NBA All-Star Game starters announced / News - Basketnews.com

LeBron James and Giannis Antetokounmpo were named the team captains in the NBA All-Star Game 2024. Meanwhile, Nikola Jokic, Luka Doncic, Kevin Durant, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Joel Embiid, Jayson Tatum, Tyrese Haliburton, and Damian Lillard were named as other starters.

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Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James made the history books once again, becoming the player with the most selections as the NBA All-Star in the league's history.

The 2024 NBA All-Star weekend in Indiana will be the 20th in LeBron's career as he overtook another legend, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

73rd NBA All-Star Game will feature the return of both the classic matchup between the Eastern Conference and the Western Conference and the traditional scoring system with four 12-minute quarters.

Nevertheless, NBA All-Star Game team captains were still named and will lead their respective teams.

Therefore, James will captain the Western Conference after receiving (5,098,872 fan votes), while the Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo led the voting in the Eastern Conference (5,427,874 fan votes).

The starters were determined by calculating a weighted average between the player vote, fan vote, and media vote, with 50% going to the fan vote and 25% each going to the player and media vote.

If two players finished with the same weighted average, the one who received more fan votes was higher in the final ranking. Damian Lillard got in as a starter instead of Jalen Brunson for this reason, as Brunson was 5th in fan vote among guards while Lillard was 3rd.

The 2024 NBA All-Star Game will air on TNT in the United States and reach fans in more than 200 countries and territories in more than 50 languages. Indianapolis will host NBA All-Star weekend for the first time since 1985.

Western Conference Starters

No. Player Player votes Player rank Fan Votes Fan Rank Media Votes Media Rank Weighted Score 1. LeBron James (captain) 144 2 5,098,872 1 59 2 2 2. Nikola Jokic 197 1 4,504,466 2 99 1 2 3. Kevin Durant 142 3 4,402,668 3 58 3 3 4. Luka Doncic 116 2 4,141,533 1 89 2 1.5 5. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 125 1 3,130,850 2 96 1 2

Eastern Conference Starters

No. Player Player votes Player rank Fan Votes Fan Rank Media Votes Media Rank Weighted Score 1. Giannis Antetokounmpo (captain) 196 1 5,427,874 1 100 1 1 2. Jayson Tatum 151 3 4,802,187 2 97 3 2.5 3. Joel Embiid 193 2 4,742,834 3 98 2 2.5 4. Tyrese Haliburton 133 1 3,377,405 1 97 1 1 5. Damian Lillard 61 4 2,236,969 3 9 5 3.75 Thank you for being with us! Subscribe to BN+ and browse ad-free.