CLEVELAND– LeBron James was the top vote getter in All-Star Game voting and will be a captain. It will be an NBA-record 14th consecutive NBA All-Star start for James.
He received 2,638,294 fan votes, meaning he will pick his team from the pool of All-Star players.While he was first in both fan voting and media voting, players ranked James second behind Milwaukee forward Giannis Antetokounmpo.
The other captain will be Golden State’s Steph Curry, who received 2,379,494 votes. Since James got the most votes in the league, he will pick first. As they pick teams, the first eight picks will be the other eight starters. They do not have to be from the captain’s conference, meaning the squads will be mixed of East and West players.
The starters from the Eastern Conference are Antetokounmpo, Philadelphia center Joel Embiid, Celtics guard Kyrie Irving, and Toronto guard DeMar DeRozan.
Western Conference starters are Houston guard James Harden, Golden State forward Kevin Durant, Pelicans forward Anthony Davis and Pelicans center DeMarcus Cousins.
All-Star reserves, chosen by coaches, will be selected on Jan. 23 on TNT. The player draft, which will not be televised, but team rosters will be made public Jan. 25 on TNT as well.
The All-Star Game is Feb. 18 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
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