Now that the fans, players and media have had their say in picking the All-Star Game starters, it will be up to the NBA coaches to choose the reserves, the pool from which team captains Kevin Durant and LeBron James will “draft” their teammates.
The reserves will be named on Thursday by the coaches. Then a week later, KD and LBJ will start picking rosters in the All-Stat Draft. The Game itself will be played February 20 in Cleveland.
What to expect from a Nets perspective? Tim Reynolds, AP’s national basketball writer, took an early look Tuesday and thinks that James Harden deserves his 10th All-Star berth.