First All-Star vote results are out. Where do Kings’ De’Aaron Fox, Buddy Hield rank?

The first NBA All-Star voting update has been released. If early numbers are an indicator, the Kings will be without representation for the second consecutive season.

No Sacramento players made the top 10, according to results released Thursday afternoon, despite a push during home games to get fans to nominate guards De’Aaron Fox and Buddy Hield for the league’s midseason showcase event.

The top Western Conference guard should be no surprise. The Golden State Warriors’ Stephen Curry has 793,111 votes and is on track to start for the sixth consecutive season. He’s tied for second in the NBA in scoring at 28.7 points per game and averages a league-high 4.9 3-pointers made.

The current No. 2 is somewhat of a shock – that would be the Minnesota Timberwolves’ Derrick Rose. While he’s a three-time All-Star, he hasn’t appeared in the game since 2011-12, when he was with the Chicago Bulls. A resurgent Rose is averaging 18.9 points this season, but he’s started just 11 of his 32 games while missing six contests, including the last three.

The league only released the top 10 results for guards and frontcourt players, meaning Fox and Hield each have fewer than the 101,014 votes the Houston Rockets’ Chris Paul has.

The overall leader is Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James with 1,083,363. He’d be awarded his 15th nod overall, which would give him one for each season except his rookie year.

The Kings’ guards are much improved this season. Hield leads the team in scoring at 19.9 points entering Thursday night’s game against Denver. He’s shooting 46.6 percent and averaging 5.1 rebounds – all career highs for the third-year guard. Fox is second on the Kings in scoring at 18.1 points on 46.8 percent shooting and leads the team with 7.5 assists.

However, it will be tough to make the All-Star roster in a Western Conference loaded with backcourt talent. Among the many guards who have already appeared in the game in recent seasons: Curry, James Harden (Rockets), Damian Lillard (Portland Trail Blazers), Paul, Klay Thompson (Warriors) and Russell Westbrook (Oklahoma City Thunder). All are in the top 10.

Should Fox, Hield or any other Kings player make the team, they would join six who have been awarded spots during the Sacramento era. Mitch Richmond leads the way with six, followed by Chris Webber (four), DeMarcus Cousins (three), Peja Stojakovic (three) and one each by Brad Miller and Vlade Divac, who is now the team’s general manager. Cousins currently ranks 10th among West frontcourt players with more than 92,000 votes despite not yet suiting up in his first season with Golden State.

Voting ends Jan. 21 at 8:59 p.m. PST. Fans, players and media can vote at NBA.com, through the NBA mobile app, or through Google and Google Assistant. Full instructions can be found here.

“NBA on TNT” will announce starters and captains Jan. 24, with reserves being named on the show a week later.

The 68th NBA All-Star Game will be played at Spectrum Center, home of the Charlotte Hornets, on Feb. 17 at 5 p.m. on TNT.

First All-Star voting update

Here’s a look at each conference’s top 10 vote-getters among guards and frontcourt players for the 68th NBA All-Star Game, according to results released Thursday:

Western Conference

Frontcourt

1. LeBron James (L.A. Lakers), 1,083,363 votes

2. Luka Dončić (Dallas), 679,839 votes

3. Kevin Durant (Golden State), 659,968 votes

4. Anthony Davis (New Orleans), 605,417 votes

5. Paul George (Oklahoma City), 580,055 votes

6. Steven Adams (Oklahoma City), 261,327 votes

7. Nikola Jokić (Denver), 235,272 votes

8. Kyle Kuzma (L.A. Lakers), 195,477 votes

9. Draymond Green (Golden State), 138,017 votes

10. DeMarcus Cousins (Golden State), 92,977 votes

Guards

1. Stephen Curry (Golden State), 793,111 votes

2. Derrick Rose (Minnesota), 698,086 votes

3. James Harden (Houston), 541,606 votes

4. Russell Westbrook (Oklahoma City), 459,792 votes

5. Klay Thompson (Golden State), 247,618 votes

6. Damian Lillard (Portland), 200,609 votes

7. DeMar DeRozan (San Antonio), 197,524 votes

8. Lonzo Ball (L.A. Lakers), 175,040 votes

9. Devin Booker (Phoenix), 111,897 votes

10. Chris Paul (Houston), 101,104 votes

Eastern Conference

Frontcourt

1. Giannis Antetokounmpo (Milwaukee), 991,561 votes

2. Kawhi Leonard (Toronto), 774,172 votes

3. Joel Embiid (Philadelphia), 648,002 votes

4. Jimmy Butler (Philadelphia), 222,206 votes

5. Jayson Tatum (Boston), 214,622 votes

6. Blake Griffin (Detroit), 192,694 votes

7. Vince Carter (Atlanta), 76,022 votes

8. Andre Drummond (Detroit), 68,204 votes

9. Gordon Hayward (Boston), 66,492 votes

10. Al Horford (Boston), 62,288 votes

Guards

1. Kyrie Irving (Boston), 910,329 votes

2. Dwyane Wade (Miami), 409,156 votes

3. Kemba Walker (Charlotte), 319,519 votes

4. Ben Simmons (Philadelphia), 259,993 votes

5. Victor Oladipo (Indiana), 198,009 votes

6. Kyle Lowry (Toronto), 180,571 votes

7. Zach LaVine (Chicago), 128,605 votes

8. Jeremy Lin (Atlanta), 62,573 votes

9. Bradley Beal (Washington), 61,269 votes

10. John Wall (Washington), 54,366 votes

This story was originally published January 3, 2019 at 3:44 PM.