On February 4, Beijing time, the NBA officially announced this year's All-Star starter and bench list, but Durant and Dream Green have confirmed that they did not qualify for this year's All-Star Game due to injury. According to the NBA official website, Tatum has a high probability of replacing the injured Durant to start, and NBA President Xiao Hua will choose two candidates to enter the big list to replace the vacancies of Durant and Dream Green, so players such as thick eyebrows and three goals are still likely to be selected.
According to the NBA's official East-West All-Stars list, the details are as follows:
Eastern Conference starters: Durant (absent due to injury), Alphabet Brother, Embiid, DeRozan, Trae Young
Eastern Conference benches: Butler, Garland, Harden, LaVine, Middleton, VanVleet, Tatum
Western Conference starters: James, Curry, Jokic, Wiggins, Morant
Western Conference benches: Doncic, Booker, Gobert, Dream Green (absent due to injury), Mitchell, Paul, Downs
According to the current situation, Durant and Dream Green will be absent due to injury, and NBA President Xiao Hua will likely have to choose a substitute for each of the East and west Durant to be selected as the starter and captain of the Eastern Team, he has missed the last 9 games due to a sprained left knee MCL, and his recovery time determines that he cannot play. The substitute Dream Green said on TNT television that she missed the last 14 games due to a back injury and that he would not play in the All-Star Game.
Since Durant is the starter, he will be replaced by an All-Star bench player who gets the highest number of votes from the same league and in the same position. In this case, Tatum will replace Durant as a starting player because he is fourth in the total vote of players in the Eastern Conference frontcourt, and this has happened once last year, and it was also Tatum who replaced Durant.
In addition, there will be two vacant positions in the NBA All-Star Game, and Xiao Hua will choose a player in each of the East and West Leagues to fill in, and there will be no position restrictions.
Eastern Conference replacement candidates may include: Cleveland Cavaliers Allen, Charlotte Hornets guard three-goal, Milwaukee Bucks guard Holliday, Miami Heat guard Lowry and Indiana Pacers center Sabonis Jr.
Western Conference replacement candidates could include Los Angeles Lakers forward Thick Brow, San Antonio Spurs guard Murray, Memphis Grizzlies guard Jarren Jackson, Phoenix Suns center Ayton, Suns guard Bridges and Minnesota Timberwolves forward Edwards.
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