{"id":424142,"date":"2026-01-19T22:28:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T22:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/424142\/"},"modified":"2026-01-19T22:28:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T22:28:09","slug":"players-named-for-western-and-eastern-conference-usa-v-world-format-teams-lebron-james-misses-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/424142\/","title":{"rendered":"Players named for Western and Eastern Conference, USA v World format teams, LeBron James misses out"},"content":{"rendered":"

The NBA has named its All-Star starters for West and East \u2014 though the players will now be split into USA v World teams under this year\u2019s format for the mid-season showpiece.<\/p>\n

Lakers megastar Luka Doncic topped the votes as he was named a West starter, alongside the likes of Denver\u2019s triple MVP Nikola Jokic, Oklahoma City\u2019s reigning MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and San Antonio phenom Victor Wembanyama, all of whom will join him on the World team.<\/p>\n

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Though none of those picks were surprising, legendary point guard Stephen Curry was the only American player to make the West line-up, highlighting the incredible rise of international talent. <\/p>\n

LeBron James, meanwhile, was not named as an All-Star starter for the first time in 21 years.<\/p>\n

The Lakers superstar finished eighth in voting, one spot ahead of Kevin Durant and one spot behind Anthony Edwards.<\/p>\n

He can still make the team as a reserve, with NBA coaches to vote for seven reserve (or bench) players from each conference. <\/p>\n

In the East, Greek star Giannis Antetokounmpo heads the list as speculation rages over the future of the Milwaukee Bucks hero\u2019s future.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere, Cade Cunningham has been rewarded for his MVP-calibre season with his first selection as a starter alongside fellow guards Jalen Brunson and Tyrese Maxey.<\/p>\n

Rounding out the starting line-up in the East is Boston\u2019s Jaylen Brown, who is in career-best form with teammate Jayson Tatum injured.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The NBA has named its All-Star starters for West and East \u2014 though the players will now be…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":424143,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[557],"tags":[64,63,590,85],"class_list":["post-424142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=424142"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424142\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/424143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=424142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=424142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=424142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}