Saturday, January 26, 2019

NBA All-Star Picks - 2019

The All-Star starters were announced this week, and the reserves will be announced on Thursday, so I've gone through each player's stats for the season so far to determine which players most deserve to be on this season's All-Star roster. Players who were already selected as starters are marked with an asterisk:

West

Starters

PF - Kevin Durant - GSW *
SF - Paul George - OKC *
C - Anthony Davis - NOP
SG - James Harden - HOU *
PG - Stephen Curry - GSW *

Reserves

PG - Damian Lillard - POR
PF - LeBron James - LAL *
PG - Russell Westbrook - OKC
SG - DeMar DeRozan - SAS
SG - Jrue Holiday - NOP
C - Nikola Jokic - DEN
C - Karl-Anthony Towns - MIN

Honorable Mention: SG - Lou Williams - LAC, PF - Tobias Harris - LAC, SF - Danilo Gallinari - LAC, SG - Buddy Hield - SAC, SG - Devin Booker - PHX

East

Starters

PF - Giannis Antetokounmpo - MIL *
SF - Kawhi Leonard - TOR *
C - Joel Embiid - PHI *
PG - Kyrie Irving - BOS *
PG - Kemba Walker - CHA *

Reserves

PF - Blake Griffin - DET
C - Nikola Vucevic - ORL
SG - Bradley Beal - WAS
PG - Ben Simmons - PHI
PG - D'Angelo Russell - BKN
SG - Jimmy Butler - PHI
PF - John Collins - ATL

Honorable Mention: SG - Zach LaVine - CHI, SG - Victor Oladipo - IND, SF - Khris Middleton - MIL, SG - Malcolm Brogdon - MIL, SF - Jayson Tatum - BOS

The only starter who is different than the ones who were actually voted in is Anthony Davis, who lost a tiebreaker with Paul George in the actual voting. LeBron James was voted in through the actual ballots, but he ranks a little lower in my results due to missing the last month to an injury.

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