Curry's failure to start was really exposed Durant was happy to mention a bonus

On January 26, Beijing time, the NBA2024 All-Star starting lineup was officially announced, the Eastern All-Star starters were Brother Alphabet (Captain of the East), Embiid, Tatum, Haliburton and Lillard;

Brother Alphabet beat James to become the All-Star vote champion for the first time

Brother Alphabet received a total of 5427874 fan votes and 5098872 James fan votes, and Brother Alphabet was elected as the All-Star vote king for the first time in his career, and he also broke James' 7-year domination of the All-Star vote king.

In terms of media and player voting, Brother Alphabet ranked first in the East, scoring 1 total points, and became the captain of the East and the All-Star vote king without any suspense, continuously suppressing James, and finally getting 329047 more votes than James.

James' 10-time career vote king still ranks first in history, and Lakers star Thick Eyebrows ranked 4th in the Western Conference frontcourt in fan votes, 5th in the Western Conference in terms of player & media votes, and 4th overall behind James, Jokic and Durant, unfortunately missing out on the starter.

The real reason why Curry was not selected as an All-Star starter

In the first three rounds of All-Star fan voting, Curry suppressed Alexander to rank second in the Western backcourt, but at the last moment, Curry was counterattacked by Alexander, Curry's record of 9 consecutive All-Star starters was ended, and Alexander became an All-Star starter for the first time in his career. Regarding Curry's failure to be selected as an All-Star starter, Su Qun, a domestic celebrity, said: Alexander's squeezing out Curry into the starter is the biggest upset for All-Stars this year.

In the official voting details, Curry ranked third with 76 votes, second with 3,228,111 fan votes, and fourth with 4 media votes, and Alexander ranked third in the fan vote, but with a total of 2 points from the players (125 votes) and the media (96 votes) (two first places in the West), he managed to squeeze Curry out as an All-Star starter.

 Lillard came into the starting lineup with a stunner for Brunson

In the third round of the All-Star fan voting results, Lillard was not as good as Trae Young in the third place in the Eastern backcourt, but in the end, Lillard was selected into the All-Star starting lineup and became an All-Star starter for the first time in his career.

In the official voting details, Lillard ranked 4th in player votes, 3rd in fan votes 2236969 votes, and 5th in media votes.

In the race to start the Eastern Conference backcourt, Brunson ranked 2nd in media votes, 3rd in player votes, and 5th in fan votes, with a total score of 3.75. Lillard ranked 5th in media votes, 4th in player votes, and 3rd in fan votes, with a total score of 3.75. The two were tied on a total score, but according to the rules, the higher the fan vote, the higher the ranking, and Brunson regretted not being able to make the All-Star start.

Durant thanked everyone and received $1.2 million

Durant, who was selected as an All-Star for the 14th time in his career, tweeted: Thank you to the fans, the media, and more importantly my peers for voting for me to be selected as an All-Star for the 14th time. I can't wait to play with some of the best stars of all time at the Indiana All-Stars."

NBA salary expert Bobby Marks reports that Durant received $1.2 million in bonuses for being selected as an All-Star.