{"id":2217,"date":"2018-01-29T00:55:02","date_gmt":"2018-01-29T00:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.offshoresportsbooks.com\/?p=2217"},"modified":"2019-06-26T15:13:08","modified_gmt":"2019-06-26T15:13:08","slug":"2018-nba-all-star-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.offshoresportsbooks.com\/news\/2018-nba-all-star-game\/","title":{"rendered":"2018 NBA All Star Game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The <strong>NBA All-Star Weekend<\/strong> will take place next month but this past week, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goldenstateofmind.com\/2018\/1\/27\/16940302\/2018-nba-all-star-team-steph-vs-team-lebron-position-by-position-breakdown\"><strong>Team Captains LeBron James and Steph Curry had their All-Star Team Draft to select who would be on their respective teams.<\/strong><\/a> \u00a0The game will take place this year from the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California on February 18, 2018. \u00a0In addition to the actual All-Star Game, the weekend will be filled with the the All-Star Celebrity Game and the Mountain Dew Kickstart Rising Stars Game on Friday, Taco Bell Skills Challenge, JBL Three Point Contest and Verizon Slam Dunk Competition on Saturday Night, <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The <strong>All-Star game<\/strong> no longer consists of the best players from the Eastern Conference playing the best players from the Western Conference. The format has changed and now, they select two team captains, who are decided by whichever two players get the most cumulative votes, and those two players will choose from a pool of players.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The pool of players is determined by total votes, from not only fans this year but also from the media and current NBA players. \u00a0The fans account for 50% of the vote, while the media and NBA each share the other amount with 25% each. \u00a0This is a new way of deciding who will be the starters and reserves and is very similar to what occurs in the NHL. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"team-lebron\"><b>Team LeBron<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This year, <strong>LeBron James<\/strong> will be one of the Team Captains. \u00a0<strong>James<\/strong> is a 14 time All-Star and was the Kia NBA MVP on 4 occasions. LeBron will have a big man down low in Anthony Davis from the New Orleans Pelicans playing PF\/C. \u00a0Davis score 52 points in last year\u2019s All-Star game and is a 5 time All-Star. \u00a0Davis would of been playing with his teammate DeMarcus Cousins but Cousins was injured and has since been replaced with Oklahoma City Thunder SF Paul George. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Cousins<\/strong> tore and ruptured his achilles tendon and had season ending surgery to repair the damage. George will replace Cousins on the roster, making his third consecutive All-Star appearance. \u00a0George is averaging 21 points per game and will lineup up at Forward for Team LeBron. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>LeBron<\/strong> put all questions to the side in reference to his friendship with <strong>Kyrie Irving<\/strong> as James selected Irving as the team&#8217;s other guard on his team. \u00a0Many will remember that Irving demanded he be traded at the end of last year so he could go on and lead a offense by himself. \u00a0Irving now plays for the 1st Place Boston Celtics and he is the leader on offense. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Irving, LeBron, Davis and George will team up with <strong>Kevin Durant<\/strong> to make up the starting 5 for Team LeBron. Durant will be lining up on the opposite side of many of his current teammates, which will make for a great storyline. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The reserves for <strong>Team LeBron consist of San Antonio Spurs F LaMarcus Aldridge, Washington Wizards G Bradley Beal, Cleveland Cavaliers F\/C Kevin Love, Indiana Pacers G Victor Oladipo, NY Knicks F\/C Kristaps Porzingis, Washington Wizards G John Wall and Oklahoma City G Russell Westbrook. \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"team-steph\"><b>Team Steph<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Team Steph<\/strong> is loaded with straight shooters and scorers, which will make this a great game. \u00a0Curry selected F<strong> Giannis Antetokounmpo f<\/strong>rom the Milwaukee Bucks. \u00a0Antetokounmpo is averaging 28.5 points per game this year and 10.2 rebounds per game. \u00a0He is a 2 time All Star and will be the only starting Forward on the floor for Team Steph as they made the decision to play small ball. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Besides <strong>Antetokounmpo<\/strong> and Curry, James Harden of the Houston Rockets and DeMar DeRozan will join the team as additional Guards on <strong>Team<\/strong> <strong>Steph<\/strong>. Harden is a six time all star and leads the NBA this year in scoring. \u00a0DeRozan is a four time All-Star and is averaging 24.6 points per game. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Finally, <strong>Philadelphia 76\u2019ers Center Joel Embiid<\/strong> will make his first All-Star Game for Team Steph. \u00a0Embiid has been dominant this year, scoring 23.6 points per game and pulling down 10.9 rebounds per game. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The reserves for <strong>Team Steph consist of Minnesota Timberwolves G Jimmy Butler, Curry\u2019s Golden State Teammate Draymond Green, Boston Celtics F\/C Al Horford, Portland Trail Blazers G Damian Lillard, Toronto Raptors G Kyle Lowry, Golden State Warrior G Klay Thompson and Minnesota Timberwolves C Karl-Anthony Towns. \u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">One of the most intriguing things that people are interested in seeing this year is Kevin Durant, teaming up with LeBron and his former teammate <strong>Russell<\/strong> <strong>Westbrook<\/strong>, and playing against three of his current teammates from the Golden State Warriors, Steph Curry, Draymond Green and Klay Thompson. \u00a0It remains to be seen if Durant will play hard or will he sort of play soft against his current teammates. <strong>\u00a0I think this storyline will steal the show and we will hear about this time and time again during the game. \u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Let&#8217;s take a look at the 2018 NBA All Star Game and the rosters.","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2219,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[459],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.0 - 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