Hawks’ Trae Young remains fifth among guards in second batch of All-Star fan voting

The NBA released its second batch of fan voting Thursday for the coming All-Star weekend, and the Hawks’ Trae Young ranks fifth among guards in the Eastern Conference.

Young has averaged career assists this season, leading the NBA in assists per game and total number of assists.

He accumulated 543,839 fan votes behind the Hornets’ LaMelo Ball, the Cavaliers’ Donovan Mitchell, the Bucks’ Damian Lillard and the Knicks’ Jalen Brunson.

Fans account for 50% of the vote to determine the starters for the All-Star game. Current NBA players and a media panel account for 25% each. Votes from the 30 NBA coaches will determine the All-Star reserves.

On Friday, the NBA will run its next “3-for-1 Day,” in which each fan vote counts three times. The next fan voting update will be shared Jan. 16, and voting will conclude Jan. 20. TNT will reveal the NBA All-Star game starters Jan. 23.

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