NBA Announces All-Star Game Reserves
The NBA All-Star Game starters were announced on February 18th, with many of the usual suspects getting voted in by the fans.
NBA All-Star starters in the Western and Eastern Conferences: pic.twitter.com/fHzFqeJ8uw
— Ryan Ward (@RyanWardLA) February 19, 2021
LeBron James will be making his 17th appearance and along with Kevin Durant (11th appearance) will be the Captains for the game.
LeBron James and Kevin Durant have been named starters and captains for the 2021 NBA All-Star Game. Given their previous statements, I am sure they are...thrilled.
— Alicia Jessop (@RulingSports) February 19, 2021
The starting units are elected by a weighted combination of votes from fans (50%), media (25%) and current players (25%). However, when it comes to the reserves, only the NBA's 30 coaches have a say. And they get to vote in two guards, three forwards and two wildcards (which can be any position).
At 7 PM EST this evening, the votes were tabulated and the league announced the following players have made it to the NBA All-Star Game.
2021 East #NBAAllStar reserves:
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) February 24, 2021
⭐️ James Harden
⭐️ Julius Randle
⭐️ Ben Simmons
⭐️ Zach LaVine
⭐️ Jayson Tatum
⭐️ Nikola Vucevic
⭐️ Jaylen Brown
2021 West #NBAAllStar reserves:
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) February 24, 2021
⭐️ Damian Lillard
⭐️ Anthony Davis
⭐️ Zion Williamson
⭐️ Paul George
⭐️ Rudy Gobert
⭐️ Chris Paul
⭐️ Donovan Mitchell
While this is an impressive list of players, there are of course, players that have been snubbed. Most notably left off the teams are Devin Booker (24.7 ppg/3.8 rpg/4.3 apg) and Fred VanVleet (20.1 ppg/4.4 rpg/6.6 apg). LeBron took to the socials to come to Booker's aid.
Devin Booker is the most disrespected player in our league!!! Simple as that.
— LeBron James (@KingJames) February 24, 2021
For the record, everyday Fred VanVleet wakes up he’s an All-Star.
— Sid Seixeiro (@Sid_Seixeiro) February 23, 2021
Others left off the All-Star team include Gordon Hayward (21.9 ppg/5.4 rpg/3.7 apg), Domantas Sabonis (21.5 ppg/11.6 rpg/5.7 apg) and Bam Adebayo (19.5 ppg/9.5 rpg/5.5 apg). As is the case every year, look out for these players in the 2nd half of the year, as they use the All-Star Game snub as motivation to prove the coaches of the NBA wrong.
Photo Credit: Quinn Harris-USA TODAY Sports
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