East John Wall Kyle Lowry Carmelo Anthony LeBron James Pau Gasol West Stephen Curry Kobe Bryant Blake Griffin Anthony Davis Marc Gasol Reserves will be announced at a later date.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>East All-Star starters: Wizards John Wall & Toronto's Kyle Lowry at guards; Chicago's Pau Gasol, NY's Carmelo Anthony & Cavs' LeBron James.</p>— Marc J. Spears (@SpearsNBAYahoo) <a href="https://twitter.com/SpearsNBAYahoo/status/558418222672662528">January 23, 2015</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>.<a href="https://twitter.com/StephenCurry30">@StephenCurry30</a> steals the top overall spot from <a href="https://twitter.com/KingJames">@KingJames</a> in the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NBAAllStarNYC?src=hash">#NBAAllStarNYC</a> returns, earning more votes than any other player.</p>— Evan Doherty (@YSportsEvan) <a href="https://twitter.com/YSportsEvan/status/558415487537651713">January 23, 2015</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Kyrie Irving not named All Star starter, doesn't qualify for his super-max extension to 27.5% of 2015-16 cap (unless wins MVP). Loses $9M.</p>— Albert Random (@AlbertRandom1) <a href="https://twitter.com/AlbertRandom1/status/558417925804421120">January 23, 2015</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>James Harden (Rockets) received more votes (1,069,368) than six of the 10 All-Star Game starters.</p>— Ben Golliver (@BenGolliver) <a href="https://twitter.com/BenGolliver/status/558420061254201344">January 23, 2015</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> Full All Star Voting numbers: Spoiler Eastern Conference Frontcourt LeBron James (Cle) 1,470,483 Pau Gasol (Chi) 974,177 Carmelo Anthony (NY) 647,005 Marcin Gortat (Was) 570,005 Chris Bosh (Mia) 542,006 Kevin Love (Cle) 386,208 Jonas Valanciunas (Tor) 231,741 Joakim Noah (Chi) 203,718 Nikola Vucevic (Orl) 129,293 Paul Millsap (Atl) 121,938 Al Horford (Atl) 114,955 Al Jefferson (Cha) 110,980 Kevin Garnett (BKN) 106,820 Nikola Mirotic (Chi) 103,645 Andre Drummond (Det) 86,717 Guards John Wall (Was) 886,368 Kyle Lowry (Tor) 805,290 Dwyane Wade (Mia) 789,839 Kyrie Irving (Cle) 535,873 Jimmy Butler (Chi) 455,756 Derrick Rose (Chi) 379,994 DeMar DeRozan (Tor) 159,123 Jeff Teague (Atl) 83,900 Lou Williams (Tor) 82,135 Giannis Antetokounmpo (Mil) 55,014 Western Conference Frontcourt Anthony Davis (NO) 1,369,911 Marc Gasol (Mem) 795,121 Blake Griffin (LAC) 700,615 Tim Duncan (SA) 546,817 Kevin Durant (OKC) 545,226 LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) 498,131 DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) 465,334 Dwight Howard (Hou) 348,275 Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) 292,557 Rudy Gay (Sac) 144,702 Kawhi Leonard (SA) 132,150 DeAndre Jordan (LAC) 117,816 Serge Ibaka (OKC) 107,223 Draymond Green (GS) 99,039 Tyson Chandler (Dal) 98,654 Guards Stephen Curry (GS) 1,513,324 Kobe Bryant (LAL) 1,152,402 James Harden (Hou) 1,069,368 Chris Paul (LAC) 551,167 Damian Lillard (Por) 365,417 Klay Thompson (GS) 314,254 Russell Westbrook (OKC) 248,758 Rajon Rondo (Dal) 219,506 Jeremy Lin (LAL) 216,246 Mike Conley (Mem) 103,015
So lemme' get this straight... You say Harden is #2 on the MVP rankings...yet you say Klay Thompson is the best 2 guard? How does that work? Shaq says Harden doesn't play defense. The narrative lives.
Kenny: Harden is having MVP season but he's not doing it alone. That guy in the middle is still an all-star. He has the ability to change the game and that's why the Rockets are near the top. Charles: Klay Thompson best 2-way guard in the NBA. Kenny: Debatable (mentions Harden) Shaq: Harden don't play defense and you know it.
This probably helped Lowry: <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Toronto has been killin it and <a href="https://twitter.com/Klow7">@Klow7</a> deserves to be an nba all star. Make sure to vote for him. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WeTheNorth?src=hash">#WeTheNorth</a>. Good luck buddy.</p>— Justin Bieber (@justinbieber) <a href="https://twitter.com/justinbieber/status/557270621835390979">January 19, 2015</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
To be fair, Chuck did give Harden a lot of compliments and said it was a joke that he wasn't starting. And Shaq... well... F**k him.
Kobe has a torn rotator cuff, may be out for the season. Harden all but guaranteed to make his first start in his second all star game. Congrats to the bearded one
