Utah center Rudy Gobert was picked second to last by NBA All-Star Game captains Kevin Durant (Brooklyn), including him on his team that will face Lakers superstar LeBron James , February 20 in Cleveland.
The French, which will be the third participation in a row at this annual event, was chosen last year by James. This time, he leaves this place to a big star, James Harden, who has just been transferred to the Philadelphia Sixers from the Nets.
Obviously why Durant did not select him, when James also had fun not saying his name, all causing a few moments of hilarity on NBA on TNT.
Advantage James for pick
As the procedure requires, LeBron James, known as “LBJ”, chose his teammates first, because he is the one who has collected the most votes from the public, to begin the selection of the All-Star Game. After which Kevin Durant, “KD”, chose his first player and so on in turn.
James called like last year Giannis Antetokounmpo (Milwaukee), Stephen Curry (Golden State) and Nikola Jokic (Denver), completing his major five with DeMar DeRozan (Chicago). Apart from the latter, all have been designated MVPs in recent seasons in the NBA.
Durant, who will not play this meeting because of a knee injury, chose Joel Embiid (Philadelphia), Ja Morant (Memphis), Jayson Tatum (Boston), Trae Young (Atlanta) and Andrew Wiggins (Golden State).
Whereupon he was the first to choose from 14 replacements, calling Devin Booker (Phoenix), Karl-Anthony Towns (Minnesota), Zach LaVine (Chicago), Dejounte Murray (San Antonio), Khris Middleton (Milwaukee), LaMelo Ball (Charlotte) and Rudy Gobert (Utah).
LeBron a choisi Luka Doncic (Dallas), Darius Garland (Cleveland), Chris Paul (Phoenix), Jimmy Butler (Miami), Donovan Mitchell (Utah), Fred VanVleet (Toronto) et James Harden (Philadelphie).
In addition to this match, the All-Star Game will be enhanced with dunk, three-point shooting and agility contests, as well as a mini tournament between rookies and sophomores (players in their first and second years) of the league.
