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Giannis Antetokounmpo On Who He’d Pick First In All-Star Draft

The first results of the All-Star fan voting were published yesterday and, as always, we were in for a lot of surprises. To me, the most surprising thing is that Giannis Antetokounmpo and not LeBron James is leading the Eastern Conference voting.

In this year’s revolutionized All-Star format, the top vote getter in each conference will be a team captain and gets to draft his team, no matter what conference players are from.

That’s why Giannis was asked who he would pick with his first pick and the Greek Freak had the perfect response:

“If my teammates are available, I’m going with my teammate. But if not, I’ve got to go with LeBron James – best player in the world – so we can have a good relationship for the free agency. You never know. He might come play here.”