Who are your predicted starting five on each conference for this upcoming 2024 All-Star?
These are my objective (realistic) guesses:
West: G: Stephen Curry (popularity, inconsistent atm); G: Luca Doncic (ridiculously efficient so far); F: LeBron James (popularity); F: Kevin Durant (Just great atm); C: Nikola Jokic;
East: G: Tyrese Maxey (marketable narrative and playing great atm); G: Donovan Mitchell (good and popular); F: Jason Tatum (ofc); F: Giannis Antetokounmpo (Ofc); C: Joel Embiid (ofc);
These are my personal preferences:
West: G: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (Just better overall vs Steph atm); G: Luka Doncic (I dislike Luca but seems like he’s locked to start bc he is popular and just ridiculous stat wise); F: Paul George (Currently playing great atm. Hoping LeBron numbers would dip and George get a bit better for him to have a case); F: Kevin Durant (This one’s kinda locked stats wise too); C: Nikola Jokic (JOKER);
East: G: Damian Lillard (Playing quite well atm. Hoping Bucks linger on top 3 in the east for him to make a case against the stat padding guards in the east); G: Donovan Mitchell (Still prefer a legit SG rather than two PGs even tho it’s All Star game); F: Jason Tatum (Tatum fan and he’s locked); F: Giannis Antetokounmpo (Even his stats dipped a bit he’ll still start bc he is charismatic); C: Joel Embiid (no C in East comes close);
So whose yours? I would love to see your predictions as well and your arguments why.
I like Maxey but there’s no way he gets more votes than Haliburton and/or Dame