Steve Nash has overtaken the Houston Rockets' Tracy McGrady to secure a starting spot on the Western Conference All-Star team, league sources told Yahoo! Sports on Thursday.

Nash had trailed McGrady by more than 2,000 votes at the time of the most recent release.

The presence of McGrady and Allen Iverson as possible All-Star starters has created many criticism from players, the media and fans to change the in which voting is conducted.