and still has the second most votes as a guard in the East with 1,351,997 votes.
It’s hard to condone a dude who has missed 70% of his teams games so far being an All-Star starter. But, like Young, Kyrie Irving is just incredibly fun in an All-Star game. And he knows it, too.
Kyrie Irving is 2nd in All Star voting for eastern guards, despite being injured. Irving said, “I think I’ve put in a lot of work in this league to be up there whether I’m playing or not. And if you want to see an All Star game, I’d vote for myself as well.” Full comments: pic.twitter.com/IBWvqn8YO7
At the same time, Spencer Dinwiddie is being disrespected
We have to do better. Spencer Dinwiddie appeared in the first returns for the vote with 94,618 votes. Now, he’s nowhere to be found. He’s been replaced at the 10th spot with Fred VanVleet.
With all due respect to VanVleet, Dinwiddie has been flat out better this season. Hopefully, the players and media do him some justice.
What year is it again?
Because if you look at the voting too quickly you might think it’s 2010.
Derrick Rose is fourth at guard in the East with 918,550 votes and Dwight Howard is 10th in the West front court with 390,037 votes thanks to that Lakers bump.
Two years ago, this being a thing was laughable. Now? It’s…well…still pretty laughable. Yet, here we are.
In an updated tally, Rockets guard James Harden is maintaining his big lead in fan votes to be a starter in the 2020 NBA All-Star Game.
In the second of three weekly updates from the NBA each Thursday, Houston Rockets star James Harden is maintaining his sizable lead in fan votes to be a backcourt starter in the 2020 NBA All-Star Game.
Harden has been an All-Star in all seven of his completed seasons with the Rockets, and a starter in five of them.
Harden currently ranks second in fan voting among Western Conference guards, trailing only Luka Doncic of the Dallas Mavericks. Doncic, who hails from Slovenia and brings a significant international voting presence, nearly leads the entire NBA in early voting results.
The fan vote accounts for half of the voting that determines All-Star starters. Players make up 25%, as does a panel of media members.
While votes from the latter two groups are not yet known, it’s hard to imagine Harden not in the top two of West guards by many voters (if any). The 2018 MVP is averaging a league-leading 38.5 points per game, which is the highest total of any player in the last 56 years and the most by a guard ever. He’s also in the NBA’s top 10 in assists at 7.6 per game.
Fellow Rockets guard Russell Westbrook, who is averaging 24.1 points, 7.9 rebounds, and 7.0 assists per game, is fifth in the fan voting among Western Conference guards. However, barring an injury to Doncic or Harden, there wouldn’t appear to be a path for Westbrook to start.
However, Westbrook could still make the All-Star Game as a reserve. All 30 NBA coaches are given a ballot with the ability to select three frontcourt players, two backcourt players, and two wild-card picks from each conference. Westbrook has been an All-Star in eight of the last nine seasons, and he was the game’s MVP in 2015 and 2016.
Besides Harden and Westbrook, no other Rockets player is currently in the top 10 of fan voting totals. Fan voting continues through Jan. 20, with a third interim update to come on Jan. 16. The game’s starters will be announced on Jan. 23, and the reserves on Jan. 30.
The player in each conference with the most fan votes will be named a team captain and subsequently draft his own roster for the game. At the moment, LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers and Giannis Antetokounmpo of the Milwaukee Bucks are on course for that honor.
The 2020 All-Star Game will be held on Sunday, Feb. 16 at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois.
It’s that time of year again. The All-Star game is right around the corner next month and the turnaround for voting is quick.
Fans have just under a month to get their votes in. Voting began on Christmas Day and ends Martin Luther King Jr. Day on January 20.
The NBA released the first returns on Thursday, and as expected, they are wild. Twitter is already going bonkers with takes about why fan voting is a sham and why it needs to be abolished immediately.
Here’s an early look at how things are shaking out.
Now, before you get into a tizzy about why everyone doesn’t love your favorite player the same way you do, remember: Fan voting only accounts for 50%. Player voting (25%) and media panel voting (25%) make up the other half.
Plus, there are about three more weeks left for fans to continue to vote for their favorite players. What the vote looks like now isn’t what it’s going to look like next week or over the next couple weeks.
Also, keep in mind, these votes are only for the starting lineups. Coaches get to pick the reserves. Once the reserves are picked, all players are put into a draft pool and picked by the top two leading vote getters.
Basically, don’t get too upset just yet. Let’s get into some of the early takeaways.
Luka and Giannis are the NBA’s leaders
Did anyone have Team Antetokounmpo going up against Team Doncic at the beginning of the season? It’s reasonable to think that last year’s MVP might be a leading vote getter, but I couldn’t have imagined Luka Doncic would be LEADING him.
Doncic has the most votes with 1,073,957 and Antetokounmpo is right behind him with 1,073,358. Foreign voting is definitely part of that, but they’ve both been playing out of their minds.
It’s dope to see that actually recognized. Take that, you “popularity contest” truthers.
LeBron James and Anthony Davis lead the West’s forwards by a lot
This makes perfect sense — the Lakers have been one of the best two teams in the league in one of the NBA’s glitziest markets with two of the league’s best players.
James has 1,020,851 votes and Davis has 955,246. Both make sense. What wasn’t expected, though, was that the third forward, Kawhi Leonard, would be more than 200,000 votes behind Davis. That’s wild.
Trae Young is leading all guards in the East
TRAE YOUNG HIVE STAND UP! The fans got this one right.
Look, the Hawks suck — we get it. BUT Trae Young absolutely deserves to be an All-Star starter. He’s averaging 28.5 points and 8.3 assists while hitting 36% of his threes on the worst team in the league. It ain’t his fault, y’all. He’s doing all he can.
Plus, let’s be honest, trying to watch Kyle Lowry flop all over the place and make the right pass to start the All-Star game? Nah. Give us Trae Young 40-foot moon bombs and nutmegs instead. Please and thanks.
Stop voting for the wrong Nets guard
I’ve got no idea who is voting for Kyrie Irving at this point, but they’re voting for the wrong guard. Spencer Dinwiddie deserves way more love than he’s getting.
He’s 10th in voting with 94,618 votes while Kyrie Irving, who hasn’t hooped since November 14, has 432,481. Irving is great — he’s an alien with the best handle we’ve ever seen. But Dinwiddie has been the Nets’ best player this season.
And it’s not like he hasn’t been fun. he’s dunking on dudes, hitting clutch threes and putting up big numbers. Most importantly, he’s led the Nets to a 12-9 record without Irving after a 4-7 start. We’re voting for the wrong guard here.
Speaking of not getting enough love, where is Devonte’ Graham?
Alright, we get that he plays for the Hornets and all. Charlotte isn’t the biggest market, they don’t have many big players of note, and they won’t make the playoffs. All that is true.
At the same time, we have a responsibility to get him into this game off of this play alone.
I’m sorry, y’all. Those are the rules. Vote for Devonte’ Graham.
Carmelo Anthony’s last dance
Here’s a fact: Carmelo Anthony has done absolutely nothing to deserve being placed on this list. Here’s another fact: It would be a top five most fun thing in the world if Carmelo Anthony was actually an All-Star this season.
He’s not a good player anymore, but if you put him on a basketball court he’s going to entertain you. And, honestly, what else is the All-Star game for? Let’s start the campaign right here. Let Melo in, y’all.
The Lakers and Celtics have nine players total getting votes
LeBron James and Anthony Davis head off the list for the Western Conference forwards. Meanwhile, in the East, the Celtics have five players with votes including Kemba Walker, Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown and Gordon Hayward.
It almost feels like the 1980’s again until you realize…wait…is that…DWIGHT HOWARD getting votes for the Lakers? So…who…the fourth guy is…ALEX CARUSO!?!?!?
WAIT. ONE. SECOND.
IS THAT TACKO FALL!?!?
WHY, YES. YES IT IS.
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Remember, there are still a few weeks left. Just keep voting. You’ve got three weeks to get your favorite players into this game. Things will even out…probably.
