SHENZHEN, China — Last season, Stephen Curry led fan voting for Western Conference All-Stars. The Warriors point guard would select his own All-Star team if he wins the fan vote again this season.
The NBA All-Star game is switching formats, doing away with conference-specific teams in favor of a pick-up-style draft, the league announced Tuesday. The players who win the fan vote will be the captains. In that role, they will choose from a pool of 24 players (12 from each conference).
“It’s the playground-type dynamics when you could pick your teams growing up, when you used to play open gyms or whatnot,” Curry said before practice Wednesday at Shenzhen City Arena.