On January 28, Beijing time, the NBA officially announced this season's All-Star starting lineup, and also announced this year's ticket king and East-West captains, of which the Lakers' James was elected as the Captain of the West for the fifth time in his career, which is also the 18th time in his career to be selected as an All-Star. On the Eastern side, Durant was elected captain. And this year's All-Star starting lineup has also been released, the Western side is James, Curry, Morant, Jokic and Wiggins. To the east are Durant, Embiid, Alphabet Brother, DeRozan and Trae Young.
Let's first look at the West, James was elected captain, which is also deserved, although in the first two rounds of voting, James fell behind Curry, but James with the third round of the back, his vote significantly surpassed Curry, career re-elected Captain of the West, from this aspect, it is enough to see how popular James is. So far this season, James has averaged 29.1 points, 7.7 rebounds, 6.3 assists, 1.6 steals and 1.1 blocks per game, and his personal performance is very comprehensive, although the team's record is not good, but his performance is commendable, and his personal play is absolutely worthy of the honor of captain of the West.
The other four positions are Curry, Morant, Jokic and Wiggins, all four of whom have performed very well in this season's games. Among them, Curry and Morant have a better performance and leadership, their teams are in the top three in the West, and their personal performance has reached the MVP level, and they have become All-Star starters, which is deserved. It is worth mentioning that this is the first time that Morant has been selected as an All-Star in his career, and in the case of the first All-Star selection, he can also get the starting position, and only the 22-year-old Morant can expect the future.
Jokic and Wiggins were named All-Stars, which is understandable, and Jokic has played at MVP level again this season, and he has played even better than last season. Although the team was plagued by injuries, resulting in a less than ideal record, Jokic's personal performance is commendable, he averaged 26.2 points, 13.8 rebounds and 7.6 assists and 1.4 steals and 0.8 blocks per game, shooting 57.1% from the field and 37.1% from three-point range. Wiggins, on the other hand, was also named an All-Star for the first time in his career and served as a starter, which is worth congratulating.
In the East, Durant has averaged 29.3 points, 7.4 rebounds and 5.8 assists per game this season, shooting 52% from the field and 37.2% from three-point range, becoming the king and captain of the Eastern Conference, which is also deserved. However, it is a pity that Durant will not attend the All-Star Game due to injury, and his personal career has been absent from the All-Star for three consecutive years.
The other four positions, Alphabet Brother, Embiid, DeRozan and Trae Young, the performance of these four players this season is obvious to all, of which Alphabet Brother and Embiid have played MVP-level performances this season, and have obtained luxury data in the game many times, and their personal status is very good. At the same time, they also have a very good performance in terms of leading the team, and they have been selected as All-Stars, which is well deserved. And DeRozan is deservedly selected, this season the Bulls record is among the best, playing the performance of top stars, helping the Bulls record in the forefront of the East, whether it is personal data, or the team record, they are very good, selected as an All-Star, which is understandable.
After the All-Star starting lineup is released, the league will also select the substitute lineup, and after the replacement lineup is released, the East and West captains will select all-star candidates. At this year's All-Star Game, James will choose which players to be teammates, which is worth looking forward to.