{"id":448748,"date":"2026-02-02T07:43:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T07:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/448748\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T07:43:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T07:43:09","slug":"scottie-barnes-the-lone-toronto-raptor-to-make-east-all-star-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/448748\/","title":{"rendered":"Scottie Barnes the lone Toronto Raptor to make East All-Star team"},"content":{"rendered":"

Scottie Barnes<\/a> is an All-Star for the second time in his career. <\/p>\n

The Toronto Raptors<\/a> forward was named an Eastern Conference All-Star reserve Sunday evening, making him the lone Raptor to receive an All-Star nod this season.<\/p>\n

He becomes the sixth player in Raptors history to earn multiple All-Star selections, joining Chris Bosh, Vince Carter<\/a>, DeMar DeRozan<\/a>, Kyle Lowry<\/a> and Pascal Siakam<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The 24-year-old Barnes is averaging 19.4 points, 8.3 rebounds, 5.6 assists and is shooting a career-high 50.1 per cent from the field, helping the Raptors tie the Cleveland Cavaliers<\/a> for the fourth best record in the Eastern Conference at 29-21.<\/p>\n

This is Barnes\u2019 fifth season with the Raps since being selected No. 4 overall in the 2021 NBA Draft.<\/p>\n

Brandon Ingram<\/a>, who is also enjoying a strong season for the Raps in addition to Barnes, did not make the cut as a reserve. He is averaging 21.9 points and 5.9 rebounds on 47.2 per cent shooting.<\/p>\n

Barnes will be joined by fellow East reserves Donovan Mitchell<\/a>, Jalen Johnson<\/a>, Karl-Anthony Towns<\/a>, Norman Powell<\/a>, Jalen Duren<\/a> and Siakam. <\/p>\n

Jalen Brunson<\/a>, Giannis Antetokounmpo<\/a>, Tyrese Maxey<\/a>, Cade Cunningham<\/a> and and Jaylen Brown<\/a> were named as starters last month.<\/p>\n

Murray makes first All-Star Team<\/p>\n

Among the Western Conference All-Stars is Canadian Jamal Murray<\/a> of the Denver Nuggets<\/a> for the first time in his career. <\/p>\n

A native of Kitchener, Ont., Murray is averaging a career-high 25.8 points, 7.4 assists and 4.3 rebounds per game on 49.2 per cent shooting. <\/p>\n

He has helped lead the Nuggets to the second best record in the West despite three-time MVP Nikola Jokic<\/a> having missed multiple weeks.<\/p>\n

Los Angeles Lakers<\/a> star LeBron James<\/a> was also named to his 22nd All-Star Team in his 23rd season. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Scottie Barnes is an All-Star for the second time in his career. The Toronto Raptors forward was named…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":448749,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[712,49,48,106357,82,96661],"class_list":["post-448748","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-apple-news","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-scottie-barnes-sports-basketball-player-player-statscom-1251666","tag-sports","tag-toronto-raptors-sports-basketball-team-team-statscom-28"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448748","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=448748"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448748\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/448749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=448748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=448748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=448748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}