![]() ![]() Irving and Harden are too good to leave off this list as reserve guards, and Boston’s Brown must also be there. Not starting Joel Embiid is the hardest decision on the board - you can swap him into the starting five for Tatum or Antetokounmpo and you get no argument from me (Durant has been the best of those four and, while he’s out right now, he’s played enough games to qualify). SNUBS: DeMar DeRozan, Julius Randle, Trae Young, Jrue Holiday, Jalen Brunson, Kyle Kuzma Also, we want to see the league’s best players in the All-Star Game, so while the first half of this season gets the heaviest weight in picking a team, it’s about more than just a hot 40 games. Just so you know my thinking on this vote: We’re talking about an exhibition game for the fans so I’m not overly concerned with games played - if a player has been on the court for 50%-60% of his team’s games, that’s good enough here (it’s different in my mind from the end of season awards such as MVP or Defensive Player of the Year, where games played matters much more). The NBA will announce the result of the fan/player/media vote for the starters next week, the coaches will pick the reserves the week after that, and not long after the two captains will select their teams. Here is my vote for the starters and who I think the coaches should pick as the reserves - and who gets snubbed. There are five starters - selected by a vote of the fans (50%), players (25%) and media (25%) - then the coaches pick the seven reserves (two guards, three frontcourt players, two wild cards). ![]() While NBA regular-season rosters are 15 deep (plus two two-way guys), the league keeps the All-Star Game rosters intentionally small - 12 players. If the NBA knows how to do one thing well, it’s fueling a debate. ![]()
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