The 2023 NBA All-Star Game is right here. All-Star weekend festivities bought began Friday night time with the Rising Stars Game and the superstar sport. Mac McClung stole the present on the Dunk Contest and Damian Lillard gained the 3-point shootout at All-Star Saturday Night in Salt Lake City. The weekend culminates with Team LeBron vs. Team Giannis within the 2023 NBA All-Star Game on Sunday night time. Here’s watch.
The league’s marquee regular-season showcase has a star-studded roster of 24 gamers. Superstars LeBron James and Giannis Antetokounmpo will function captains for the All-Star Game’s two groups with a draft simply shortly earlier than tip-off. MVP candidates like Nikola Jokic, Joel Embiid and Luka Doncic are among the many sport’s starters, although huge names like Stephen Curry and Kevin Durant will miss the sport as a consequence of harm.
LeBron and Giannis will probably be drafting groups from two swimming pools: eight different starters after which 14 reserve gamers. The starters have been chosen by way of a mixture of fan, media and participant vote, whereas the reserves have been picked by the coaches. There have been initially 12 whole gamers from the Eastern Conference and 12 whole gamers from the Western Conference chosen.
Here are the total 2023 NBA All-Star Game rosters, together with harm replacements.
2023 NBA All-Star Game starters
LeBron James, Los Angeles Lakers (captain)Giannis Antetokounmpo, Milwaukee Bucks (captain)Jayson Tatum, Boston CelticsDonovan Mitchell, Cleveland CavaliersKyrie Irving, Dallas Mavericks
Luka Doncic, Dallas MavericksNikola Jokic, Denver NuggetsJoel Embiid, Philadelphia 76ers (replaces Kevin Durant as starter)Ja Morant, Memphis Grizzlies (replaces Stephen Curry as starter)Lauri Markkanen, Utah Jazz (replaces Zion Williamson as starter)
2023 NBA All-Star Game reserves
Bam Adebayo, Miami WarmthJaylen Brown, Boston CelticsDeMar DeRozan, Chicago BullsTyrese Haliburton, Indiana PacersJrue Holiday, Milwaukee BucksJulius Randle, New York KnicksPascal Siakam, Toronto Raptors (harm alternative)Anthony Edwards, Minnesota Timberwolves (harm alternative)De’Aaron Fox, Sacramento Kings (harm alternative)Paul George, Los Angeles ClippersShai Gilgeous-Alexander, Oklahoma City ThunderJaren Jackson Jr., Memphis GrizzliesDamian Lillard, Portland TrailblazersDomantas Sabonis, Sacramento Kings
2023 NBA All-Stars out with harm
These gamers won’t be suiting up in Salt Lake City as a consequence of latest accidents.
Haliburton is the one first-time choice from the Eastern Conference, however there are a number of different fascinating nuggets within the area. Holiday, for instance, is notable for being compelled to attend a full decade between his first All-Star choice, which got here in 2013 as a member of the Philadelphia 76ers, and his second, which is available in 2023 as a member of the Milwaukee Bucks. The Bucks (Holiday and Antetokounmpo) and Celtics (Tatum and Brown) are the one Eastern Conference groups to provide a number of All-Stars this season. The Nets have been additionally on that record earlier than transferring Durant and Irving forward of the Feb. 9 commerce deadline.
The Western Conference options a number of extra recent faces. Jackson, Gilgeous-Alexander, Markkanen, Edwards and Fox will all play of their first All-Star Game, whereas Morant is in his second and Sabonis is in his third. George and Lillard have each been right here a lot, so there is a little bit of expertise within the convention to steadiness out the youth. The Grizzlies, Mavericks (because of the Irving commerce) and Kings are all Western Conference groups with a number of All-Stars.
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Injuries up till All-Star weekend might pressure much more new faces into the combination. Injury replacements are named by NBA commissioner Adam Silver.
In earlier seasons, the 2 captains (James and Antetokounmpo) can be drafting from this pool of gamers nicely upfront of the All-Star Game. This season’s tweak may have them choosing their rosters on the day of the All-Star Game itself. We do not but know who every of them will choose, however we no less than know which gamers they will be capable of select from.
