Who Are The Starters For The Nba All Star Game?

The starters for the NBA All-Star game have been announced. See who made the cut and find out when the game will be played.

Kyrie Irving

Kyrie Irving of the Brooklyn Nets and Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors will start in the backcourt for the NBA All-Star Game, the league announced Thursday.

Cleveland Cavaliers

Kyrie Irving was born March 23, 1992 and is an American professional basketball player for the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for Duke University before being selected with the first overall pick in the 2011 NBA Draft by the Cavaliers. Irving has achieved a number of accomplishments, including being named the NBA Rookie of the Year in 2012 and an All-Star in 2014 and 2015. He was also a member of the USA Basketball team that won the gold medal at the 2014 FIBA World Cup.

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Kyrie Irving was born on March 23, 1992, in Melbourne, Australia. He is an American professional basketball player for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Kyrie was selected by the Cleveland Cavaliers with the first overall pick in the 2011 NBA draft. He won an NBA championship with the Cavaliers in 2016. Irving was named the NBA Rookie of the Year and an All-Star in 2012. He has also played for the United States national team, winning gold medals at the 2014 FIBA World Cup and the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Jimmy Butler

Jimmy Butler was born on September 14, 1989, in Houston, Texas. He grew up playing basketball and was a star player in high school. He attended Marquette University and was drafted by the Chicago Bulls in 2011. Butler has been a starter for the Bulls since 2012. He was selected as an All-Star for the first time in 2015.

Chicago Bulls

Jimmy Butler is an American professional basketball player who currently plays for the Chicago Bulls of the NBA. He was drafted with the 30th overall pick in the 2011 NBA Draft by the Chicago Bulls. He has also played for the Minnesota Timberwolves and Philadelphia 76ers.

Butler is a five-time NBA All-Star and has been named to the All-NBA Team three times. He was also a member of the USA Basketball team that won the gold medal at the 2014 FIBA World Cup.

Born in Houston, Texas, Butler grew up in Tomball, a small town outside of Houston. He played college basketball for Tyler Junior College and Marquette University before being drafted by the Bulls in 2011.

In his first three seasons with the Bulls, Butler quickly established himself as one of the best wing players in the league. He averaged over 15 points per game while also providing good defense and rebounding. In 2014-15, Butler had a breakout season, averaging 20 points per game while also being named to the All-Star team for the first time.

The following season, Butler continued to improve, averaging 22 points per game and leading the Bulls to their first playoff appearance since 2010-11. In 2016-17, Butler had another strong season, averaging 23 points per game and leading the Bulls to another playoff appearance.

Butler was traded to Minnesota midway through 2017-18 season but he continued to play well, averaging 22 points per game with his new team. After one season with Minnesota, he was traded to Philadelphia where he promptly led his new team to a playoff appearance while averaging 18 points per game.

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In his All-Star career, Jimmy Butler has averaged 19.4 points, 5.4 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 1.6 steals per game. He was named an All-Star starter in 2015 and 2016.

DeMar DeRozan

DeMar Dwayne DeRozan is an American professional basketball player for the Toronto Raptors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is a four-time NBA All-Star and a two-time All-NBA Team member.

Toronto Raptors

All-Star starter DeMar DeRozan of the Toronto Raptors poses for a portrait during media day ahead of the NBA All-Star Game as part of 2017 NBA All-Star Weekend at Smoothie King Center on February 17, 2017 in New Orleans, Louisiana. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)

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In his five All-Star appearances, DeRozan has averaged 18.4 points, 3.8 rebounds and 2.6 assists in 26.4 minutes per game. He’s shot 43.3 percent from the field and 31.3 percent from 3-point range.

LeBron James

LeBron James is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is widely regarded as one of the greatest players in NBA history. James has played in fifteen NBA All-Star Games, eleven of them consecutively since 2005. He was voted the All-Star MVP three times and was named to the All-Star team eighteen times.

Cleveland Cavaliers

The Cleveland Cavaliers are an American professional basketball team based in Cleveland, Ohio. The Cavaliers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league’s Eastern Conference Central Division. The team began play as an expansion team in 1970, along with the Portland Trail Blazers and Buffalo Braves. Home games were first held at Cleveland Arena from 1970 to 1974, followed by the Richfield Coliseum from 1974 to 1994. Since 1994, the Cavs have played their home games at Quicken Loans Arena in downtown Cleveland, which is shared with the arena football team, the Cleveland Gladiators. Dan Gilbert has owned the team since March 2005.

The Cavaliers opened their inaugural season losing their first 15 games and struggled in their early years, placing no better than sixth in the Eastern Conference during their first five seasons. The team won their first Central Division title in 1976, which also marked the first winning season and playoff appearance in franchise history, where they advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals. The franchise was sold to Ted Stepien in 1980. Stepien’s tenure as owner was marked by six consecutive losing seasons from 1981 to 1986, resulting in a poor reputation around the league. The Cavs qualified for three more playoffs during this time; however, they never finished above .500 again until 1993–94 under head coach Mike Fratello.

Led by Mark Price and Brad Daugherty, the Cavaliers had one of the best teams in franchise history while compiling a 57–25 record during 1992–93 and 1996–97 behind head coach Mike Fratello; however they would never make it out of the second round of playoffs these years. After the firing of Blatt and promoting assistant head coach Tyronn Lue to interim head coach midway through his second season with Cavs due to health reasons, went on win 19 straight games after starting out with a 0-6 record against teams that made it into playoffs that year including finals rematch against Golden State Warriors 3-2 leading into 2016 NBA Finals which was also James seventh consecutive NBA Finals appearance but was unable to win his fourth NBA championship after losing Game 7 93-89 at Oracle Arena against Warriors led by Stephen Curry after being down 3-1 coming back winning next three games but losing Game 7 due mostly Kevin Love suffering from concussion previous game and Kyrie Irving breaking his kneecap previous game as well.

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LeBron James was born on December 30, 1984, in Akron, Ohio. He played basketball for St. Vincent-St. Mary High School in Akron, and was drafted by the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2003. He played for the Cavaliers from 2003 to 2010, and then played for the Miami Heat from 2010 to 2014. He returned to the Cavaliers in 2014. As of 2018, he is still playing for the Cavaliers.

In his 15 seasons in the NBA, James has been named to the All-Star team 12 times (2004-2018), and he has been named the All-Star MVP three times (2006, 2008, 2018). He has also been named the NBA MVP four times (2009-2012). He was a member of the USA Olympic team that won a gold medal in Beijing in 2008, and he won a gold medal again at the 2012 Olympics in London.