East & West formal beginnings, reactions, sparks
The 2025 NBA All-Star teams have officially been announced and the Internet has some answers for the players who are included and who are not.
The Official Western Convention Stares for the 2025 STAR game are:
🔸 Nikola Jokić
🔸 Kevin Durant
🔸 LeBron James
🔸 Stephen Curry
🔸 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
The only snub in this group would be Victor Wembonyama missing from the star position.
Some NBA fans definitely agree.
The NBA needs its ratings improved and the wemby shot is interest.
– Solis Digital Media (@stevesolisphoto) January 24, 2025
Wemby should be the starter. I can’t think of anyone who should start at curry since Luke is injured though. Wemby was better than lebron and kd
– Delen Tiwary (@Deven_Tiwary) January 24, 2025
The Spurs won’t have a star starter for the rest of the year, as Kevin Durant outscored Victor Wembonyama.
50% of votes come from fans
25% from NBA players
25% from the media
Purant results: Players – 2nd, Fans – 3rd, Media – 5th
WeMBY: Players – 4th, fans – 4th, Media – 2nd pic.twitter.com/4mlz8rib0m– Josh Paredes (@josh810) January 24, 2025
The official Conference Starters for the 2025 All-Star Game are:
🔸 Jalen Brunson
🔸 Donovan Mitchell
🔸 Jayson TATUM
🔸 Giannis Antetokounmpo
🔸 Karl Anthony Town
The biggest snub on the East team was Lomelo Ball. The Hornets star led the fan vote in third place and averaged 29 PTS per game this season.
He came back to breathe a certain life and power into the channel of all the stars. He must be in the archives, until he considers how many other viewers he has and how he can get more involved.
Some NBA fans on X are not happy with his snub.
Lomelo should start. I think the team is not good but they have been playing.
– Lavish ✟ ♫ (@taylavishbeatz) January 24, 2025
Lamelo won the fans and player vote by a wide margin. Are you the hell not a beginner? Lmao
– MIR 🇹🇹 (@nhb_jamir) January 24, 2025
The media thinks 6 (6) Eastern conference guards were better than Lamelo and I should take this organization seriously?
– TinO (@t1no0o) January 24, 2025
For the first time in the history of the star tournament, the format will be a mini-tournament, with four teams – Three will be included in the 24 star selections and the fourth will be the winner of the rising star competitions – and three games.
The winners of the two semifinal games will meet in the tournament, and in each game, the first team to score 40 points will win.
For starters, fan voting accounted for 50 percent of the tally, then current NBA players made up 25 percent and the media panel another 25 percent.
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