The 2025 NBA All-Star Recreation is quick approaching, and the starters for the competition have been introduced.
Within the Western Convention, Stephen Curry and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander will man the backcourt.
Kevin Durant, LeBron James and Nikola Jokic will begin up entrance.
2025 West NBA All-Star starters:
Stephen Curry
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Kevin Durant
LeBron James
Nikola Jokic— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) January 24, 2025
The Japanese Convention may have Jalen Brunson and Donovan Mitchell beginning at guard, Giannis Antetokounmpo and Jayson Tatum at ahead, and Karl-Anthony Cities within the center.
2025 East NBA All-Star starters:
Jalen Brunson
Donovan Mitchell
Giannis Antetokounmpo
Jayson Tatum
Karl-Anthony Cities— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) January 24, 2025
Gilgeous-Alexander has propelled the Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder to a 36-7 document, which is tied with Mitchell’s Cleveland Cavaliers for the very best within the league, and he’s main everybody in scoring at 32.0 factors a recreation.
Antetokounmpo is correct behind him at 31.5 factors a recreation, and he has elevated the Milwaukee Bucks to the fourth-best document within the Japanese Convention after they began 2-8.
If Gilgeous-Alexander doesn’t win this season’s MVP award, it may go to Jokic, who’s placing up 30.1 factors, 13.2 rebounds and 9.9 assists a recreation for the Denver Nuggets.
The New York Knicks have been having their finest season for the reason that days of Patrick Ewing within the Nineteen Nineties, and their success has given them two All-Star starters, probably the most of any workforce, in Brunson and Cities.
Brunson is averaging 26.0 factors and seven.3 assists per contest, and Cities is at 25.1 factors, 13.9 rebounds and three.5 assists per recreation this season.
The Knicks acquired Cities in a commerce simply earlier than the beginning of the season, and that seems to be the deal that made them legit championship contenders for the primary time in a few years.
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