Last week, the NBA revealed the 10 starters for this month's All-Star Game in Cleveland. Nine of the 10 names were who we expected. Kevin Durant, Joel Embiid, Giannis Antetokounmpo, DeMar DeRozan, Trae Young, LeBron James, Nikola Jokic, Ja Morant and Stephen Curry will be on the court (save for Durant, who's injured) when the game tips off, but they will be joined by one of the more surprising choices in All-Star history: Golden State Warriors forward Andrew Wiggins.
Wiggins is a first-time All-Star, and it wasn't even clear that he would make the team before he was announced as a starter. Once he was selected, the tension for the reserve announcements rose significantly. Suddenly, things got a little bit tougher for the Western Conference reserve candidates. Now that the reserves were announced on TNT, along with the injury replacement for each side, we know who made the cut and who missed out.
Although the players themselves have been chosen, they have to land on the proper teams. James and Durant will act as captains in the All-Star draft Thursday, Feb. 10 to divide up the players. The All-Star Game itself will take place 10 days after that on Sunday, Feb. 20. Below is a look at the full All-Star rosters for both conferences.
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Eastern Conference player pool
| Player | Team | Position |
|---|---|---|
Trae Young* | Guard | |
DeMar DeRozan* | Guard | |
Kevin Durant* (team captain, will not play due to injury) | Frontcourt | |
Giannis Antetokounmpo* | Frontcourt | |
Joel Embiid* | Frontcourt | |
Jayson Tatum* (replacement starter for injured Durant) | Frontcourt | |
Chicago Bulls | Guard | |
Brooklyn Nets | Guard | |
Milwaukee Bucks | Frontcourt | |
Wildcard | ||
Wildcard | ||
LaMelo Ball (injury replacement player) | Guard |
*Starter
Western Conference player pool
| Player | Team | Position |
|---|---|---|
Stephen Curry* | Golden State Warriors | Guard |
Ja Morant* | Guard | |
LeBron James* (captain) | Frontcourt | |
Nikola Jokic* | Frontcourt | |
Andrew Wiggins* | Golden State Warriors | Frontcourt |
Guard | ||
Phoenix Suns | Guard | |
Frontcourt | ||
Draymond Green (will not play due to injury) | Golden State Warriors | Frontcourt |
Frontcourt | ||
Wildcard | ||
Utah Jazz | Wildcard | |
Dejounte Murray (injury replacement player) | Guard |
*Starter
Things were a fair bit simpler in the Eastern Conference. With the starters sticking to the script, the reserves were a touch more predictable.
Fred VanVleet, LaMelo Ball and Darius Garland are the lone first-time selections among the Eastern Conference reserves, but VanVleet also achieved an even rarer feat by making just the fourth undrafted player in NBA history ever to reach an All-Star Game. Ben Wallace, John Starks and Brad Miller were the first three, so VanVleet is in excellent company. Zach LaVine is similarly new to the All-Star experience as this will be just his second appearance in the midseason exhibition. James Harden, the last Eastern Conference guard, has earned more than twice as many All-Star nods as the other three combined. This is his 10th rodeo. Frontcourt selections Khris Middleton and Jayson Tatum, who will start in place of Durant, are both in their third All-Star Games. Jimmy Butler rounds out the East with his sixth appearance.
DeJounte Murray is the only first-time choice among the reserves in the West. Devin Booker is the lone second-timer, and he is ironically joined by teammate Chris Paul, who is participating in his 12th All-Star Game. He is the elder statesman among the West's guards, as Donovan Mitchell is playing in his third All-Star Game while Luka Doncic is in his fourth. That's around where the West's front-court players land. Karl-Anthony Towns was chosen for the third time, same as Rudy Gobert, while Draymond Green was picked for his fourth game, though he will not participate due to injury.
Ball and Murray were not originally named to the All-Star Game. However, with Green and Durant ruled out due to injury, replacements were needed in both conferences. The job of selecting those replacements fell on commissioner Adam Silver, and he settled on Ball and Murray as his choices.
