NBA Unveils 2025 All-Star Game Starters – hoopsrumors.com

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The 2025 All-Star Game starters were revealed on Thursday during Inside the NBA’s pregame show and confirmed by the NBA on social media (Twitter links).In the Eastern Conference, a pair of Knicks made the cut, with Jalen Brunson and Karl-Anthony Towns – in his first season in New York – earning nods. Joining Brunson in the backcourt is Cavaliers guard Donovan Mitchell, while Celtics forward Jayson Tatum and Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo secured frontcourt spots.Lakers star LeBron James extended his all-time record to 21 consecutive All-Star selections in the Western Conference. Warriors guard Stephen Curry and Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander accounted for the backcourt spots in the West while Nikola Jokic of the Nuggets and Kevin Durant of the Suns joined James as frontcourt starters.The starters are selected by a weighted voting process with the fan vote accounting for half of the final outcome. The player and media portions of the vote each counted for 25 percent. Three frontcourt players and two guards were selected from each conference.The reserves, who are picked by the league’s coaches, will be announced on Jan. 30. LaMelo Ball of the Hornets narrowly missed out on being a starter after ranking first in the fan vote, having finished third in player voting and seventh in the media vote. The Spurs’ Victor Wembanyama also barely missed out, finishing second in media voting but fourth for both players and fans.Unchanged: Luka Doncic, Anthony Edwards, Ja Morant, Kyrie Irving, James Harden, De’Aaron Fox, Devin Booker, Norman Powell, Anthony Davis, Jalen Williams, Alperen Sengun, Trae Young, Damian Lillard, Cade Cunningham, Darius Garland, Tyrese Maxey, Tyler Herro, Evan Mobley and Jaylen Brown are among the names who could be voted in as reserves.The 74th NBA All-Star Game on Feb. 16 will feature a new format, complete with a mini-tournament composed of four teams and three games. Two teams will meet in a semifinal while the other two will play in another. The victors in each of those games will meet in a final. The winner of each game is the first to 40 points.The format change means that the 10 players named starters on Thursday won’t be the only players who actually start on All-Star Sunday. The 24 players ultimately named All-Stars will be split among three eight-man teams, with the roster’s drafted by Inside the NBA’s Shaquille O’Neal, Kenny Smith and Charles Barkley.The draft will air on Feb. 6 on TNT. The fourth team of eight players will be made up of the winning team from the Rising Stars event.The four teams participating in the NBA All-Star Game will compete for a prize pool of $1.8 million. Each player on the team that wins the final will receive $125,000, while members of the second-place team earn $50,000. Players on the third- and fourth-place teams will receive $25,000.The full voting results can be found here.Wow….wemby not starting….cause of past their prime Durant or Lebron? And where is Edwards?Its about popularity. Wemby played very well. He will be allstar as bench player.Wolves fans also wonder where Edwards is this yearBlame the fans and players for not voting for him.Other players are jealous of Wemby and would rather give a vote to the ageing stars…The public just don’t care because the Spurs don’t win enough…kind of dumb to name 10 starters with the new format. should just name the 24 all stars at same timeTrue but I guess Silver thought not having starters would decrease the ratings or whatever since he is obsessed with thatThe old dudes starting in the west only confirms the fan votes are a joke. This crap is tied to guys earning capacity too….laughable.No it doesn’t. They’re All-stars not All-NBA. The very idea of All-star is that they are the players who the fans want to see. Now the fact that players can earn more tre money I don’t like but I can see it. The more popular players bring in more revenue and therefore should be compensated appropriately.Wemby can thank the SAS organization for not being a “starter”. It has to be the most feeble attempt to build around a generational player in league history. It’s one thing to tank for a generational player, another to tank with a generational player.The Spurs are 19-22.The Spurs signed 39-year-old Chris Paul, rather than gift minutes to younger guards.The Spurs traded for 32-year-old Harrison Barnes, rather than gift minutes to younger wings.Tanking? Sounds more like you have a bad case of Confirmation Bias.How is the Spurs attempt feeble? They have had off season to build around Wembanyama.This is a feeble attempt to rag on the Spurs…LOL. Team building is a process that lasts longer than a year. SAS took the rest of the team backwards last year, and this year added nothing more than a few non-foundational players (fossils really). Even traded away 1 of their 2 lottery picks. Trading their cap space for 2nd round picks, still. Anyway, Wemby is on track to be the first designated “generational talent” to miss the playoffs in his first two years (at a time when its never been easier to do). But yeah, GREAT JOB !YEEEEEeeeeeeeessssssSSS ………You know the last time the NY Knickerbockers had two starters in an all star game ??
1975 — all star game ….. starting backcourt.
The Pearl and Clyde ……… Congratulations Jalen Brunson and Karl Anthony Towns ……. You are in the company of Royalty.link to x.com
One of best backcourts ever ………I had been worried that Ball was going to get a starter nod..Good to see the players and media right that ship and send Brunson in as a starter instead…Scarlett , I feel the same way. Brunson is pure class. Tough and unselfish. He’s made Knicks a winner.As voting goes more global, we will see more voting for flash over substance in future years, I’m afraid. Can’t blame the NBA for growing the game in the most effective way, which is through highlights, not wins.My prediction is West 229, East 213no mention of DOMANTAS SABONIS.. do you even watch basketball?!!Brunson over Halliburton it’s about time!!!I feel like Jalen Johnson should’ve at least received a reserve nomination. He looks like the basketball definition of a “five-tool” player and a future superstar.Please login to leave a reply.Log in Register
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