In the early hours of 19 January 2018 Central African Time, the NBA had finally made their announcement of who the NBA All Star Starters are and who the Team Captains are. Bear in mind, due to the awful performance from last year’s All-Star Game, the NBA have changed the format of the All-Star Game to a more streetball like format where the Captains select the members of their team. In this matter, the Captains get to choose who will play in their respective teams from the list of the players who are voted to be All Stars. The Captains will start by selecting from The Starters and onwards to the bench players.
So, who are this year’s All Stars that will (HOPEFULLY) set the court alight with their All-Star performances…
WEST
• Stephen Curry (Golden State Warriors)
• James Harden (Houston Rockets)
• Kevin Durant (Golden State Warriors)
• Anthony Davis (New Orleans Pelicans)
• DeMarcus Cousins (New Orleans Pelicans)
EAST
• Kyrie Irving (Boston Celtics)
• DeMar DeRozan (Toronto Raptors)
• LeBron James (Cleveland Cavaliers)
• Giannis Antetokounmpo (Milwaukee Bucks)
• Joel Embiid (Philadelphia 76ers)
We’ve seen nine of these players in recent All-Star games but one player who is set to debut as a first time All Star is the highly calibre player from Philly, Joel Embiid but that will be a topic for another day.
Back to the All-Star Game selection, the Team Captains of the All-Star Game are…
Drum roll please
FROM THE WEST
STEPHEN CURRY
FROM THE EAST
LEBRON JAMES
So yes, we won’t be seeing an East vs West team format. This year it’s all about Team Steph vs Team LeBron and we are highly anticipating the picks from the respective captains. Could it be possible that LeBron picks KD or Steph picks Anthony Davis? We don’t know at the moment but this surely will be an exciting All-Star Game that we all will have to watch.
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