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LeBron James and Yannis Antocompo (Reuters)
At the end of a busy night that included the trade dead line and quite a few games, the NBA also managed to draft the All-Star Game 2022, in which LeBron James and Kevin Durant chose their top five.
King James first picked Yannis Antocompo for his quintet. Along with the pair of superstars from the Los Angeles Lakers and Milwaukee, LeBron will also open Steph Kerry (Golden State, Damar D’Rozen (Chicago) and Nikola Jukic (Denver) MVP last season, who despite his huge numbers this season as well, was only selected fifth.
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Giannis Antetokounmpo
Stephen Curry
DeMar DeRozan
LeBron James
Nikola Jokic
Jimmy Butler
Luka Doncic
Darius Garland
James Harden
Donovan Mitchell
Chris Paul
Fred VanVleet
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On the other hand, Durant, who will not take part in this weekend’s main game in Cleveland due to injury, selected Joel Ambide (Philadelphia), Ja Muarnet (Memphis), Jason Taitum (Boston), Andrew Wiggins ( Golden State) and Terra Young (Atlanta).
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Joel Embiid
Ja Morant
Jayson Tatum
Andrew Wiggins
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LaMelo Ball
Devin Booker
Rudy Gobert
Zach LaVine
Khris Middleton
Dejounte Murray
Karl-Anthony Towns
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The one who watched the election and probably did not like what he saw was James Harden, who in the shadow of his move to Philadelphia was left last and as a result was sent to LeBron’s team without actually being selected. Durant’s choice of players like Chris Middleton, Rudy Gover before his former teammate, probably says it all about what he thinks of his move.
On LeBron’s bench sat Jimmy Butler (Miami), Luca Doncic (Dallas) who surprisingly stayed out of the top five, Darius Garland (Cleveland), James Harden (Philadelphia), Donovan Mitchell (Utah), Chris Paul ( Phoenix) and Fred Van Walet (Toronto). For Durant, these will be Lamello Bull (Charlotte), Devin Booker (Phoenix), Rudy Guber (Utah), Zac Lavine (Chicago), Chris Middleton (Milwaukee), Jonathon Marie (San Antonio) and Carl Anthony Towns (Minnesota).
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