One argument against Embiid is that he's missed 12 games this season, but even then Antetokounmpo has been out for 11 and Durant has sat for eight and counting. The Bucks are third in the East, the Nets are fourth and the Celtics are first. The problem for Embiid is that all of the other guys have incredible numbers and play on great teams as well. That's despite Embiid averaging 33.4 points (second in the league), 9.8 rebounds, 4.1 assists and 1.7 blocks per game, and the Sixers sitting in second place in the East at 31-16. They went to Antetokounmpo, Kevin Durant and Jayson Tatum, leaving Joel Embiid as the odd man out. Heading into Thursday night, one of the biggest questions was which Eastern Conference frontcourt player would get left out of the starting lineup? The four best players in the conference are all forwards or centers, but there are only three starting frontcourt spots.
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Team LeBron won on a pair of walk-off free throws by Anthony Davis that time around hopefully, this year's contest is just as exciting. The last time these two were captains was in 2020, which is the year the league debuted the use of the Elam Ending format, where teams play to a final score in the fourth quarter instead of using a clock. The player in each conference who receives the most fan votes gets the gig. While determining the starters is based on a somewhat complicated process in which each player is assigned a weighted score using a combination of fan, media and player voting, choosing the captains is much easier. Team Giannis the most common matchup we've seen. James has done so all six years, while Antetokounmpo has done it three, making Team LeBron vs. Team Giannis Part IIIĮver since the league moved to the captains' picks format back in 2018, only four players have had the honor: LeBron James, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Kevin Durant and Steph Curry. Unlike recent years, the All-Star Game Draft will be held right before the game itself on Feb. With the starters now announced, we can now look ahead to Feb. His counterpart will be Giannis Antetokounmpo for the third time as he was named the game's second captain. For the sixth consecutive year, the leading vote-getter in each conference will draft their teams, and for the sixth consecutive year, James is captaining one of the two teams. Just because players are selected by conference doesn't mean teams are divided that way anymore. With two guards and three front-court players coming from each conference, the following 10 players have been selected: Those starters were determined by a vote divided amongst fans (50 percent), media (25 percent) and players (25), and on Thursday, those starters were announced on TNT with an assist from the accounting firm Ernst and Young. With more than half of the 2022-23 season in the books and the All-Star Game approaching, it's time to name the starters for the league's mid-season exhibition.
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