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With the NBA All-Star Game seeing changes to its format this year, Trail Blazers All-Star Damian Lillard had to wait until captains LeBron James and Stephen Curry selected their teams. Today they drafted, and Lillard will be on Team Steph.
We won’t know when Lillard was selected in the process unless it’s leaked—but with the NBA, anything is possible.
Here’s how the teams stack up:
As drafted by #NBAAllStar team captains #LeBronJames and #StephenCurry....
— NBA (@NBA) January 26, 2018
The 2018 @NBAAllStar Rosters! pic.twitter.com/TbZtvitP4f
James and Curry exchanged on Twitter after the draft about it not being televised:
Yo @StephenCurry30 that was fun!! Definitely should’ve been televised. ♂️ #AllStarDraft⭐️
— LeBron James (@KingJames) January 25, 2018
Yeah I’d have to say that was legit! #nextyear https://t.co/fj4flo8lgq
— Stephen Curry (@StephenCurry30) January 25, 2018
Eric Griffith and Brian Freeman here at Blazer’s Edge made their own mock draft, which you should check out to see how they did.
NBA All-Star Weekend, hosted in Los Angeles, will start Friday, Feb. 16 with the Celebrity Game and Rising Stars Challenge. All-Star Saturday features the Skills Challenge, Three-Point Contest and Slam Dunk Contest.
The NBA All-Star Game will be on TNT at 5 p.m. PT. Pre-game coverage starts at 4 p.m. PT.