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Former Cats Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Karl-Anthony Towns Named 2025 NBA All-Star Starters

Former Kentucky stars Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Karl-Anthony Towns were named 2025 NBA All-Star game starters on Thursday.

Gilgeous-Alexander is averaging a league-best 32.0 points per game to go along with 6.1 assists and 5.4 rebounds.

Towns, who is having one of his best seasons as a pro, is averaging 25.1 points, a career-high 13.9 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game.

Here are more details from UK Athletics:

LEXINGTON, Ky. – Kentucky products Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Karl-Anthony Towns were each tabbed as starters for the 2025 NBA All-Star game, it was announced Thursday night on TNT.