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Community Shootaround: Drafting All-Star Starters

January 23rd 2018 at 3:59pm CST by Luke Adams

Last week, the NBA announced the 10 starters for this year’s All-Star Game. Barring injuries, the players on the court to start next month’s event will be the following 10:

Although there are still five representatives from each conference among that group of starters, there will be a twist on the usual format this season. Top vote-getters James and Curry will each captain one All-Star squad, picking teams from the pool of players in what will essentially be a star-studded fantasy draft.

While that draft will ultimately include all 24 players named to the All-Star teams, James and Curry will focus first on the above group, filling out their starting lineups before moving on to the reserves. As explained on NBA.com, James will pick first from the group of those eight remaining starters, with Curry picking second. They’ll alternate after that until all the starters are off the board.

The NBA continues to say it won’t televise the event, so we may not actually get to see how the draft plays out, but it’s still fun to speculate. Will James use his first pick to select Curry’s Warriors teammate Durant? Will LeBron avoid selecting Kyrie? Will the star Pelicans bigs get separated? And, of course, who will be the last player picked?

We want to hear your two cents on how the draft will look for the All-Star starters, so jump into the comment section to make your predictions. What do you expect the two starting lineups to look like? Which players would you like to see team up? What order would you pick the All-Star starters in if you were drafting the teams?

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