Fans choose! VTB League reveals All-Star Game nominees

Fans choose! VTB League reveals All-Star Game nominees

Fans’ voting held from December 5, 2019 till January 9, 2019 on VK ended at 12:00 today.

The voting determined the All-Star Game nominees list of 66 players. Nine Russian teams have 3 candidates for each team: World Stars and Russia Stars. Four non-Russian teams are represented by 3 athletes in World Stars team.

The All-Star Game will be held on February 16 at VTB Arena in Moscow and feautre Russia Stars vs World Stars Game. Media will vote at the second stage that will determine the final rosters. The All-Star Game tickets are available at https://allstar.vtb-league.com.

League General director Ilona Korstin:
“Fans’ voting revealed the League’s most popular players that make the All-Star nominee list. We received over 200 thousand votes on social media which is great result.
Russia Stars rating changed last week as Alexey Shved took the first place and became overall leader of the voting.
Meanwhile, Mike James – one of the main stars of this season – have been leading the World Stars rankings since the beginning.
The second stage is coming where the media will have their say. They will create final rosters out of this 66-names nominee list.”

Voting leaders:

Russia Stars: Alexey Shved (3174 votes), Andrey Vorontsevich (2299), Nikita Kurbanov (2198), Dmitry Khvostov (1817) and Nikita Mikhailovskii (1781).

World Stars: Mike James (2453 votes), Adas Juskevicius (1622), Janis Timma (1408), Errick McCollum (1394) and Gustavo Ayon (1247).

The All-Star Game nominees list:

% — votes percentage (after voting on social media) to define players’ popularity among teams’ fans.

Avtodor
Player Position %
1 Nikita Mikhailovskii Guard 52,7
2 Anton Kvitkovskikh Forward 27,5
3 Alexey Babushkin Forward 8,5
Player Position %
1 Isaiah Hicks Center 40,5
2 Elgin Cook Forward 20,4
3 Orlando Johnson Guard 16,1
       
Astana
Player Position %
Coty Clarke* Forward 33,7
Isaiah Whitehead** Guard 13,5
1 Dusan Ristic Center 19,9
2 Aleksandr Zhigulin Forward 15,1
3 Malcolm Hill Forward 5,7
       
Enisey
Player Position %
1 Denis Zakharov Guard 48,7
2 Artem Komissarov Forward 16,8
3 Aleksandr Gudumak Center 12,3
Player Position %
1 Davion Berry Guard 35,4
2 Tomislav Zubcic Forward 23,7
3 Dustin Hogue Center 11,2
       
Zielona Gora
Player Position %
1 Drew Gordon Center 59,9
2 Marcel Ponitka Guard 17,6
3 Ludvig Hakanson Guard 9,1
       
Zenit
Player Position %
1 Dmitry Khvostov Guard 36,5
2 Evgeny Voronov Guard 25,4
3 Vladislav Trushkin Forward 14,6
Player Position %
1 Gustavo Ayon Center 45,7
2 Mateusz Ponitka Forward 28,7
3 Colton Iverson Center 5,9
       
Kalev
Player Position %
1 Kyle Vinales Guard 33,7
2 Janari Joesaar Forward 17,2
3 Aigars Skele Guard 13,3
       
Lokomotiv-Kuban
Player Position %
1 Dmitriy Kulagin Guard 55,1
2 Vitaly Fridzon Guard 25,8
3 Grigoriy Motovilov Guard 8,4
Player Position %
1 Sam Dekker Forward 36,0
2 Johnny O’Bryant Center 27,2
3 Mindaugas Kuzminskas Forward 19,0
       
Nizhny Novgorod
Player Position %
1 Evgeny Baburin Guard 40,5
2 Anton Astapkovich Forward 17,9
3 Ivan Strebkov Guard 13,3
Player Position %
1 Brandon Brown*** Guard
2 Darral Willis*** Forward
3 Michael Jenkins*** Guard
       
PARMA
Player Position %
1 Artem Zabelin Center 45,6
2 Maxim Grigoryev Guard 35,2
3 Aleksandr Platunov Guard 6,4
Player Position %
1 Adas Juskevicius Guard 66,7
2 Eigirdas Zukauskas Forward 14,2
3 Mareks Mejeris Forward 9,8
       
UNICS
Player Position %
1 Artem Klimenko Center 39,4
2 Evgeniy Kolesnikov Guard 25,3
3 Valerii Likhodey Forward 14,9
       
Player Position %
1 Errick McCollum Guard 56,1
2 Jamar Smith Guard 23,7
3 Kostas Kaimakoglou Forward 7,7
       
Khimki
Player Position %
1 Alexey Shved Guard 61,4
2 Timofey Mozgov Center 13,1
3 Viacheslav Zaitcev Guard 10,5
Player Position %
1 Janis Timma Forward 37,7
2 Anthony Gill Forward 16,4
3 Jonas Jerebko Forward 14,5
       
Tsmoki-Minsk
Player Position %
1 Branko Mirkovic Guard 41,1
2 Maksim Salash Forward 17,6
3 Robert Lowery Guard 11,2
       
CSKA
Player Position %
1 Andrey Vorontsevich Forward 36,1
2 Nikita Kurbanov Forward 34,7
3 Joel Bolomboy Center 10,6
Player Position %
1 Mike James Guard 55,6
2 Kyle Hines Center 21,7
3 Daniel Hackett Guard 11,5

* – Coty Clarke parted ways with Astana.
** – Isaiah Whitehead parted ways with Astana.
*** – Brandon Brown, Darral Willis and Michael Jenkins (Nizhny Novgorod) qualified to nominees list by default.