The 2022 All-Star starting lineup was released, James and Durant became captains, Old Jen was crowned the king of votes for the ninth time, and Morant and Wiggins broke into the starting lineup for the first time.
2022 All-Star starting lineup
Eastern Conference All-Star starting lineup: Durant (captain), Embiid, Antetokounmpo, DeRozan, Trae Young.
Western Conference All-Star starting lineup: James (captain), Jokic, Wiggins, Morant, Curry.
Durant's tenth All-Star start, Alphabet's sixth consecutive All-Star start to tie the Bucks' all-time record held by Abdul-Abd, and Embiid's fifth consecutive All-Star starter, becoming the first 76ers to win an All-Star starter for five consecutive years since Iverson from 2000 to 2006.
All-Star StartEr Selection Rules
In 2017 and 2018, the NBA launched new rules for all-star voting and team formation, and all-star starts no longer depend entirely on fan voting, but on fans, players and media, with fans voting 50% and players and media accounting for 25%.
The specific calculation formula is: (Fan voting ranking ×2 + player voting ranking + media voting ranking) ÷4.
According to the formula, the smaller the number, the higher the ranking. If there is a situation where the players have the same score, the side with the more fan votes will rank higher. The two players who received the most fan votes in the East and West served as the captains of the two teams, and in the way of the All-Star Draft, they selected people to form teams among the players who entered the All-Star, and the East and West All-Stars mixed confrontation.
Take James as an example, he was in the 2022 All-Star vote, fans, players and media votes are the first in the Western Conference frontcourt, calculated according to the formula (1×2 + 1 + 1) ÷ 4 = 1, in the Western Conference frontcourt a ride, the 18th consecutive Year All-Star starter, 18 times selected as an All-Star tied for Kobe Bryant tied for second in history, second only to Abdul-Jabbar's 19 times. With 9,128,231 fan tickets, James finished first in the West (and first in the league as well), becoming captain of the All-Star team for the fifth consecutive year. The league has adopted an All-Star Captain system since 2018, and the elder Zhan has received this honor every year.
James tied Jordan's record 9 times
Old Zhan is a man born for basketball records, he won an incredible 9,128,231 fan votes in this All-Star vote, from 2017 to 2022 for six consecutive years to become the ticket king, plus the 2007, 2010 and 2014 ticket king, old Zhan has dominated the All-Star fan voting list 9 times, thus equaling jordan's NBA historical record.
At the same time, James also broke the ticket record, before 2022, the original record is the old Zhan in 2020 to create 6,275,459 votes, James became the first player in NBA history to receive more than 9 million fan tickets, greatly improving the historical record.
The 37-year-old James has averaged 29.1 points, 7.7 rebounds, 6.3 assists, 1.6 steals, 1.1 blocks, shooting 52% from the field, the oldest player in NBA history to average 28+ points per game and shooting rate of not less than 50%, when the Lakers are struggling with the record this season due to lineup construction and injuries, the old Zhan supported the team with a strong offensive performance, and ranked first in 22 30+ league games.
What's most amazing about James is not only the high score that is seriously inconsistent with his age, but also the adjustments he made in the game, in order to make up for the lineup flaws, he switched to playing center and gave a career-high three-point production, a 37-year-old veteran out of his comfort zone, for the team to make changes from position to style of play, which is very difficult, and the old Jen did it.
The ticket king, captain, deserved for James. It is worth mentioning that this all-star was held in Cleveland, and old Zhan returned home, which was even more delicious in his heart.
Morant and Wiggins made their first All-Stars
In this All-Star start, there are two All-Star "newcomers", Morant and Wiggins. Morant was selected to be expected, the "Memphis Iverson" this season averaged 25.8 points, 5.9 rebounds and 6.9 assists per game, the style of the game "lightning thunder", practical and ornamental, and a retro iron spirit, the Grizzlies ranked third in the West under his leadership, and the All-Star start was logical. Morant became the second player in Grizzlies history to start an All-Star, starting with Gasol Jr.
Curry has had problems with offensive efficiency this season, but first, the highlight moments he has set a number of three-point records have brought about the effect of traffic explosion, and second, although the projection is unstable for various reasons, he has performed well in organizing offense and defense, combined with his already deep fan base, so although he was reversed by James in the battle for the king of votes, the All-Star start was stable. The Western Conference backcourt votes, fans, players and media votes, are all Curry first, and Morant is the second guard in the West after Curry.
When Wiggins became an NBA draft pick in 2014, being widely expected to be an All-Star was only the starting honor of his career, but it was not until 2022 that Wiggins pushed open the door to all-star for the first time. Wiggins' data of averaging 18.1 points, 4.2 rebounds and 2 assists per game this season is not very prominent by All-Star standards, and even less than the data sheet he handed over last season, but the specific role on the court is not fully reflected by the data.
Wiggins gave the best three-point performance of his NBA career (40.4% shooting from three points), while shouldering the heavy responsibility of keeping an eye on the opposing side's outside attack arrows, and has important tactical significance for the Warriors at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, and the Warriors themselves are a big flow team, which is very helpful for the players on their team to grab tickets.
Western Conference frontcourt votes, the first is James, the second is Jokic, About Teacher fans and players are the second in the Western Conference frontcourt, the media ticket is tied for the first place with the old Jan, the score is 1.75, the two Western Conference frontcourt players after the old Jan and Jokic are from the Warriors, respectively, Wiggins and Draymond Green.
Wiggins fan tickets were third in the Western Frontcourt, Players and Media tickets were fifth and sixth, "Chasing Dreams" was sixth in fan tickets, Players and Media tickets were third and fourth, Wiggins scored 4.25 points, and "Chasing Dreams" was 4.75. "Chasing Dreams" mainly lost in the fan ticket link, and the sixth place × 2, which affected the final score.
In the first round of fan voting, Wiggins ranked fourth behind Paul George in the Western Conference, trailing by 139,000 at the time. By the time the results of the second round were announced, Wiggins had surpassed George by nearly 60,000 votes, and when the third round came out, the gap widened to 330,000, Wiggins was already far ahead, and finally widened the ticket gap to 647,000, beating George in the field of fan tickets.
In fact, George is also inferior to Wiggins in terms of players and media tickets, and the two rankings are eighth and seventh respectively, which has something to do with George's injury. Wiggins ranked above George in all three votes, and the victory was not surprising.
Gobert's player ticket ranked fourth in the Western Conference frontcourt and third in the media ticket, both of which were better than Wiggins, but his fan ticket was 2.68 million different from Wiggins, ranking only ninth in the Western Conference frontcourt, resulting in a final score of 6.25, ranking sixth in the Western Conference frontcourt.
Although the league has reduced the weight of the fan ticket decision through restructuring, fan support is still the first factor in determining the starting lineup, and Wiggins's advantage in the fan ticket paves the way to the All-Star for him. Wiggins will return to Cleveland during the All-Star season, the city that picked him up and where he was sent away.
The league was first without a starter
The Warriors' record of the league is second, which can lead to Wiggins' votes, and the team with the best record in the league and the only team with a winning percentage of more than 80%, the Suns have no one to enter the All-Star start.
In the Western Conference frontcourt vote, the Suns' Ayton fan ticket was tenth, the player and media tickets were sixth and ninth, and the score of 8.75 was tenth. In the Western Conference backcourt, Booker fan tickets were fifth, player and media tickets were third and fourth, with a score of 4.25, behind Curry, Morant and Doncic in fourth place, which is already the highest-ranked Sun player in the vote. Paul was seventh in fan tickets, fifth and third in player and media tickets, and fifth in the Western Conference backcourt with a score of 5.5.
Booker and Paul are mainly fans of the loss, especially Booker, he and Doncic score 4.25, players and media tickets are more than Doncic, but because the fan ticket is behind, according to the ranking rules, can only be located behind Doncic.
Of course, even if Booker surpasses Doncic, he can't shake Curry and Morant. The Suns can only look forward to the fact that they can have players on the bench when the coach picks an All-Star bench, and the expected result will not disappoint the Suns, after all, they are the number one team in the league.
Who is the most sorry for the losers?
Doncic started all-star in 2020 and 2021, but this time he fell off the list, his performance has regressed to a certain extent compared with last season, especially offensive efficiency, he is in the Western Conference backcourt votes, fan tickets are third, players and media votes are fourth and seventh, facing top guard Curry, traffic king Morant, Doncic is behind.
Durant, who won all three of the Nets' big three, was the first in the Eastern Conference frontcourt and became the all-Star captain for the second consecutive year, while Harden and Irving did not make a start. The Eastern Backcourt DeRozan won the first three tickets, the King of Kills has come to the top of his career in terms of popularity or industry recognition, the second starting position in the Eastern Backcourt is the battle between Trae Young and Lavin, Young's fan ticket is second, player and media tickets are third and second, the score is 2.25, Lavine's fan ticket is third, player and media tickets are second and third, the score is 2.75, And Yang is risky to win the start.
Harden was fourth in fan tickets and third and fourth in player and media tickets, and he was largely affected by the slow heat of the season. Trae Young started the season with a mediocre start, and the change in the blow-off version also had an impact on him, but "Yang Shaoxia" gradually adapted to the scale of the referee, played performances such as 56 +14, and his arrogant playing style was already very favored, and Harden this season really couldn't compete.
Irving and Klay Thompson, one who played beautifully and one who shot accurately, both made it to the top ten in the East and West backcourts, but neither made it to the start. Thompson is recovering from a major injury, although he ranks fourth in the Western Conference backcourt in the fan ticket segment, but the player ticket and the media ticket are only ranked 13th and seventh respectively, and Thompson still needs time to find himself.
Thompson was hampered by two previous major injuries, and Irving himself lost the opportunity to compete for the All-Star start. Owen playing is both the strength and idol of the two styles, very attractive to fans, he has played 7 times before the All-Star 5 starts, the popularity is very high, but this season because of the refusal to vaccinate, now can only participate in the epidemic prevention conditions allow away games, fan tickets sixth, players and media tickets are eighth and ninth, since Irving has his persistence, fans, players and media naturally have corresponding choices.
2022 All-Star Calendar (Beijing Time)
Feb. 4: All-Star bench announcement (selected by East-West team coaches).
Feb. 11: All-Star Draft.
February 19: Rookie Challenge
Feb. 20: Skill Tournament, Three-Point Contest, Dunk Contest.
Feb. 21: All-Star Game.