NBA reveals All-Star Vote plans

About time to cast votes

The NBA officially revealed that voting for the league's midseason classic is about to commence.

Called the NBA All-Star Voting 2021 presented by AT&T, it will tip off starting at noon ET on January 28 (1am on January 29 for the Philippines) and end at 1159pm on February 16 (1259pm on February 17 for the Philippines).

As it has been tradition, fans will have some say as to which players will start for the NBA All-Star Game, although it has since been tweaked (50 percent) to allow the media and players (25 percent for each) to have their opinion. All three groups will name three frontcourt and two backcourt players on their respective ballots for each conference.

Fans have three options to make their choice:

NBA.com: fans can go to vote.nba.com, and fill out the ballot available there with up to three frontcourt and two backcourt players from each conference. One can submit a full ballot daily.

NBA App: available either on Android or iOS, they can go there and fill their ballot with up to three frontcourt and two backcourt players from each conference. One can submit a full ballot daily.

Twitter: fans can tweet, retweet, and reply that includes either the hashtag of a NBA player's first and last name (#FirstNameLastName) or said NBA player's twitter handle. Make sure to then add #NBAAllStar to that tweet/retweet/reply before sending. Only one current NBA player allowed, with a limit of ten unique players daily. 

As has been customary in recent years, the NBA has designated days wherein fan vote count as double. For the 2021 edition, the "2-for-1 Days" will take place on January 30, February 2, February 4, February 13, and February 16. (US time zone will be observed on all these dates).

Once the deadline is passed, players will be ranked in each conference by position based on each voting group, which will then be weighted by the value of each, then aggregated. In case of ties resulting from the aggregation within the position group, the fan vote will serve as tiebreaker. The three frontcourt and two backcourt players from each conference will be named as All-Star Starters.

The NBA has designated February 4 and 11 as days where the league can share the voting results. The All-Star Starters will be revealed on February 18 (19 in the Philippines) during the TNT NBA Tip-Off presented by CarMax. As for the NBA All-Star reserves, which are selected by the league's head coaches, they will be made public on February 23 (24 in Manila).

The NBA All-Star Game had been pegged to take place in Indianapolis pre-pandemic, with recent discussions ongoing to determine if one will actually take place during the break between the First and Second Half of the truncated current season.