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NBA 29/01/2016, 00.40 Rumors

All Star Game 2016 reserves announced

The NBA announced the reserves for the All-Star Game

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 Draymond Green and Klay Thompson of the Golden State Warriors headline the list of 14 players selected by the NBA's head coaches as reserves for the 2016 NBA All-Star Game. Green, a first-time selection, and Thompson, an All-Star for the second year in a row, join Western Conference starter Stephen Curry of Golden State to give the NBA-leading Warriors (42-4) three All-Stars for the first time since the 1975-76 season.

The 65th NBA All-Star Game will be televised by TNT at 8 p.m. ET on Sunday, Feb. 14 from Air Canada Centre in Toronto, the first All-Star Game held outside the U.S. The game will be seen by fans in more than 200 countries and territories and will be heard in more than 40 languages. TNT will air the All-Star Game in the U.S. for the 14th straight year, marking Turner Sports' 31st year of NBA All-Star coverage. Sportsnet ONE and TSN will simulcast the All-Star Game in Canada.

Along with Green and Thompson, the other West reserves are LaMarcus Aldridge (San Antonio Spurs), DeMarcus Cousins (Sacramento Kings), Anthony Davis (New Orleans Pelicans), James Harden (Houston Rockets) and Chris Paul(Los Angeles Clippers).

The Eastern Conference reserves are Chris Bosh (Miami Heat), Jimmy Butler(Chicago Bulls), DeMar DeRozan (Toronto Raptors), Andre Drummond (Detroit Pistons), Paul Millsap (Atlanta Hawks), Isaiah Thomas (Boston Celtics) andJohn Wall (Washington Wizards).


2016 EASTERN CONFERENCE ALL-STARS 

No. Player (Team) Pos. Ht. Wt. Birthdate Prior to NBA All-Star Selections

7 *Carmelo Anthony (New York) F 6-8 240 05/29/84 Syracuse 9 
Chris Bosh (Miami) F 6-11 235 03/24/84 Georgia Tech 11 
21 Jimmy Butler (Chicago) G 6-7 220 09/14/89 Marquette 2 
10 DeMar DeRozan (Toronto) G 6-7 220 08/07/89 Southern Cal 2 
#Andre Drummond (Detroit) C 6-11 279 08/10/93 Connecticut 1 
13 *Paul George (Indiana) F 6-9 220 05/02/90 Fresno State 3 
23 *LeBron James (Cleveland) F 6-8 250 12/30/84 St. Vincent/St. Mary HS 12 
7 *Kyle Lowry (Toronto) G 6-0 205 03/25/86 Villanova 2 
Paul Millsap (Atlanta) F 6-8 246 02/10/85 Louisiana Tech 3 
4 #Isaiah Thomas (Boston) G 5-9 185 02/07/89 Washington 1 
3 *Dwyane Wade (Miami) G 6-4 220 01/17/82 Marquette 12 
John Wall (Washington) G 6-4 195 09/06/90 Kentucky 3

Head Coach: Tyronn Lue (Nebraska) 
Assistant Coaches: Jim Boylan (Marquette); Bret Brielmaier (Arizona); Larry Drew (Missouri); James Posey (Xavier); Phil Handy (Hawaii), Mike Longabardi (Frostburg State) 
Athletic Trainers: Scott McCullough and Ray Chow (Toronto Raptors)



2016 WESTERN CONFERENCE ALL-STARS

 

No. Player (Team) Pos. Ht. Wt. Birthdate Prior to NBA All-Star Selections

12 LaMarcus Aldridge (San Antonio) F 6-11 240 07/19/85 Texas 5 
24 *Kobe Bryant (L.A. Lakers) F 6-6 212 08/23/78 Lower Merion HS 18 
15 DeMarcus Cousins (Sacramento) C 6-11 270 08/13/90 Kentucky 2 
30 *Stephen Curry (Golden State) G 6-3 190 03/14/88 Davidson 3 
23 Anthony Davis (New Orleans) F 6-10 253 03/11/93 Kentucky 3 
35 *Kevin Durant (Oklahoma City) F 6-9 240 09/29/88 Texas 7 
23 #Draymond Green (Golden State) F 6-7 230 03/04/90 Michigan State 1 
13 James Harden (Houston) G 6-5 220 08/26/89 Arizona State 4 
2 *#Kawhi Leonard (San Antonio) F 6-7 230 06/29/91 San Diego State 1 
Chris Paul (L.A. Clippers) G 6-0 175 05/06/85 Wake Forest 9 
11 Klay Thompson (Golden State) G 6-7 215 02/08/90 Washington State 2 
0 *Russell Westbrook (Oklahoma City) G 6-3 200 11/12/88 UCLA 5

Head Coach: Gregg Popovich (Air Force Academy) 
Assistant Coaches: Ime Udoka (Portland State); Chip Engelland (Duke); Chad Forcier (Seattle Pacific); Ettore Messina (Italy); James Borrego (San Diego); Becky Hammon (Colorado State) 
Athletic Trainer: Will Sevening and Paul West (San Antonio Spurs) 

*denotes starter 
#denotes first-time selection

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