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Kevin Durant leads LeBron James at top of NBA All-Star voting Durant, who missed all of last season his first as a member of the Nets with a torn Achilles tendon, led all players with 2,302,705 votes. Stephen Curry (2.11 million) was the only player besides Durant and James to exceed 2 million votes.
NBA Stat Leaders (Players): 2020-2021 Points: Bradley Beal, Washington - 32.8 ppg Rebounds: Clint Capela, Atlanta - 13.9 rpg Assist: James Harding, Houston/Brooklyn - 11.2 apg Blocks: Myles Turner, Indiana - 3.4 bpg Steals: Larry Nance Jr., Cleveland - 1.9 spg 3-Pointers Made: Stephen Curry, Golden State - 4.9 3pmg
NBA Stat Leaders - (Team): 2020-2021 Points: Milwaukee - 121.2 ppg Points Allowed: New York - 103.3 papg Points Differential: Utah - +9.2 pdpg Rebounds: Utah - 49 rpg Blockshiladelphia, Los Angeles Lakers - 6.1 bpg
Blake Griffin to sit while Detroit Pistons weigh trade, buyout options for former NBA All-Star
Six-time NBA All-Star forward Blake Griffen and the Detroit Pistons have agreed that he will be out of the lineup until the franchise and his representatives work through a resolution on his playing future, Pistons general manager Troy Weaver told ESPN.The Pistons will continue to pursue trade scenarios involving Griffin, and talks on a contract buyout with his agent, Sam Goldfeder of Excel Sports, could eventually come into focus. The Pistons are moving toward a rebuild under Weaver, and this gives the franchise a chance to play younger players as Griffin, 31, moves toward finding a role on a contending team. Griffin was traded less than a season into a five-year, $171 million max deal with the LA Clippers, arriving in Detroit in late January 2018.
Sources: Cleveland Cavaliers won't play Andre Drummond, will try to trade star center before deadline
The Cleveland Cavaliers Care no longer planning to play Andre Drummond as they work to trade the two-time All-Star center before the NBA's March 25 deadline, sources told ESPN. The Cavaliers are moving to make Jarrerr Allen the franchise's long-term starting center and believe it's unfair to Drummond to limit his minutes as the organization transitions to Allen, sources said. Cavaliers general manager Koby Altman discussed the move with Drummond and his agent, Jeff Schwartz of Excel Sports, and decided together that Drummond would remain with the team but would no longer be active for games, sources said. Cleveland is starting to gauge the trade market, but there are no serious ongoing discussions with any team, sources told ESPN.
Sources: Utah Jazz coach Quin Snyder to lead Western Conference in NBA All-Star Game
Quin Snyder of the Utah Jazz will coach the Western Conference entry in next month's NBA All-Star Game, sources told ESPN. While the league has not officially announced that the game is taking place March 7, if it holds to its typical timeline of selecting the coach of the team with the best record as of two weeks before the game, which sources say the league intends to do, then Snyder officially locked up the honor with Utah's win over the Philadelphia 76ers on Monday night. Snyder, 54, has piloted Utah to the NBA's best record at 23-5, including wins in 19 of its last 20 games, entering tonight's showdown with the Clippers in Los Angeles. Utah has the league's fourth-best offensive rating (116.6 points per 100 possessions), second-best defensive rating (107.4) and best net rating (plus-9.2). The Jazz are the only team that resides in the top five in both offensive and defensive rating, and the Phoenix Suns are the only other team that is in the top 10 in both categories (10th and sixth, respectively).