Three Hawks on NBA All-Star ballot
The NBA opened All-Star voting Friday and three Hawks are on the ballot.
Jeff Teague is one of 24 players named in the backcourt and Al Horford and Paul Millsap are two of 36 in the frontcourt for the Eastern Conference. The ballot features 120 players – 60 each from the Eastern and Western conferences. Voters select three frontcourt players and two backcourt players from each conference.
For the second straight year, fans can vote via social media networks, including Facebook and Twitter. Twitter voting allows fans to tweet a vote for 10 unique players each day throughout the balloting period. The tweet must include the player’s first and last name, along with hash tag #NBABallot.
Fans can also vote via NBA Game Time applications.
Balloting concludes on Jan. 20. Starters will be announced live on TNT on Jan. 23. The All-Star game will be played Feb. 16 in New Orleans.
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Chris Vivlamore is the sports editor at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He has served as reporter and editor at the AJC since 2003.
