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The reserves were anointed and boy is there a big disconnect between the coaches and popular opinion! They skipped over Harden, which makes me wonder if Kyrie hadn't been picked for prom king, would they have invited him to the dance. Nice to see DeRozan and Haliburton make it, definitely coaches showing respect for team players who yoke their talents to the group effort. How close was the vote between Butler and Adebayo, and was it merely games played? Booker, Siakam and McCollum seem to have not made the cut more due to their underperforming teams rather than their high level of play. Lauri and Domintas exceeded personal and team expectations, the coaches nailed these two. Overall I think the coaches picks were more accurate than the fans. Cant wait for the captains picks, especially to see who will leapfrog who - it's always Dame.Time, maybe?

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Final All-Star Reserves

West: SGA, Sabonis, Ja, Markkanen, Dame, George*, JJJ*

East: Embiid, Jaylen, Halliburton, Randall, Bam, DeRozan, Jrue!

No Antman, Fox or AD in the West. George and JJJ = surprise?

East no Siakam, Harden, Brunson, Butler or Garland. Jrue made it @Marc.

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West >>>

Locks (4): Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Ja Morant, Domantas Sabonis, Lauri Markkanen,

Solid (3): Dame Lillard, Anthony Davis, Anthony Edwards (beast mode activated)

Runner-up: Kawhi Leonard (No Clips?, #4 in the West atm), DeAaron Fox (one King already), or Devin Booker (pre-injury was a lock)

East >>>

Locks (3): Joel Embiid, Jaylen Brown, Tyrese Haliburton

Solid (4): James Harden , Pascal Siakam, Julius Randall (> Brunson), Bam Adebayo (> Butler)

Runner-up: Jalen Brunson, Jimmy Butler, DeMar DeRozan (just too many in the East)

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Where is the love Darius Garland? He deserves a spot, but won't get one.

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West:

Domantas Sabonis

De'Aaron Fox

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

Lauri Markkanen

Jordan Clarkson

Ja Morant

Anthony Davis

East:

Joel Embiid

Julius Randle

Jalen Brunson

Jaylen Brown

Jrue Holiday

Tyrese Haliburton

Bam Adebayo

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West - Ja Morant, Domantas Sabonis, Lauri Markkanen, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Damian Lillard, Anthony Edwards, DeAaron Fox

East - Joel Embiid, Tyrese Haliburton, Jaylen Brown, Bam Adebayo, DeMar DeRozan, Pascal Siakam, Jalen Brunson

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East

G - Jaylen Brown

G - Darius Garland

F - Joel Embiid

F - Bam Adebayo

F - Pascal Siakim

W - Tyrese Haliburton

W - Jalen Brunson

*Evan Mobley as Durant injury replacement

Julius Randle was tough to leave off

West

G - Ja Morant

G - Dame Lillard

F - Lauri Markkanen

F - Demontas Sabonis

F - Mikal Bridges

W - Shai Gilchrist Alexander

W - De’Aaron Fox

Tough to leave off CJ McCollum

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I have no real idea, bc the league has so many exciting stars and it’s fun. I just know that Jrue Holiday likely won’t make it and I wish he would. He deserves it, but it’s hard to see who he bumps out.

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East: Embiid, Jaylen Brown, Haliburton and Siakam. Jimmy or Bam (should be Bam but I know Jimmy has a lot of respect), Brunson or Julius Randle (should be Brunson for holding the team for so long but Julius is playing incredibly right now), and I guess Harden for me

West: Ja, SGA, Lauri, and Sabonis are obvious locks to me too. Based on current in this moment performances- Ant, Dame, and PG I think

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Jrue Holiday needs to be a reserve. He single handedly kept the Bucks afloat.

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East: Embiid, Siakam, Bam, Haliburton, Brown, Brunson, Holiday

West: Ja, SGA, Saboinis, AD, Markkanen, PG13, Lillard.

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East : Embiid, Siakam, Bam, Haliburton, Brown, Brunson, Harden

West : Ja, SGA, Sabonis, AD, Markkanen, PG, Lillard

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The lack of respect Anthony Edwards gets for what he has done this season - carried a team missing their biggest/best player and doing it in EVERY SINGLE GAME is inexcusable. Only need to Ctrl+F on an article and type in Edwards to see the national media over looking one of the best young players in the league.

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East

G - Halliburton

G - Jaylen Brown

F - Embiid

F - Adebayo

F - Siakam

WC - Derozan

WC - Randle

West

G- SGA

G - Morant

F - Markannen

F - Sabonis

F - Davis

WC - Fox

WC - Edwards

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I have no real objections to Markkanen except that I end up voting for Gobert every year.

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East Embiid, Randle, Harden, Haliburton(even if cannot play in the game), Claxton, Young, Vucevic

West Sabonis, SGA, Davis, Lillard, Gobert, Morant, Paul or Ayton

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East: Jaylen Brown, Joel Embiid, Jalen Brunson, Bam Adebayo, Jrue Holiday, Tyrese Halliburton (if he doesn't play- Demar Derozan), James Harden

West: Ja Morant, SGA, Domantas Sabonis, Damian Lillard, Lauri Markkanen, Anthony Davis, Devin Booker (if he doesn't play- DeAaron Fox)

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Harden should be an automatic. A lock. He is averaging 21,6/6,5/11,2 apg on a great efficiency 45/39/87. Leads the league in assists and his team is 2nd. Nobody after Jaylen Brown has a better case, Probably Tyrese how he lead Indiana but after that nobody else has a case over him.

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West: Draymond Green, Ja Morant, Lauri Markkanen, Damian Lillard, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Domantas Sabonis, Anthony Edwards

East: Jaylen Brown, Joel Embiid, Bam Adebayo, James Harden, Demar Derozan, Julius Randle, Tyrese Haliburton

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Jrue Holiday.

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East: Jaylen Brown, Brunson, Embiid, Siakim, Bam, Halliburton, Trae

West: Ja, SGA, Sabonis, AD, Lauri, Dame, PG

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Lillard should get a spot. How Blazers may be terrible, but he is having a stellar season. His most efficient ever.

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Booker should be there. Might not have enough games played at this point (although he should be back this week), but with how futile the Suns are without him shows just how monstrously good he is.

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West: SGA Morant Sabonis Markannen Aaron Gordon Edwards Fox

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West: Gilgeous-Alexander, Morant, Lillard, Fox, Sabonis, Markkanen, Davis

East: Brown, Haliburton, Harden, Embiid, Siakam, Adebayo, Randle

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East: Harden, Halliburton, Brown, Randle, Brunson, Bam.

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Embiid, Brown, Siakam, Haliburton, Bam, Holiday, Garland

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Aaron Gordon

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Eager to see what we come up as a collective ...

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Ant

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The East actually strikes me as a tougher challenge to nail down the final three spots. Brunson and Randle. Jimmy and Bam. Harden. Jrue. We could surely extend that list further.

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Jalen Brunson is my leading candidate for the Knicks, but Julius Randle has been so good in January that it's hardly clear-cut. Whom do we choose if there is only room for one Knick?

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My East automatics are Joel Embiid (obviously), Jaylen Brown, Tyrese Haliburton and Pascal Siakam. Same deal ... that leaves three spots.

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Jan 29, 2023·edited Jan 29, 2023

Any chance the bucks can trade Nwora/Hill/Serge for Crowder and not include Grayson?

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Lauri Markkanen and Walker Kessler

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My West automatics are Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Ja Morant, Domantas Sabonis and Lauri Markkanen. That leaves three spots ...

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Hello, friends ...

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