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NBA All-Stars 2.0: Our picks from Steph Curry to Nikola Jokic to Trae Young


What you’re about to read will upset you. Just know that going in.

Selecting the 12 most deserving players from each conference for the 2021 NBA All-Star Game is difficult, and it gets downright excruciating for the final spots.

Lucky for me, then, that I’m a bit of a masochist. When John Hollinger and I collaborated two weeks ago to select the East and West rosters, The Athletic readers offered 300-plus comments … and counting. Believe me, many of those comments found some fault with something.

That’s a great thing. We wanted your opinions, and I want your thoughts now.

Here are the rules I followed this time:

• The league requires voters to pick two backcourt players and three frontcourt players, so that’s the format employed here.

• The choices were based on players’ performance this season only. If you think I subconsciously made some legacy picks here, say so.

• For…





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