2026 NBA All-Star Voting Opens!

timtonymanu said:
IMO it should be: Edwards, Durant, Booker, Avdija, Murray as locks.

I get the feeling Harden and Randle get the last two spots.
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Kawhi > Harden, and the Clippers as horrible as they've been can't have 2 all stars. Also, you missed KD (he's 100% a lock).
 
Ariel said:
Kawhi > Harden, and the Clippers as horrible as they've been can't have 2 all stars. Also, you missed KD (he's 100% a lock).
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KD is in my post.

Also Kawhi > Harden but Kawhi can’t even stay healthy so imo it probably goes to Harden. I also wouldn’t rule out Lebron getting a charity spot
 
timtonymanu said:
KD is in my post.

Also Kawhi > Harden but Kawhi can’t even stay healthy so imo it probably goes to Harden. I also wouldn’t rule out Lebron getting a charity spot
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Duh! brain fart on my part :st-fryingpan:
 
Victor first French AS starter, that's really cool tbh... Always thought Tony but also Manu should have received a couple tbh
 
DAF86 said:
I'm not saying he won't make it. I'm saying he SHOULDN'T, tbh
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He's anchoring the best defense in the league and probably wins DPOY. No way he shouldn't be named to an allstar team.
 
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Kick-Stand said:
He's anchoring the best defense in the league and probably wins DPOY. No way he shouldn't be named to an allstar team.
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I'm obviously a homer but I certainly don't feel like Holmgren is the anchor of anything when they play the Spurs. :ROFLMAO:
He must be really good vs. other teams for folks to say that, though.
 
NBA.com is such a joke. In their article about allstar reserves 3 of the 4 writers picked LeBron while 1 of 4 picked the infinitely more deserving Booker.

www.nba.com

Trending Topics: Picking West All-Star reserves

Our writers reveal which players should be selected as West All-Star reserves for NBA All-Star 2026.
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Lebron is almost certainly going to get the "honorary" all-star nod
 
This year they're gonna do 3 teams of 8 players including one "World" team vs two US teams. Yet for the voting they're still doing East vs West with 12 players each. It really complicates things but anyway, here's my prediction how it's going to turn out:

First, here's the recap of the East & West Starters announced a few days ago:

WEST
- Nikola Jokic
- Luka Doncic
- Shay Gilgeous-Alexander
- Stephen Curry
- Victor Wembanyama

EAST
- Giannis Antetokounmpo
- Jalen Brunson
- Cade Cunningham
- Tyrese Maxey
- Jaylen Brown

5 World players (which will simplify the World team's Starter selection) and 5 US players.

7 players from each Conference will complete the rosters, 14 total including 3 "World" players. I believe the 3 most legitimate World players are:

- Jamal Murray
- Deni Avdija
- Alperen Sengun

But that's a problem because they're all from the Western Conference. That leaves only 4 spots left for other players in the Western Conference, including:

- Anthony Edwards
- Kevin Durant
- LeBron James
- Chet Holmgren
- De'Aaron Fox
- Kawhi Leonard
- Devin Booker
- Lauri Markkanen
and more...

I think Anthony Edwards and Kevin Durant are locks, and I believe LeBron (pity selection) and Chet are going to make the cut.

So that would be the list of the 7 reserves for the West:

- Jamal Murray
- Deni Avdija
- Alperen Sengun
- Anthony Edwards
- Kevin Durant
- LeBron James
- Chet Holmgren

As announced by the NBA, more than 12 players could be selected if they don't get the right number of people for each team, Therefore it's possible the West gets one or two more picks in that case.

Now for the East reserves, 7 spots are open, all US players. Here's my tentative list:
- Donovan Mitchell
- Scottie Barnes
- Jalen Johnson
- Jalen Duren
- Norman Powell
- Karl-Anthony Towns
- Michael Porter Jr.

KAT has dual citizenship so he can be counted as a US player.

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Here's what the actual three All Star Teams would look like.

World Team:

STARTERS
- Shay Gilgeous-Alexander / Canada
- Luka Doncic / Slovenia
- Victor Wembanyama / France
- Giannis Antetokounmpo / Greece
- Nikola Jokic / Serbia

RESERVES
- Jamal Murray / Canada
- Deni Avdija / Israel
- Alperen Sengun / Turkey

For the US, there would be 10 starters total including all 5 voted Staters (noted with a *). Here's what that could look like:

STARTERS
- Stephen Curry*
- Tyrese Maxey*
- Anthony Edwards
- Kevin Durant
- LeBron James / Jalen Duren

- Jalen Brunson*
- Donovan Mitchell
- Cade Cunningham*
- Jaylen Brown*
- Chet Holmgren

RESERVES
Scottie Barnes
Jalen Johnson
LeBron James / Jalen Duren
Norman Powell
Karl-Anthony Towns
Michael Porter Jr.

The US Starters clearly lack size & interior presence, especially compared to the World team, which is why I'm not sure who they're gonna start between LeBron & Duren. Sportively Duren should absolutely start, but they're probably going to give LeBron a pity starting spot anyway.
 
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thiste said:
This year they're gonna do 3 teams of 8 players including one "World" team vs two US teams. Yet for the voting they're still doing East vs West with 12 players each. It really complicates things but anyway, here's my prediction how it's going to turn out:

First, here's the recap of the East & West Starters announced a few days ago:

WEST
- Nikola Jokic
- Luka Doncic
- Shay Gilgeous-Alexander
- Stephen Curry
- Victor Wembanyama

EAST
- Giannis Antetokounmpo
- Jalen Brunson
- Cade Cunningham
- Tyrese Maxey
- Jaylen Brown

5 World players (which will simplify the World team's Starter selection) and 5 US players.

7 players from each Conference will complete the rosters, 14 total including 3 "World" players. I believe the 3 most legitimate World players are:

- Jamal Murray
- Deni Avdija
- Alperen Sengun

But that's a problem because they're all from the Western Conference. That leaves only 4 spots left for US players in the Western Conference, including:

- Anthony Edwards
- Kevin Durant
- LeBron James
- Chet Holmgren
- De'Aaron Fox
- Kawhi Leonard
- Devin Booker
- Lauri Markkanen
and more...

I think Anthony Edwards and Kevin Durant are locks, and I believe LeBron (pity selection) and Chet are going to make the cut.

So that would be the list of the 7 reserves for the West:

- Jamal Murray
- Deni Avdija
- Alperen Sengun
- Anthony Edwards
- Kevin Durant
- LeBron James
- Chet Holmgren

As announced by the NBA, more than 12 players could be selected if they don't get the right number of people for each team, Therefore it's possible the West gets one or two more picks in that case.

Now for the East reserves, 7 spots are open, all US players. Here's my tentative list:
- Donovan Mitchell
- Scottie Barnes
- Jalen Johnson
- Jalen Duren
- Norman Powell
- Karl-Anthony Towns
- Michael Porter Jr.

KAT has dual citizenship so he can be counted as a US player.

__________________________________________

Here's what the actual three All Star Teams would look like.

World Team:

STARTERS
- Shay Gilgeous-Alexander / Canada
- Luka Doncic / Slovenia
- Victor Wembanyama / France
- Giannis Antetokounmpo / Greece
- Nikola Jokic / Serbia

RESERVES
- Jamal Murray / Canada
- Deni Avdija / Israel
- Alperen Sengun / Turkey

For the US, there would be 10 starters total including all 5 voted Staters (noted with a *). Here's what that could look like:

STARTERS
- Stephen Curry*
- Tyrese Maxey*
- Anthony Edwards
- Kevin Durant
- LeBron James / Jalen Duren

- Jalen Brunson*
- Donovan Mitchell
- Cade Cunningham*
- Jaylen Brown*
- Chet Holmgren

RESERVES
Scottie Barnes
Jalen Johnson
LeBron James / Jalen Duren
Norman Powell
Karl-Anthony Towns
Michael Porter Jr.

The US Starters clearly lack size & interior presence, especially compared to the World team, which is why I'm not sure who they're gonna start between LeBron & Duren. Sportively Duren should absolutely start, but they're probably going to give LeBron a pity starting spot anyway.
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KAT is Dominican. He’s literally played FIBA for them. Markkanen is Finnish. Also played FIBA, for Finland.
 
thiste said:
Did you read my post? 🤔
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You listed KAT as a US reserve. He’s Dominican. You made a list of possible US reserves for the WC with Lauri on it. He’s Finnish.

Yes, I read your post. It was like a fucking Hemingway novel, boring, tedious and never ending.
 
KAT has dual citizenship, I did mention it. The fact that he played for the Dominican Republic is irrelevant here. The All Star Game is a show, not an official competition. He was born and grew up in New Jersey.

As for Markkanen, I am aware he is Finnish. Now that I reread my post, I agree I made a mistake writing "US players" when I meant "other players" for the West. I went and edited it. Even though I believe the other three "World" players are more legitimate candidates than he is, I feel he does have a case to be selected.

As for my post being too long, I'll admit I don't know how to make lists of players look like anything other than lists of players. My bad, next time I'll try to keep in mind those with the attention span of a teenage girl 😉
 
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Exstatic said:
You listed KAT as a US reserve. He’s Dominican. You made a list of possible US reserves for the WC with Lauri on it. He’s Finnish.

Yes, I read your post. It was like a fucking Hemingway novel, boring, tedious and never ending.
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There is no such thing as a boring Hemingway novel.
 
A Spurs on each of the 3 rosters.

Bassey robbed, TBH. I assume he's too old for the G-League squad?


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Castle and Harper drafted to Team Melo

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