On January 26, Beijing time, the NBA officially announced the lineup of All-Star starters in the East and West this season:
Eastern starters: Brother Alphabet, Tatum, Embiid, Haliburton, Lillard, Brother Alphabet is the captain of the East.
Western starters: James, Durant, Jokic, Doncic, Alexander, James is the captain of the West.
This year's vote king in the East is still Brother Alphabet, who has been selected as an All-Star for the eighth time in his career, along with his teammate Lillard, the 75 superstar Lillard.
Although you are 75 big, this is the first time that Lillard has entered the All-Star starter in his career, Lillard decided to leave the Trail Blazers who have played for many years last summer and join the Bucks, but he didn't expect to be qualified as an All-Star starter in the first year in the Bucks. Paul and so on, he can't beat it, the fiercely competitive West, it is difficult for Lillard to get out of the encirclement, but after joining the Bucks, Lillard actually became the starter in the East, which also shows that there are indeed not many superstars in the backcourt of the East.
Another backcourt starter in the East is Haliburton, a popular fried chicken this year, with fast shots, accurate three-pointers, and tall figures, he was selected as an All-Star bench last season, and he has made great progress in the Pacers this season, and also led the team to the midseason championship finals, Haliburton is more popular than the new generation of Maxey and Trae Young.
The main strength in the East is the frontcourt configuration, Brother Alphabet, Embiid, Tatum, these three are the popular kings of the East.
There is still no suspense in this year's All-Star vote, James is still the king of votes in the West, and he is also the captain of the team, James has been selected as an All-Star for the 20th time in his career, the first person in history.
The selection of Durant, Jokic and Doncic should not be a surprise, as the king of the league, Adu's popularity is also quite high, and this time it is also Adu's 14th personal All-Star.
Jokic and Doncic are the top stars of the Nuggets and Mavericks, Doncic is relatively popular, Jokic was the second-to-last player selected by the All-Star last year, and his popularity is relatively low, but since winning last year's championship, Jokic is currently the first person in the league, and he should be the starter.
In the starting line of the West, Alexander's appearance seems to be a little abrupt, because in the previous fan votes, SGA was only the third in the Western backcourt, if it was voted for, Curry, who has been ranked in the top two, will be the starting point in the West, but the magic plot is coming, in the voting of players and the media, SGA is the first, so SGA also squeezed out Curry and entered the All-Star starter.
This is also well deserved, this season's SGA is much better than Curry in terms of personal data or team results, just from the perspective of team results, SGA has enough reasons to squeeze out Curry, but some fans may be unconvinced, James's team results are also average, why is he still the ticket king? It's very simple, because he is James.
On the whole, the All-Star first selection in the East and West is still the most fierce in the West, especially the backcourt competition in the West, Curry was actually squeezed out of the starting team by the SGA, which is also the first time in the past 10 years that Curry has fallen out of the starting line without injury, and the two top four teams in the West, the Timberwolves and the Clippers, none of the stars on the team have been selected as All-Stars.
Timberwolves' Edwards and Towns, as well as the Clippers' Harden, Leonard, and George, are all stars who are qualified to be selected as starters.
This year's NBA All-Star Game will be held in Indianapolis from February 17 to 19 Beijing time, and the All-Star Game will return to the East-West matchup format.