The “King” Lebron James will be without surprise at 40 for his 21st All-Star Game, a record, on February 16 in San Francisco, announced the NBA on Thursday. The Frenchman Victor Wembanyama will have to wait until next week to find out if he is selected as a replacement for a first participation, after being very close to appearing among the five holders of the Western Conference.
The names of the ten holders for the star match were revealed Thursday by the TNT broadcaster. They had to count on the vote of the public (50%), the media (25%) and the players (25%) to win their place. To the west, LeBron James (Los Angeles Lakers) will be accompanied by Stephen Curry (Golden State Warriors), who will play in his Chase Center, Kevin Durant (Phoenix Suns), Canadian Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (Oklahoma City) and the Serbian Nikola Jokic (Denver Nuggets).
Wemby 4th in the interiors' ranking
“Wemby”, n.4 to the vote of the public and the players but N.2 for the media, finished 4th in the classification of interiors to the west, very close to the 3rd Kevin during, revealed TNT. The 21 -year -old Frenchman, in his second NBA season with the San Antonio Spurs, is likely to be selected next week by coaches from the 14 replacements (7 to the west, 7 in the East).
To the east, Giannis Antetokounmpo (Milwaukee Bucks) is accompanied by two players from the New York Knicks, Jalen Brunson and Karl-Anthony Towns, by Jayson Tatum (Boston Celtics) and Donovan Mitchell (Cleveland Cavaliers). The position of holder will be all the more honorary since the NBA has decided to replace its traditional match with a mini-tournoi concerning four training courses: three teams made up of the 24 All-Star and a fourth with a selection of young people, who will have them- Even won the day before the mini-tournoi of rookies and sophomores (players in their first and second year) of the League.
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