The NBA announced a partnership with Google on Monday morning, with the intent to make voting for All-Stars an easier process for fans. Beginning on Christmas Day and running through January 21st, fans will now be able to vote for their favorite players by searching on Google, utilizing Google Assistant, with the NBA app, or on the league's official website. Here are the other key details, via NBA.com.
Five “2-for-1 Days” will allow fans to have their votes count twice on Jan. 3, Jan. 4, Jan. 10, Jan. 11 and Jan. 21 through all voting platforms. All “2-for-1 Days” will be designated 12 a.m. – 11:59 p.m. ET.
TNT will reveal the NBA All-Star Game starters, including the two captains, on Thursday, Jan. 24 during TNT NBA Tip-Off presented by Autotrader, featuring Ernie Johnson, Charles Barkley, Shaquille O’Neal and Kenny Smith. The network will announce the reserves, as selected by NBA head coaches, on Thursday, Jan. 31 during TNT NBA Tip-Off.
The 68th NBA All-Star Game will be played in Charlotte, N.C., at Spectrum Center on Sunday, Feb. 17 at 8 p.m. ET on TNT.
This new process appears to replace a previous method of online voting, where fans could use the hashtag #NBAVote on Twitter.
For the third straight year, the voting process will allow fan votes to represent only 50 percent of the All-Star voting. Players will receive 25 percent, while the media will also get 25 percent.
For the second consecutive season, the league has chosen to abandon the traditional East vs. West format in favor of having two captains draft All-Star rosters from the total pool of players.
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