On The Watch “It’s All About The 73rd 2024 NBA All-Star Game”

The 2024 NBA All-Star Game

This year, the 73rd annual NBA All-Star Game will be hosted in Indiana at the Indiana Convention Center February 18, 2024, and will feature the return of the Eastern Conference and the Western Conference classic matchup and traditional scoring system with four 12-minute quarters. The starters were chosen by the fans (50%), the players (25%) and the media (25%). The 30 NBA coaches selected the 14 reserves. The Western and returning leading vote-getter from the fans is Los Angeles Lakers LeBron James and the Eastern returning leading vote-getter from the Milwaukee Bucks Giannis Antetokounmpo will once again serve as Captains of their respective Conferences.

Representing the Western Conference “Team LeBron” Starters this year are:

-LeBron James (Los Angeles Lakers) Team Captain
-Kevin Durant (Phoenix Suns)
-Nikola Jokic (Denver Nuggets)
-Luka Doncic (Dallas Mavericks)
-Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (Oklahoma City Thunder)

Reserves

-Devin Booker (Phoenix Suns)
-Stephen Curry (Golden State Warriors)
-Anthony Davis (Los Angeles Lakers)
-Anthony Edwards (Minnesota Timberwolves)
-Paul George (LA Clippers)
-Kawhi Leonard (LA Clippers)
-Karl-Anthony Towns (Minnesota Timberwolves)

Coach Chris Finch (Minnesota Timberwolves)

Representing the Eastern Conference “Team Giannis” Starters this year:

-Giannis Antetokounmpo (Milwaukee Bucks) Team Captain
-Joel Embiid (Philadelphia 76ers)(injury replacement player Bam Adebayo)
-Jayson Tatum (Boston Celtics)
-Tyrese Haliburton (Indiana Pacers)
-Damian Lillard (Milwaukee Bucks)

Reserves

-Bam Adebayo (Miami Heat)
-Paolo Banchero (Orlando Magic)
-Jaylen Brown (Boston Celtics)
-Jalen Brunson (New York Knicks)
-Tyrese Maxey (Philadelphia 76ers)
-Donovan Mitchell (Cleveland Cavaliers)
-Julius Randle (New York Knicks)(injury replacement player-Trae Young)

Coach Doc Rivers (Milwaukee Bucks)

With the return of the traditional format back into play, the old-school atmosphere
of the NBA All-Star game will be in full effect vibe wise in the building at the Indiana Convention Center Sunday night February 18, 2024. “King of the Court” will be up for grabs once again, which squad will claim “GAME” when it’s all said and done.

Tune in and enjoy the entire festivities of the weekend starting February 16 to February 18, 2024 on NBA TNT.

On The Watch “It’s All About The 70th 2021 NBA All-Star Game”

This year, the 70th annual NBA All-Star Game will be hosted in Atlanta, Georgia at the State Farm Arena on Sunday night March 7, 2021. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic still looming in the world, and unlike past All-Star weekends, the usual entertainment like the Skills Challenge, 3-Point Contest and Dunk Contest will all take place on the same night as the NBA All-Star Game. The 3-Point Contest and the Skills Challenge will be preceding the game while the Dunk Contest will take place at the halftime break of the NBA All-Star game.

Once again, the league is maintaining the Draft-Style format and the starters were chosen by the fans while the rest of the squad was selected by the media and current players. That said the Western leading vote-getter from the fans is Los Angeles Lakers’ LeBron James and the Eastern leading vote-getter from the Brooklyn Nets’ Kevin Durant will serve as Captains of their respective conferences.

Representing the Eastern Conference Starters this year are

-Kevin Durant (Brooklyn Nets) Team Captain (injured)
-Kyrie Irving (Brooklyn Nets)
-Kawhi Leonard (Los Angeles Clippers)
-Joel Embiid (Philadelphia 76ers)
-Bradley Beal (Washington Wizards)
-Jason Tatum (Boston Celtics) (selected as replacement for injured Kevin Durant)

Reserves

-James Harden (Brooklyn Nets)
-Devin Booker (Phoenix Suns) (selected as a replacement for injured Anthony Davis)
-Zion Williams (New Orleans Pelicans)
-Zack LaVine (Chicago Bulls)
-Julius Randle (New York Knicks)
-Nikola Vucevic (Orlando Magic)
-Donovan Mitchell (Utah Jazz)
-Anthony Davis (Los Angeles Lakers) (injured)

Coach Doc Rivers (Philadelphia 76ers)

Representing the Western Conference Starters this year are

-LeBron James (Los Angeles Lakers) Team Captain
-Giannis Antetokounmpo (Milwaukee Bucks)
-Stephen Curry (Golden State Warriors)
-Luka Doncic (Dallas Mavericks)
-Nikola Jokic (Denver Nuggets)

Reserves

-Damian Lillard (Portland Trail Blazers)
-Chris Paul (Phoenix Suns)
-Jaylen Brown (Boston Celtics)
-Paul George (Los Angeles Clippers)
-Domantas Sabonis (Indiana Pacers)
-Rudy Gobert (Utah Jazz)
-Ben Simmons (Philadelphia 76ers)

Coach Quin Snyder (Utah Jazz)

“King of the Court” will be up for grabs once again come Sunday night March 7, 2021 on NBA TNT. Which Squad will claim “GAME” when it’s all said and done?

Tune in and take in all the festivities of this entertaining night!

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