By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
The three biggest European stars of the NBA have been voted as starters in the upcoming All-Star Game, as it was officially announced, to no surprise the Greek Freak Giannis Antetokounmpo, Serbian Nikola Jokic and Slovenian Luka Doncic are starters, while LeBron James registered one more record.
For Giannis this is his 8th All-Star selection, for Jokic it will be the 6th All-Star Game and for Doncic the 5th.
Per the press release: The league is returning to an East vs. West format, so the following players will team up for their respective conference in the 73rd NBA All-Star Game on Sunday, Feb. 18.
Eastern Conference starters
Giannis Antetokounmpo*
Joel Embiid
Jayson Tatum
Tyrese Haliburton
Damian Lillard
Western Conference starters
LeBron James*
Kevin Durant
Nikola Jokic
Luka Doncic
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
* = denotes team captain
James is now an All-Star — and an All-Star starter — for the 20th time, with the league unveiling the results of this season’s starter balloting on Thursday night. James is the first 20-time All-Star in NBA history. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, whose career scoring record was broken by James last season, was a 19-time selection.
How were the NBA All-Star starters determined?
Starters for the 2024 NBA All-Star Game were selected by fans, current NBA players and a media panel. Fans accounted for 50 percent of the vote to determine the starters, while players and media accounted for 25 percent each.
After all votes were tallied, players were ranked in each conference by position (guard and frontcourt) within each of the three voting groups. Each player’s score was calculated by averaging his weighted rank from the fan votes, the player votes and the media votes. The two guards and three frontcourt players with the best score in each conference were named NBA All-Star Game starters
When will the NBA All-Star reserves be announced?
TNT will announce the reserves on Thursday, February 1 at 7 ET. The 30 NBA coaches select the 14 reserves, voting for two guards, three frontcourt players and two players at any position in their respective conferences.
Commissioner Adam Silver selects the replacement for any player unable to participate in the All-Star Game, choosing a player from the same conference as the player who is being replaced.