PHILADELPHIA – Nikola Jokic was the easy one.
As one of the select NBA media members chosen to vote for All-Star starters, it’s fair to say I didn’t agonize over voting for Jokic. Not that it mattered — fans, who account for 50% of the vote, consistently had him ranked among the top-three frontcourt players in the West throughout the process — but Jokic was going to be an All-Star starter. In fact, he and Giannis Antetokounmpo garnered more player votes than anyone else in the NBA. That should speak volumes about the respect he’s engendered across the league.