Los Angeles Lakers James, who will be captain of the Western Conference team, will play in his 18-star game in the 19th season of his NBA career. His team’s top five will also feature Nicola Jokitch (Denver’s Nuggets) for his fourth All-Star Game and Stephen Curry (Golden State Warriors) for the eighth time in the All-Star Game.
The Western team also has two All-Star debuters: Jan Morant (Grizzlies of Memphis) and Andrew Wiggins (Golden State Warriors).
In the history of the NBA, Karim Abdul-Jabar (19) has played the most All-Star Games, followed by James and Kobe Bryant with 18 All-Star Games.
The captain of the Eastern Conference team, Durent, received the most votes than any other player. He will also be joined in the Eastern Top Five by Demar Derouzen (Chicago Bulls), Tree Young (Atlanta Hawks), Joel Embyd (Philadelphia 76ers) and Jannis Adetokunbo (Milwaukee Bucks).
Reserves for both teams, selected by the coaches, will be announced next week.
71 in NBA history The all-star game, marking the league’s 75th anniversary, will take place on February 20 in Cleveland. Cleveland NBA stars were also hosted in 1997, when the league celebrated its 50th anniversary.
Latvian Dāvis Bertāns won the third place in the 2020 long-distance competition in Chicago.
Four seasons ago, Kristaps Porziņģis was selected to play in the All-Star Game, but the rupture of the knee crosses stretched the bar for his hopes of making his debut at the event.
Porziņģis won the mastery competition included in the program five years ago, and he has also played twice in the NBA Rising Star Match. Rodion Kuruc also took part in the new star game in his debut season.
In the All-Star Game in Atlanta last season, Lebron James won Kevin Durent’s team 170-150.
