Stephen Curry and LeBron James have finalized their teams for the 2018 NBA All-Star game.
Team LeBron’s starting lineup includes James, Kevin Durant, Anthony Davis, DeMarcus Cousins and Kyrie Irving. James’ reserves will be comprised of Bradley Beal, LaMarcus Aldridge, Kevin Love, Russell Westbrook, Victor Oladipo, Kristaps Porzingis and John Wall.
Team Curry’s starting lineup includes Curry, James Harden, DeMar DeRozan, Giannis Antetokounmpo, and Joel Embiid. Curry’s reserves will be Damian Lillard, Jimmy Butler, Draymond Green, Kyle Lowry, Klay Thompson, Karl-Anthony Towns, and Al Horford.
While James’ team includes just one current teammate (Love), he selected his former teammate Irving to start the game. It will be the first time James and Irving are on the same team since Game 5 of the 2017 NBA Finals.
“To be able to team up back with Kyrie is always special, along with Kevin Love,” James said after the rosters were finalized (via NBA on TNT). “For us to have another weekend to bring back the memories that we had when we were all together [is special].”
James’ team will also reunite Durant and Westbrook for the second time in as many All-Star weekends. Both men suited up for the Western Conference last season but were on the court for a combined 82 seconds, per ESPN’s Royce Young.
Meanwhile, Curry’s team boasts two of his Warriors teammates in Green and Thompson. While James’ team has the size advantage, Curry’s team has more shooters. All told, Curry said he is happy with his picks, particularly the four men he will start with.
LeBrons team will KILL Stephs. It won’t even be close
Finally a game Lebron can win. It’s been a bad month for him.
Agreed. He should replace himself with Westbrook in starting lineup.
Who cares
So much for Kyrie getting away from LeBron!
1 player from the number one team in the east? King James making sure the Celtics still know he thinks he’s the king of the east.
What
Lmao guy came in here thinking he had a hot take. Everyone else is like yo wtf are you talking about lol
So funny Lebron wants Love traded and Kyrie wanted to get far away from Lebron as possible, and yet in Lebron’s mind it’s a love fest because who could stay mad and crazy king James.
Ever think that maybe Lebron is thinking about this as who best players to win the game and nothing beyond.
James does not want Love traded; Gilbert does. Griffin used to.
I think it’s absolutely hilarious that Lebron picked Kyrie lol I’m sure Lebron is happy to have him on his team but Kyrie wanted to get away from him so bad he even threatened to have surgery and not play this year hahaha
If anything it shows that LeBron is the more mature person. For real these are human beings, who cares. Kyrie still seems verrrrrry salty that he was #2 to LeBron and LeBron just seems like he cares about mentoring the younger players in the league and making sure they’re successful while he becomes the #1 player of all time. It also seems like you have a problem with LeBron, so let me ask you: what do you think of LeBron?? That’s the only answer I want
I swear everyone is gonna miss LeBron when he’s gone. Who else you know averaging 27/7/7 for his career? Who else you know that got multiple players PAID? Who else you know carried the worst team ever to the Finals as a rookie?? Who else you know flew under the radar his whole career and ended up as the GOAT? Who else you know that sees this whole game of basketball is just a game, and that being a good role model, giving opportunities to unprivileged youth, and building a legacy for not only your family, but your people is what’s important? I honestly don’t care about the GOAT conversation but numbers don’t lie. I was in 3rd grade when Lebron was drafted. Kobe was already a star. Jordan was on the damn Wizards. Jordan was a notorious gambler and alcoholic, Kobe was a privileged young boy who thought he could get away with anything, and you got this kid from Akron who averaged 27 PPG with no jumpshot. Get the complete hell out of here and put some respect on LEBRON’S name
We can respect anyone we want. People dont like people for whatever reason they have just like people who didnt like Jordan or Brady. People will always have a reason so dont go around telling people to respect him. If you do thats fine because thats your right. If other people choose not to thats their right
You know, you can think LeBron is a legendary basketball player and think LeBron is an egotistical queen bee at the same time
Kobe and Jordan weren’t egotistical?
I don’t recall saying they weren’t.
Then what were you saying? People use the fact that he’s egotistical to discredit him in the GOAT conversation, which is like the dumbest thing to base it on. A lot of people don’t respect him as a basketball player because they don’t respect him as a person and it’s all based on delusion and no logic. They’re biased against him in a way they would never be against anyone else
What happens if a player gets Injured and can’t play who gets to pick the replacement player?
Brian Scalabrine
Very surprised LeBron took Durant and not Giannis. I kinda thought it would end up being basically the east vs west. And pretty much is with the Subs
Well Durant is better for one. Also perhaps… bad memories from the finals…
For sh*ts and giggles – if I were drafting:
1-KD
2-Lebron
3-Curry
4-AD
5-Giannis
6-Harden
7-Westbrook
8-Embiid
9-Draymond
10-KAT
11-DeRozan
12-Klay
13-Porzingis
14-Irving
15-Boogie
16-Lillard
17-Beal
18-Horford
19-Aildridge
20-Wall
21-Butler
22-Oladipo
23-Love
24-Lowry
Beal ahead of Wall? Jimmy B that low? I’m assuming salary doesn’t count so how did you come to those conclusions
I don’t understand what’s going on here. Is it not east vs west anymore? How is Durant not on the same team as Curry?
You missed a lot and all I can tell you is to type your comment into google and stop having people explain everything to you
This is if I was drafting to start the season , for the all-star game things would change because they don’t play defense…
It’s two captains drafting now from the players that were already picked to be all stars. If it was east vs West then they wouldn’t need captains drafting.
James made sure to draft Irving and Love to take ammunition away from the likes of Stephen Smith. Also Cousins was a priority probably to talk free agency, and Davis to keep that duo intact for the game.
Looks like a stronger squad. Russ can easily go coast-to-coast, Zinger is liable to block people’s shots even in an allstar game.