On February 2, Beijing time, the 2024 NBA All-Star bench lineup was officially announced.

　　The Western Conference All-Star substitute list is: Leonard, Anthony Davis, Booker, Edwards, Curry, George, Towns.

　　The Eastern Conference All-Star substitute list is: Jaylen Brown, Mitchell, Brunson, Adebayor, Randle, Maxi, Banqueiro.

Harden, Irving missed All-Star status

　　According to the rules, the NBA All-Star bench lineup is selected by the coaches. Each of the East and West teams has 7 people (2 people in the backcourt + 3 people in the frontcourt + 2 people in any position).

　　Prior to this, the NBA officially announced the 2024 All-Star Eastern and Western starting lineups, as well as the specific voting results.

　　The Eastern All-Star starting lineup is: Antetokounmpo (captain), Tatum, Embiid, Haliburton, Lillard.

　　The starting lineup of the Western Conference All-Stars is: James (captain), Durant, Jokic, Doncic, Alexander.

　　This is the first time in Curry's career that he has been selected as an All-Star as a substitute. It is also the first time since the 2013-2014 season that Curry has missed the All-Star start in a non-injury season (excluding the 2019-2020 injury season).

　　In the previous fan voting, Curry ranked second in the backcourt, but because he only ranked 4th in media votes and 3rd in player votes, he was eventually overtaken by Thunder guard Alexander, who ranked first in both categories.

　　Alexander also became the fourth player in Thunder history to be selected as an All-Star starter, following Durant, Westbrook and George.

　　At the same time, this is Leonard's return to the All-Stars after three years, while Harden has missed the All-Stars for the second consecutive year. Previously talking about the NBA All-Star lineup, Harden said: "If it is selected for the All-Star reserve team, then it will be great. If not, then it will not change or affect me."

　　"Last season I was the assist leader but didn't make the All-Stars. I've never seen that happen, especially to a player like me. I have bigger goals now. I don't care about scoring, assists, All-Stars, etc. I've won MVPs and stuff. I think everyone knows why."

　　It is worth mentioning that Trae Young, the assists leader this season, also failed to be selected as an All-Star.

　　Trae Young has played 42 games for the Hawks this season, averaging 27 points, 2.9 rebounds, 10.9 assists and 1.4 steals per game, while shooting 42.3% from the field. So far this season, Trae Young has sent out a total of 457 assists, ranking first in the league.

　　At the same time, Irving also failed to enter the current All-Star lineup - in the All-Star voting, Irving ranked fourth in the fan vote and seventh in the player vote with 32 votes, but he did not receive a single vote in the media vote.

Antetokounmpo beats James to win the vote

　　Some people are happy and some are worried, such as Brunson, Banqueiro and Maxi. This is the first time in their careers that they have been selected to the All-Stars. Maxi has also become the first non-lottery pick among the 2020 players (the 21st overall pick in the first round). ).

　　This season, Brunson averaged 26.8 points, 3.8 rebounds and 6.5 assists per game, shooting 48% from the field, 42.2% from three-point range, and 83.6% from free throws. The Knicks currently rank third in the Eastern Conference with 31 wins and 17 losses.

　　The Magic's Banqueiro averaged 23 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists and 1 steal per game, shooting 45.3% from the field, 35.8% from the three-point range, and 69.6% from the free throw line.

　　76ers player Maxi averaged 25.7 points, 3.6 rebounds, 6.6 assists and 1 steal per game this season, shooting 44.8% from the field, 37.3% from the three-point range, and 86.4% from the free throw line.

　　It is worth mentioning that Maxi's scoring average this season has increased by 5.4 points compared to last season (20.3).

　　In addition to the changes in the All-Star lineup, the All-Star vote leader has also changed this season - Antetokounmpo was elected as the All-Star vote leader for the first time in his career with 5,427,874 votes, beating the Western Conference vote leader James' 5,098,872 votes.

　　Previously, James had been elected as the All-Star voting champion for 7 consecutive years. He has been elected as the All-Star voting champion 10 times in his career, ranking first in history.

　　According to the schedule, the 2024 All-Star Weekend will be held in Indianapolis from February 17th to February 19th. This All-Star Game will restore the traditional East-West confrontation format.

　　The Paper reporter Hu Jie