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Steve Kerr ripped NBA players for making a 'mockery' out of All-Star Game voting

The NBA players had the opportunity to vote for All-Star Game starters this season (with their vote counting for 25 percent), and some players did no better than the fans.

The fan vote accounted for 50 percent of the voting total with players and media making up the rest. Warriors coach Steve Kerr submitted his vote for the All-Star reserves on Sunday, but he wasn’t pleased about how some players addressed the voting.

He said before the Warriors’ game in Miami, via AP:

“I am very disappointed in the players. They’ve asked for a vote and a lot of them just made a mockery of it. I don’t know what the point is.”

The full player voting results revealed that almost 100 players likely voted for themselves, receiving a single vote. Ben Simmons, who hasn’t played yet, received three votes.

Stephen Curry also would not have been a starter if the players had the only vote. He finished third in the player vote behind James Harden and Russell Westbrook.

Joel Embiid, Dwyane Wade and Zaza Pachulia would have been selected as starters under the old system. They fell short under the new system with media and player voting.

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