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Who's in? Who's out? Sorting through the trickiest NBA all-star questions.

The last few spots will be fought over by Towns, who was a clear-cut all-star before recently missing 15 games with a knee sprain, and a host of potential first-timers, including Gobert, Mitchell, Devin Booker, Brandon Ingram and rookie Ja Morant.

Adjudicating those decisions is largely a matter of taste. Towns has eye-popping numbers and impressive efficiency, but he has played fewer games than any of the West's top candidates. Gobert is a modest scorer, but is arguably the league's most valuable defensive player and he has been key to Utah's torrid recent stretch. Mitchell, Booker, Ingram and Morant are all dynamic playmakers, and all project as perennial all-stars down the road.