LeBron James (Los Angeles Lakers) and Kevin Durant (Brooklyn Nets) will be the captains of the NBA All Star teams as they are the most voted players by the fans.

After confirming the celebration of the event on March 7 in Atlanta, he announced the 10 starting players in the game, who were selected by vote of fans, journalists and the players themselves.

For the Western Conference were chosen LeBron James, who will participate in his 17th participation in an All-Star, Nikola Jokic (Denver Nuggets), Kawhi Leonard (Los Angeles Clippers), Stephen Curry (Golden State Warriors) and Luka Doncic (Dallas Mavericks) .

Doncic tied with Damian Lillard (Portland Trail Blazers) in the average of votes but ended up being included in the quintet for receiving more nominations from fans.

For the East, Durant were selected, in his 11th participation, Giannis Antetokounmpo (Milwaukee Bucks), Joel Embiid (Sixers), Bradley Beal (Washington Wizards) and Kyrie Irving (Brooklyn Nets).

For the fourth consecutive year, the All-Star teams will not be divided by conferences but instead the two most voted players, LeBron (5.9 million votes) and Durant (5.5 million), will act as captains, distributing to the selected players .

James, 36, has captained one of the teams in all editions, first with

Stephen Curry

(2018), then with

Giannis Antetokounmp

or (2019 and 2020) and now with

Durant

(2021).

The voting period ran from January 28 to February 16.

The votes of the fans counted 50% in the election of the starting quintets while those of journalists and the players themselves 25% each.

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