Fans, players, and the media conspired to elect the 10 NBA All-Star starters for the 2019 showcase in Charlotte next month
Those starters are LeBron James, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Stephen Curry, James Harden, Paul George, Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving, Kemba Walker, Joel Embiid, and Kawhi Leonard
Now, coaches will pick the seven reserves from each conference. Once those are announced, captains James and Antetokounmpo will draft from among the pool of starters (James has first pick) followed by the pool of reserves (Antetokounmpo will pick first for those)
But who will the reserves be? The coaches will decide unilaterally, but that doesn't mean that we cannot speculate or make suggestions
In lieu of the traditional list of seven picks from each conference, we (in usual fashion) went overboard by ranking the top 51 candidates to be an NBA All-Star Game reserve in 2019
Below you will find the top 23 Eastern and top 28 Western Conference candidates. Consider the top seven in each my actual picks
Consider the criteria completely subjective, nebulous, and nonsensical. Good Morning It's Basketball NBA news and links delivered to your inbox each weekday, so you never miss out
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East 23. Tim Hardaway Jr. Hardaway is having a pretty nice season if you can ignore the shooting percentage (38 percent), which admittedly is a very big thing to ignore
22. Brook Lopez Lopez is very important to the Bucks' success, but this is an opportunity to note for the record that importance to a particular style does not indicate all-star status
Like, sauerkraut is very important to the Reuben sandwich, but sauerkraut would never be considered an all-star accoutrement
Brook Lopez is good, but he's not corned beef or marbled rye or Swiss cheese. 21
J.J. Redick Redick continues to do really important things for a Sixers team led by a dominant center and a dominant point-forward who won't shoot
I toyed with ranking Redick higher than Jimmy Butler on this list, but that's a bit too contrarian (even for me)
Related 17 76ers stats in honor of JJ Redick's jersey number 20. John Collins Collins is averaging 19 and 10 while shooting just about 60 percent from the floor
His effective field goal percentage (62 percent) is higher than your favorite's True Shooting percentage
(If that sentence doesn't mean anything to you, I envy you.) But he's missed a bunch of time and the Hawks aren't ever playing to win
Related You may not know John Collins' name now, but you will soon 19. Jayson Tatum Tatum isn't exactly worse than he was last season, but he sure isn't better either
18. Josh Richardson Richardson is the Heat's best player, which is really nice for him and not terribly nice for Miami
He's like a DIY punk scene version of Hardaway. 17. Pascal Siakam There's been a Pascal Siakam all-star push
I am here for Siakam boosterism: he's really good and really important to the Raptors, who are really good
But you can't put him above the Bucks' co-stars or the conference's other more traditional all-stars
I will say this: if Kawhi Leonard leaves in the summer, Siakam is the biggest piece of Toronto's future
Related Get spicy with our new Pascal Siakam T-Shirt and Hoodie 16. Spencer Dinwiddie Dinwiddie is having a really nice season for a really nice team
That's the end of this Spencer Dinwiddie as an all-star candidate entry. 15. Andre Drummond No one likes the Pistons (especially anyone on the Pistons) and Drummond has fallen short of really high expectations under multiple coaches now
Yet he's still putting up 16 and 15. 14. Aaron Gordon What if, like, this is Aaron Gordon's peak? He's pretty good — an all-star if all-star rosters went 20 deep, not bad! — but certainly not what the Magic or any of us hoped
No one but Nikola Vucevic's nuclear family wanted Vooch to be better than A.G., but Vooch is unequivocally better than Gordon
What a world. 13. Zach LaVine The Bulls are absolute trash, but so are the Suns and Devin Booker is getting all-star push
Zach LaVine is Devin Booker with bad press. Show me the lie. 12. D'Angelo Russell Can we slow down with this D'Angelo Russell all-star thing? Just a bit? Sure, he's the best Net and the Nets are a playoff team
And sure, he's now averaging 19 points a game on efficient scoring, with six assists to boot
He's in the mix. But other players just have better cases. The Nets' strength is their depth and their fight, not that they rally behind the undeniable talent of D'Angelo Russell
Related The evolution of D'Angelo Russell, and how that impacts Nets future Why D'Angelo Russell's emergence complicates Brooklyn's max free agent dreams 11
Khris Middleton As someone who predicted that Middleton would be an all-star before the season, I'm very cross that he's the No
3 Buck in the hierarchy due to Contract Year Eric Bledsoe (we'll get to him). This is the type of player that keeps D'Angelo Russell out of the real all-star conversation
The counting stats are a bit lower, but the impact is greater. 10. Domantas Sabonis With Victor Oladipo's injuries, Sabonis has certainly been the most reliable Pacer, and the Pacers are really good! Sabonis is basically John Collins for a really good team
Related Domantas Sabonis is playing big without being confined by his size 9. Jimmy Butler Of all the reasons to not make Jimmy Butler an all-star, the most compelling is that Timberwolves fans were relieved to get rid of him by the end of the saga, despite the Wolves clearly being worse off for it
Jimmy Butler wasn't worth it. What an indictment. Related Everything that led to Jimmy Butler getting traded to the 76ers 8
Al Horford Under these schema, because the person above him is injured, Horford gets an all-star spot
But no one wants to see Horford in an NBA All-Star Game, not the least of which Horford
Can we develop a system by which Horford officially gets the nod but is replaced in the game by D'Angelo Russell or even Tim Hardaway Jr
? 7. Victor Oladipo Oladipo is out for the season, but that doesn't mean he can't show up to Charlotte with crutches to get his due
His season was a step back compared to last year's shocker campaign, but he's still one of the best six guards in the East
6. Eric Bledsoe Bledsoe beats out Middleton for the No. 2 Bucks spot despite very similar numbers
Bledsoe at his best (which is what we're seeing this season) is just a different level of power
He's making Milwaukee's upcoming free agency decisions really hard. 5. Kyle Lowry Lowry's scoring has slipped substantially, but he's averaging nine assists per game and he's a clear No
2 in importance to Leonard for a fantastic Raptors team. If both Lowry and DeMar DeRozan make all-star and captains James and Antetokounmpo don't find a way to get them on the same team, we're going to have problems
4. Ben Simmons He's not perfect, he's not fully formed, but damn if Ben Simmons isn't really good and really valuable
If he had a jumper he'd be unfair. As is, he's a pretty clear all-star. 3. Bradley Beal Beal has been the bright spot for the Wizards, and it's telling that with the team fully under his purview, Washington looks like a legitimate playoff threat
I was always a skeptic that Beal would end up better than John Wall, but it's obvious now
Related Appreciating Bradley Beal's underappreciated season 2. Nikola Vucevic Vooch is a super legitimate all-star
He remains the most consequential piece from the ages-old Dwight Howard trade. And the Magic still can't win
What a bummer. At least Vooch will finally get some big-time shine at All-Star Weekend
1. Blake Griffin Griffin should be absolutely miserable in Detroit due to the miserable roster around him, but the numbers are superb and he gives the Pistons a chance to win most nights
The investment in Griffin looks safe for now. It's the rest of the cap sheet that Detroit needs to fix
West 28. Derrick Rose Hell no. What are y'all fan and player voters thinking? Related Derrick Rose exposes our toxic role in the sports redemption narrative 27
Marc Gasol I just wanted an opportunity to note for the record that leaving Memphis on bad terms is a Gasol family tradition, and I respect Marc's commitment to narrative
26. Montrezl Harrell Harrell's box scores are outrageous. I don't know if he'll ever be much more than this, but this is plenty
Related Montrezl Harrell's motor is unlike anything in the NBA 25. Jusuf Nurkic24
Joe Ingles23. Steven Adams Good players for good teams whose contributions extend beyond the box score
Not all-stars. (Sorry, Matt). 22. Draymond Green No one wants Draymond Green in the NBA All-Star Game
But can we arrange for him and Boogie Cousins to get drafted as designated DNP-CDs for each team, and mic them up for the whole weekend? Thank you
21. Lou Williams Top-three reserve ever. 20. C.J. McCollum Has anyone not named Zach LaVine ever averaged 20 points per game and seen their reputation suffer as much as McCollum this season? Good player
Not close to an all-star this year. 19. Donovan Mitchell Mitchell is the Westchester County version of Dion Waiters
(That's a compliment.) 18. Jamal Murray Many would like to reward the Nuggets' success with two all-star spots
Give one to Nikola Jokic and the other one to Nikola Jokic's travel bag, then. Sorry, Jamal
17. Klay Thompson Thompson's shot is back on track, and while the slow start to the season and the Warriors' odd campaign will almost assuredly keep him out of the All-Star Game, he's still really good
16. Buddy Hield15. De'Aaron Fox Hield has been a revelation for the Kings as he becomes more comfortable against NBA defenses; he's scoring really well on high efficiency
A big reason he's been able to do that: Fox has quickly become a master conductor for the Sacramento offense
What a duo. Related The Sacramento Kings have a method to their fastness 14
Mike Conley The bad news is that Mike Conley's entire Grizzlies career will now have gone by without an all-star bid
The good news is that if he gets traded to an Eastern Conference team, he's a shoo-in for next year
13. Devin Booker Forgive me if you feel that I slighted Booker in my comments on Zach LaVine's all-star candidacy
I mean no offense. 12. Luka Doncic The rookie has been mentioned as a potential all-star all season
He's close, but the West is just too tough. There's a world in which Luka could average a triple-double in five years or so
Related Luka Doncic shows the underappreciated importance of the 'last step' Luka Doncic is as amazing as everyone should have expected Luka Doncic is erasing the European prospect stigma, one savage highlight at a time 11
Danilo Gallinari The next five players on this list have almost completely equal cases for the last reserve slot in the West
Unfortunately, there's only one slot. Gallinari has been Tobias Harris' partner in crime all season and is perhaps the most threatening big man shooter not named Brook Lopez right now
10. Tobias Harris This is the platonic ideal of what Harris' fans always thought he could be in the right conditions: Just an awesome scoring threat for everywhere on the floor
Going into free agency, he sure picked the right time to put everything together
Related The Tobias Harris Conundrum 9. LaMarcus Aldridge LaMarcus Aldridge is still really damn good
You wonder how much better Portland would have been over the past couple of years had he stayed up there
8. Jrue Holiday Holiday is having another strong season on both ends, despite the Pelicans' struggles
It would be poetic for him to get another all-star nod given how well he has developed in New Orleans since those Philly days
7. DeMar DeRozan This last reserve slot in the West was impossibly hard, but DeRozan gets the nod for shooting 48 percent on two-pointers and giving the Spurs an identity on the court
Every time this season has threatened to really go sideways on San Antonio, Aldridge and DeRozan have brought the ship back on track
6. Rudy Gobert The Jazz have quietly stormed back into the West playoff pack, and Gobert is the biggest reason
Not the only reason, but the biggest. Literally and figuratively. Related No need for Anthony Davis, Rudy Gobert has just as strong an impact for the Utah Jazz 5
Russell Westbrook He can't shoot this season. That's true. He's still averaging a 20-point triple-double for a really good team and playing the best defense of his life
Related Russell Westbrook is doing the unthinkable and letting others take charge 4
Karl-Anthony Towns Towns has had a strong season despite the drama in Minnesota, and he still shows flashes of why he was recently considered the future of the NBA
The prospect of Towns being teamed up again with Butler at all-star is not lost on me
3. Damian Lillard Had Stephen Curry missed another week or two, there would have been a really strong case for Lillard to start over him
Of course, fans and players are immensely disrespectful of Lillard, so it wouldn't happen
Second team All-NBA is in his sights. Related How Portland fell in love with Damian Lillard in the age of NBA super teams 2
Nikola Jokic Jokic is in a wild fight for All-NBA first team center, so yeah he's going to be an all-star
Jokic is the top three reasons the Nuggets are awesome, all wrapped into one (large) body
1. Anthony Davis Davis has the numbers of an MVP, and would have been an all-star starter nine out of 10 seasons
He ran into a buzzsaw club of superstars and was narrowly edged by Paul George, a top-10 player who is having the season of his life
It happens. Related Anthony Davis trade rumors: How we got here, and what comes next
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