The NBA All-Star Game is tonight which means we will finally get to see the real stars of today’s NBA duke it out in what will no doubt be an entertaining match. The All-Star Game is an easy thing to skip and discount as one of the most overhyped and meaningless exhibition games in all of professional sports. But that’s how every single All-Star Game is: it’s pretentious, it’s full of itself and we watch every minute of it.
One day we will hopefully look back on these games the way we look back at baseball All-Star Games from the 50s and 60s. It was truly a spectacle to see Mickey Mantle, Stan Musial, Ted Williams, Willie Mays and countless others suit up and play together in the same game. While the NBA All-Star Game is far from being that special the hop is that one day we can fondly look back on it like it was.
NBA All-Star Rosters
| EAST | ||||
| POS. | PLAYER | TEAM | SELECTIONS | VOTES |
| STARTERS | ||||
| G | Rajon Rondo* |
Boston Celtics |
4 | 924,180 |
| G | Dwyane Wade |
Miami Heat |
9 | 1,052,310 |
| F | LeBron James |
Miami Heat |
9 | 1,583,646 |
| F | Carmelo Anthony |
New York Knicks |
6 | 1,460,950 |
| F | Kevin Garnett |
Boston Celtics |
15 | 922,070 |
| RESERVES | ||||
| F | Chris Bosh |
Miami Heat |
8 | – |
| C | Tyson Chandler |
New York Knicks |
1 | – |
| F | Luol Deng |
Chicago Bulls |
2 | – |
| F | Paul George |
Indiana Pacers |
1 | – |
| F | Jrue Holiday |
Philadelphia 76ers |
1 | – |
| F | Kyrie Irving |
Cleveland Cavaliers |
1 | – |
| C | Brook Lopez** |
Brooklyn Nets |
1 | – |
| C | Joakim Noah |
Chicago Bulls |
1 | – |
| Head Coach: Erik Spoelstra, Heat | ||||
| * Replaced due to injury ** Injury replacement |
||||
| WEST | ||||
| POS. | PLAYER | TEAM | SELECTIONS | VOTES |
| STARTERS | ||||
| G | Chris Paul |
LA Clippers |
6 | 929,155 |
| G | Kobe Bryant |
LA Lakers |
15 | 1,591,437 |
| F | Kevin Durant |
OKC Thunder |
4 | 1,504,047 |
| F | Blake Griffin |
LA Clippers |
3 | 863,832 |
| C | Dwight Howard |
LA Lakers |
7 | 922,070 |
| RESERVES | ||||
| F | LaMarcus Aldridge |
Portland Trail Blazers |
2 | – |
| G | Tim Duncan |
San Antonio Spurs |
14 | – |
| G | James Harden |
Houston Rockets |
1 | – |
| F | David Lee |
GS Warriors |
2 | – |
| G | Tony Parker |
San Antonio Spurs |
5 | – |
| F | Zach Randolph |
Memphis Grizzlies |
2 | – |
| G | Russell Westbrook |
OKC Thunder |
3 | – |
| INJ | – | – | – | – |
| Head Coach: Gregg Popovich, Spurs | ||||
| * Replaced due to injury ** Injury replacement |
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Topics: All-Star Game, Carmelo Anthony, Chris Paul, Kobe Bryant, Lebron James, NBA, NBA All-Star Game, Rajon Rondo, Tyson Chandler
Josh Hill is Editor of Fansided.com and Senior Co-Editor at The Pewter Plank. He has been with Fansided since Novemember 2010 when he joined The Pewter Plank before taking over as Editor at Pippen Ain't Easy the following month, serving as editor until 2012. He has appeared on ESPN Radio and had work featured on SI.com, FOXSports.com, ESPN.com and CBSSports.com.
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