NBA All-Star Game 2011: Kobe Bryant Tops Early All-Star Voting

LOS ANGELES — The 2011 NBA All-Star Ballot was unveiled today during a special tip-off event in Los Angeles, the Official Host City of NBA All-Star 2011. NBA All-Star Balloting presented by T-Mobile will begin this afternoon at 3 p.m. ET. The 60th NBA All-Star Game, which will air live on TNT and ESPN Radio in the U.S., and reach fans in more than 200 countries and territories in more than 40 languages, will be played at STAPLES Center on Sunday, Feb. 20, 2011.

2011 NBA All-Star Balloting presented by T-Mobile, with associate partner 2K Sports, allows fans around the world to vote daily for their favorite players as starters for the 2011 NBA All-Star Game. There are several ways fans can cast their votes, including: at each NBA arena; in 20 languages on NBA.com; and through mobile phones by texting the player’s last name to 6-9-6-2-2 (“MYNBA”) or by visiting m.nba.com on any wireless carrier.

For SMS voting, fans can vote for All-Stars any time by texting a player’s last name from their mobile phones on any wireless carrier. Fans can cast one SMS vote per day, per phone number. Message and data rates may apply. T-Mobile customers will receive an exclusive 15 percent discount code to NBAStore.com for voting via SMS voting. Upon voting, T-Mobile customers will get a bounceback message with a discount code for them to use on NBAStore.com.

Current West Guard Results:

Kobe Bryant (Lakers) 722,682

Chris Paul (Hornets) 386,649

Manu Ginobili (Spurs) 230,137

Steve Nash (Suns) 190,226

Deron Williams (Jazz) 184,148

Jason Kidd (Mavericks) 141,283

Russell Westbrook (Thunder) 140,519

Eric Gordon (Clippers) 113,510

Tony Parker (Spurs) 103,238,

Derek Fisher (Lakers) 81,088

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