NBA All-Stars - 2025

It is All-Star Weekend in the NBA, with the actual game coming tomorrow, and while the game itself is completely meaningless, especially in recent years, the title of All-Star still holds some meaning, so I have made my list of which players deserve to be All-Stars this season, and which ones deserve to be the 5 starters from each conference. I've also included injury replacements for Anthony Davis and Giannis Antetokounmpo, who are injured and will not be participating. Here are the players who deserve the honor, with actual starters in bold, reserves underlined, and injury replacements in italics:

Eastern Conference

Starters

PF - Giannis Antetokounmpo - MIL

C - Karl-Anthony Towns - NYK

PF - Jayson Tatum - BOS

PG - Trae Young - ATL

PG - Cade Cunningham - DET

Reserves

PG - Jalen Brunson - NYK

PG - Darius Garland - CLE

C - Nikola Vucevic - CHI (starting replacement for Giannis)

PF - Evan Mobley - CLE

C - Jarrett Allen - CLE

PG - Damian Lillard - MIL

PG - Tyrese Maxey - PHI

Injury Replacement

SF - Donovan Mitchell - CLE

Trae Young was finally made an All-Star, after years of deserving a starting spot, even though he had to be added as an injury replacement. Vucevic was overlooked this year, but deserves to be starting in place of Antetokounmpo, but is instead not on the team, joining Jarrett Allen and Tyrese Maxey, who should also be there. Jaylen Brown, Tyler Herro, and Pascal Siakim should have been left off the team.

Western Conference

Starters

C - Nikola Jokic - DEN

SF - LeBron James - LAL

C - Domantas Sabonis - SAC

PG - Shai Gilgeous-Alexander - OKC

PG - James Harden - LAC

Reserves

C - Victor Wembanyama - SAS

PF - Anthony Davis - DAL

SG - Devin Booker - PHX

SG - Anthony Edwards - MIN

C - Alperen Sengun - HOU

PG - Stephen Curry - GSW

C - Jaren Jackson Jr. - MEM

Injury Replacement

PG - De'Aaron Fox - SAS

Domantas Sabonis, the league leader in rebounds for the third straight season, was once again left off the All-Star team, but he should have been starting instead of sitting at home. Devin Booker should have made the team rather than teammate Kevin Durant, who was named a starter, and De'Aaron Fox should have been included instead of Kyrie Irving. Jalen Williams should have been left off to make room for Sabonis.

All-Time Player Rank Updates

Kevin Durant has passed John Stockton to move up to #12

Nikola Jokic has passed Dirk Nowitzki to move up to #27

Giannis Antetokounmpo has passed George Mikan to move up to #31

Anthony Davis has passed Kevin Johnson to move up to #49

Damian Lillard has passed Clyde Drexler to move up to #53

Jimmy Butler has passed Louie Dampier to move up to #81