{"id":392556,"date":"2026-01-06T21:44:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T21:44:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/392556\/"},"modified":"2026-01-06T21:44:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T21:44:07","slug":"raptors-forward-scottie-barnes-cracks-top-20-in-nba-all-star-voting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/392556\/","title":{"rendered":"Raptors forward Scottie Barnes cracks top 20 in NBA all-star voting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">TORONTO \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nba\/team-page\/toronto-raptors\/28\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nba\/team-page\/toronto-raptors\/28\" target=\"_blank\">Toronto Raptors<\/a> star <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nba\/player\/scottie-barnes-555906\/1251666\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nba\/player\/scottie-barnes-555906\/1251666\" target=\"_blank\">Scottie Barnes<\/a> has cracked the top 20 in NBA all-star voting.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Barnes was 14th in the Eastern Conference with 232,072 votes in the second fan returns on Tuesday. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">His name was not in the top 20 after the first round of voting data was released a week ago.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Toronto teammate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nba\/player\/brandon-ingram\/887665\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nba\/player\/brandon-ingram\/887665\" target=\"_blank\">Brandon Ingram<\/a> was 11th with 281,799 votes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Raptors head coach Darko Rajakovic and Toronto\u2019s social media team made a direct appeal to Canadian basketball fans to vote for Barnes online.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">He\u2019s averaging 19.1 points, 8.6 rebounds and 5.4 assists, playing multiple positions including sometimes starting at centre while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nba\/player\/jakob-poeltl\/844478\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nba\/player\/jakob-poeltl\/844478\" target=\"_blank\">Jakob Poeltl<\/a> recovers from a sore lower back.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Ingram is averaging 22.2 points, 6.1 rebounds and 3.7 assists per game in his first season playing for the Raptors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nba\/team-page\/oklahoma-city-thunder\/25\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nba\/team-page\/oklahoma-city-thunder\/25\" target=\"_blank\">Oklahoma City Thunder<\/a> guard <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nba\/player\/shai-gilgeous-alexander\/1067856\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nba\/player\/shai-gilgeous-alexander\/1067856\" target=\"_blank\">Shai Gilgeous-Alexander<\/a> of Hamilton was fourth in Western Conference voting and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nba\/team-page\/denver-nuggets\/7\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nba\/team-page\/denver-nuggets\/7\" target=\"_blank\">Denver Nuggets<\/a> guard <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nba\/player\/jamal-murray-177241\/891352\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nba\/player\/jamal-murray-177241\/891352\" target=\"_blank\">Jamal Murray<\/a> of Kitchener, Ont., was 15th.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">This report by The Canadian Press was first published Jan. 6, 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The Canadian Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TORONTO \u2014 Toronto Raptors star Scottie Barnes has cracked the top 20 in NBA all-star voting. 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