While the results of the 2023-2024 professional basketball All-Star Game fan voting were released, the situation in which the ranking was changed to a fraudulent vote was confirmed, drawing attention.
On the 18th, KBL released the 2023-2024 All-Star roster of professional basketball players through its official website and SNS.
The top 10 votes for the All-Star Game released on the day are Heo Woong (KCC), Heo Hoon (KT), Lee Jung-hyun (Sono), Choi Joon-yong (KCC), Song Kyo-chang (KCC), Park Ji-hoon (Jeonggwanjang), Lee Jung-hyun (Samsung), Kim Nak-hyun (Korea Gas Corporation), Jeon Sung-hyun (Sono), and Kim Sun-hyung (SK).
In addition, Yang Hong-seok (LG), Yoo Ki-sang (LG), Lee Won-seok (Samsung), Kim Jong-kyu (DB), Lee Woo-seok (Hyundai Mobis), Lee Jae-do (LG), Ha Yoon-ki (KT), Lee Dae-heon (Korea Gas Corporation), Moon Sung-gon (KT), Lee Kwan-hee (LG), Jamil Warney (SK), Darryl Monroe (Jeonggwanjang), Didrick Lawson (DB), and Kim Si-rae (Samsung) were also on the All-Star list.
KBL announced the list and said it excluded votes that were confirmed to be fraudulent during the fan voting for the All-Star Game. 안전놀이터
Of the 363,295 total votes, 24,089 were invalidated, and the final valid vote was 339,206.
The fan voting for the All-Star Game began on the 27th and lasted until 12 p.m. on the 18th. The KBL switched the voting results to private from the 16th, three days before the deadline.
More than 20,000 votes were invalidated, and compared to the number of votes as of 11:59 p.m. on the 15th, just before the closed disclosure, there were many cases where the votes were reduced in the final result. As the difference in votes between players was not large, invalid votes of more than 20,000 votes had a big impact on the ranking.
Heo Woong, the No. 1 player, added about 20,000 votes over the past three days to the final 166,616 votes, up from 147,156 just before the closed doors. Heo Woong was the No. 1 player even before the closed doors.
Heo Hoon, the runner-up, has been confirmed to have been affected by invalid votes with 141,655 final votes from 141,835. However, there was no change in the ranking.
No. 3 Lee Jung-hyun (Sono) earned the final 128,436 votes from 115,266. No. 4 Choi Joon-yong rose to 104,600 votes from 93,006, while No. 5 Song Kyo-chang also saw the figure rise to 102,095 votes from 92,739.
Park Ji-hoon, ranked 6th, was 7th with 90,136 votes just before the closed, but rose one notch to 100,466 votes in the final.
Lee Jung-hyun (Samsung), ranked seventh, also ranked eighth with 88,871 votes, but received a one-place increase to the final 100,155 votes.
No. 8 Kim Nak-hyun (87,573) and No. 9 Jeon Sung-hyun (85,106) also rose one notch and received the final 96,743 votes and 94,320 votes.
Kim Sun-hyung, ranked 10th, ranked 21st with 80,114 votes just before the closed, but rose 11 notches to 10th with 92,721 votes.
Yang Hong-seok, who was ranked 19th with 80,210 votes just before the closed doors, was ranked 11th with 92,707 votes.
Yoo Ki-sang, the only rookie player on the list this season, was ranked 16th with 80,285 votes, but he was ranked 12th with a final 89,899 votes.
Lee Won-seok was 11th with 81,833 votes just before the closed, but finished 13th with a final 89,853 votes.
Kim Jong-kyu, who finished 24th with 79,909 votes, also rose 10 notches to 14th place with 89,800 votes in the final result.
Lee was ranked 12th with 81,176 votes, but finished 15th with 89,737 final votes.
Lee Jae-do, who was ranked 20th with 80,192 votes, finished 16th with 88,514 votes.
Ha ranked 14th with 80,434 votes, but ranked 17th with 88,181 votes.
Lee Dae-heon, who came in 13th with 81,077 votes, came in 18th with a final 85,733 votes.
Mun Seong-gon was the biggest loser. He was sixth with 91,127 votes right before the closed doors, but fell to 19th with a final 85,454 votes.
On the other hand, Lee Kwan-hee was ranked 27th with 74,955 votes, but he was able to play in the All-Star in 20th place with 80,608 votes in the final.
Warney, who received 80,464 final votes from 80,088 votes, moved up one notch from 22nd to 21st, giving him his first All-Star opportunity.
Daryl Monroe fell from 15th to 22nd, affected by 79,315 votes from 80,286 and invalid votes, but was allowed to play in the All-Star.
Didrick Lawson was 25th with 79,766 votes shortly before the closed doors. He was affected by invalid votes with 79,256 final votes, but was ranked 23rd, earning his first all - star chance.
Kim, who was ranked 17th with 80,257 votes, earned the final 78,252 votes due to invalid votes. Although his ranking declined, he entered the All-Star Game at No. 24.
Ahn Young-joon, who ranked 18th with 80,241 votes just before the closed, and Kang Sang-jae, who ranked 23rd with 80,027 votes, will not be able to play in this year's All-Star Game due to the impact of invalid votes.
Heo Woong, who ranked first in this poll, ranked first in the fan voting for the All-Star Game for three consecutive seasons starting from the 2021-2022 season. He also ranks first in his career for the fifth time.
The coaches of each team in the All-Star Game were decided as Wonju DB coach Kim Joo-sung, the No. 1 player in the regular game, and Changwon LG coach Cho Sang-hyun, the No. 2 player.
The composition of the All-Star Game team will be revealed after the coach selects the player himself and organizes the coaching staff through a draft that will be carried out later.