Who Are The 2021 Nba All Stars?

The 2021 NBA All-Star game will be played in Atlanta on Sunday, and we’ve got you covered with everything you need to know about the game.

Kyrie Irving

Kyrie Irving of the Brooklyn Nets and Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors lead the list of starters for the 2021 NBA All-Star Game, which will take place on Sunday, March 7 at 8 p.m. ET at the United Center in Chicago.

Kyrie’s stats

Kyrie Irving currently plays for the Brooklyn Nets as their star point guard. He is 6’3″ and was born on March 23, 1992, in Melbourne, Australia. Kyrie has been in the NBA since 2011 and is a 2x NBA All-Star and an NBA champion. In the 2020-2021 season, he is averaging 27.1 points per game, 5.3 rebounds per game, and 6.2 assists per game.

Kyrie’s All-Star history

Kyrie Irving was drafted 1st overall by the Cavaliers in the 2011 NBA Draft. He quickly became one of the best players in the league, and was selected to his first All-Star Game in 2014. Kyrie would go on to be named an All-Star in each of the next four seasons, before being traded to the Celtics in 2017.

Kyrie continued to excel with his new team, and was once again selected as an All-Star in 2018 and 2019. He was forced to miss the 2020 All-Star Game due to injury, but he’ll be back on the court for this year’s game. Kyrie is currently averaging 27.1 points per game, and is sure to be one of the top vote-getters when All-Star voting opens later this month.

Bradley Beal

Bradley Beal is an American professional basketball player for the Washington Wizards of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Beal was selected by the Wizards with the third overall pick in the 2012 NBA draft. He is a two-time NBA All-Star and was named to the All-NBA Third Team in 2019.

Bradley’s stats

according to basketball-reference, Beal is averaging a career-high 33 points per game to go with 4.8 rebounds and 3.7 assists. He is shooting 53.1 percent from the field, 37.5 percent from three-point range and 86.2 percent from the free-throw line.

Bradley’s All-Star history

Bradley Beal was drafted by the Washington Wizards with the third overall pick in the 2012 NBA Draft. Beal made an immediate impact, averaging 13.9 points, 3.8 rebounds, and 2.4 assists per game while shooting 45 percent from the field and 40 percent from three-point range. He was named to the NBA All-Rookie First Team and finished second in Rookie of the Year voting.

In his second season, Beal emerged as one of the league’s best young players, averaging a career-high 17.1 points per game while shooting a career-best 43 percent from three-point range. He was named to his first NBA All-Star team and helped lead the Wizards to their first playoff appearance since 2008.

Beal has continued to improve in each of his eight seasons in the league, becoming one of the NBA’s most prolific scorers. He averaged a career-high 30.5 points per game in 2019-20 and was named to his second NBA All-Star team.

Joel Embiid

Joel Embiid is a Cameroonian professional basketball player for the Philadelphia He is a two-time NBA All-Star and was named to the All-NBA Second Team in 2019. Embiid was also named the NBA Defensive Player of the Year in 2020.

Joel’s stats

Joel finished the 2020-2021 season averaging 28.5 points, 10.6 rebounds, and 1.4 assists per game. He shot 49.3% from the field, 86.4% from the free throw line, and 36.7% from three point range.

Joel’s All-Star history

Joel “The Process” Embiid was drafted 3rd overall in the 2014 NBA draft by the Philadelphia
76ers. Since then, he has been selected to four All-Star teams (2017, 2018, 2019, 2021) and was named an All-Star starter in 2020. He is also a two-time All-NBA selection (2018, 2019), a two-time member of the NBA All-Defensive Team (2018, 2019), and the NBA Defensive Player of the Year (2019).

Giannis Antetokounmpo

One of the frontrunners for this year’s NBA MVP is Giannis Antetokounmpo. The Greek Freak is averaging a career-high 29.6 points per game to go along with 13.7 rebounds and 6.0 assists. He’s also shooting a career-best 58.8 percent from the field and is one of the league’s top shot-blockers.

Giannis’ stats

In the 2020-21 NBA season, Giannis is averaging 27.4 points, 11.0 rebounds, 5.9 assists, 1.3 steals and 1.2 blocks per game while shooting 52.8% from the field, 36.4% from three-point range and 63.5% from the free-throw line. He ranks seventh in the NBA in scoring, fifth in rebounding and 15th in assists.

Giannis’ All-Star history

Giannis Antetokounmpo was born in Athens, Greece, on December 6, 1994. He is the son of Nigerian immigrants who came to Greece in 1991. Giannis started playing basketball at the age of four and he was quickly recognized as a prodigy. He began his professional career with the Greek team Filathlitikos B.C. in 2011. In 2013, he was drafted by the Milwaukee Bucks with the 15th overall pick in the NBA Draft.

Giannis made his NBA debut during the 2013-14 season and he quickly established himself as one of the best young players in the league. He was named the NBA Rookie of the Year at the end of his debut season. Giannis has been selected to six straight NBA All-Star teams (2014-2019). He was named the NBA Most Valuable Player in 2019 and he led the Milwaukee Bucks to the playoffs for the first time since 2001.

Zion Williamson

Zion Williamson is an American professional basketball player for the New Orleans Pelicans of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was the first overall pick in the 2019 NBA draft. Williamson played college basketball for the Duke Blue Devils. As a freshman in 2018–19, he was named the Consensus National Player of the Year and earned first-team All-American honors.

Zion’s stats

In his lone college season, Zion Williamson of Duke averaged 22.6 points, 8.9 rebounds, 2.1 assists, 2.1 steals and 1.8 blocks per game while shooting 68.0% from the field and 41.2% from 3-point range. He was named the National Player of the Year and won the Naismith Award as college basketball’s top player.

Zion’s All-Star history

Zion Williamson was selected as a starter for the 2021 NBA All-Star Game, his first All-Star appearance. Williamson joins LeBron James and Kevin Durant as the only players to start in an All-Star Game before turning 21.

Williamson was the second overall pick in the 2019 NBA Draft by the New Orleans Pelicans. He made his NBA debut on Jan. 22, 2020, and scored 22 points in 18 minutes off the bench in a loss to the San Antonio Spurs. Williamson missed the first 42 games of his rookie season due to a torn meniscus suffered during preseason.