"The NBA All-Star Game" will see hostilities on February 19, 2017, in New Orleans. The selection process for the NBA All-Star Game line-up changed for the better. The viewing fans were given the 50 percent screening mandate while the players' have an allotment of 25 percent, and so is the media.
At the start of the selection process, fans, players, and media practitioners choose from a list of tentative lineups. From the list, vote counting begins as to who will advance to the final list as mentioned in an article at NBA.com.
For "the NBA All-Star Game" Western Conference roster, there are seven players to choose from out of twelve to complete the bench. The players are Rody Gobert - Utah, DeAndre Jordan - Clippers, Damian Lillard- Portland, CJ McCullum - Portland, Russel Westbrook - Oklahoma, Marc Gasol - Memphis, Klay Thompson - Golden state, DeMarcus Cousins - Sacramento. Le Marcus Aldridge - San Antonio, Gordon Hayward - Utah, Karl AntonyTones - Minnesota, Draymond Green - Golden State.
The selected Starting 5 are Stephen Curry - GSW on his 4th appearance and four times starting 5, James Harden - HOU on his 5th appearance and 2nd time starting 5. Kevin Durant - GSW, 8th appearance and 6th time starting 5, Kawhi Leonard - SA 2nd appearance and 2nd starting 5, Anthony Davis - NOP, 4th appearance and first time starting 5.
"The NBA All-Star Game "Eastern Conference has 17 players to choose from to complete the additional seven players for its bench. The players are Joel Embiid - Philadelphia, Kristaps Porzinges - NY, Al Horford - Boston, Andre Drummond - Detroit, Paul George - Indiana, Dennis Schroder - Atlanta, Jabari Parker - Milwaukee, John Wall - Washington, Carmelo Anthony - NY. Jimmy Butler - Chicago, Kyle Lowry - Toronto, Isiah Thomas - Boston, Kemba Walker - Charlotte, Bradley Beal - Washington, Dwayne Wade - Chicago, Paul Millsap - Atlanta, Kevin Love - Cleveland.
The selected Starting 5 are Kyrie Irving - CLE , 4th appearance and 2nd starting 5, DeMar DeRozan - TOR 3rd appearance and 1st starter 5, Lebron James - CLE, 13th appearance and 13th starting 5. Glannis Ante tukuonmpo - MIL, 1st appearance and 1st starting 5, Jimmy Butler - CHI, 3rd appearance and 1st starting 5, as reported from NBA All-Star.com,
The selection of the starting 5 of last year's NBA All-Star Games was through a press of a button by the fans in the arena, as mentioned in an article on SB Nation. But this year, it is through the votation of the fans, players, and media combined.
