Who Is In The Nba All Star Game 2021?

The 2021 NBA All-Star Game is just around the corner, and fans are wondering who will be playing. We’ve got the latest update on who is in and who is out, so you can be sure to catch all the action.

Kyrie Irving

Kyrie Irving is an American professional basketball player for the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Irving was named NBA Rookie of the Year after being selected by the Cleveland Cavaliers with the first overall pick in the 2011 NBA draft. He played for the Cavaliers from 2011 to 2017, and won an NBA championship with the team in 2016. Irving was traded to the Boston Celtics in 2017, and spent two seasons with the Celtics before being traded to the Brooklyn Nets in 2019.

Cleveland Cavaliers

Kyrie Andrew Irving (/ˈkaɪri/ KYE-ree; born March 23, 1992) is an American professional basketball player for the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was elected by fans as a starter for the Eastern Conference All-Star team for five consecutive years from 2015 through 2019. A six-time All-Star, he was named the NBA Rookie of the Year after being selected by the Cavaliers with the first overall pick in the 2011 NBA draft. He won an NBA championship with the Cavaliers in 2016.

Born and raised in Melbourne, Australia, Irving played college basketball for one season with Duke University before being drafted by Cleveland in 2011. He won Rookie of the Year honors after averaging 18.5 points and 5.4 assists per game during his debut campaign with the Cavs, who finished with a record of 19–63 that season. After dropping to 24–58 in 2012–13, Cleveland compiled a 33–49 win–loss record over Irving’s next two seasons before firing head coach Mike Brown and general manager Chris Grant amidst a franchise-worst stretch of five straight playoffless seasons. In 2015–16 under new head coach Tyronn Lue, Irving played an integral role on a Cavs team that went on to capture its first NBA championship title by defeating the Golden State Warriors in seven games after being down 3–1 in the series. The following season, he played all 82 games for just the second time in his career but struggled with injuries over much of 2017–18 as Cleveland posted an overall record of 50–32 before losing to Golden State in The Finals for a fourth consecutive year despite his game 7 absence due to injury.

All-Star starter

Kyrie Irving, Brooklyn Nets point guard, has been selected as an All-Star starter for the 2021 NBA All-Star Game. Irving will be joined in the backcourt by Chicago Bulls guard Zach LaVine.

Kemba Walker

Kemba Walker is an American professional basketball player for the Charlotte Hornets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Walker was drafted ninth overall by the Charlotte Hornets in the 2011 NBA draft. He has been selected to three NBA All-Star teams and earned second-team All-NBA honors in 2019.

Charlotte Hornets

Charlotte Hornets point guard Kemba Walker is an NBA All-Star for the second time in his career. The eight-year pro was voted in as a starter by the fans, and he’ll be joined in the backcourt by Kyrie Irving of the Boston Celtics.

All-Star starter

Kemba Walker was voted as an All-Star starter for the 2021 season. He is averaging 24.1 points, 5.0 assists and 4.4 rebounds per game this season.

Bradley Beal

Bradley Beal is an American professional basketball player for the Washington Wizards of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was drafted by the Wizards in the first round with the third overall pick in the 2012 NBA draft. Beal became an All-Star for the first time in 2020. He is the Wizards’ all-time leading scorer.

Washington Wizards

Bradley Beal is an American professional basketball player for the Washington Wizards of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Florida Gators before being drafted by the Wizards with the third overall pick in the 2012 NBA draft.

All-Star starter

Beal was selected as an All-Star starter for the first time in his career, joining Russell Westbrook and Kevin Durant as the Western Conference’s backcourt starters. He is averaging a league-leading 27.1 points per game, while also adding 4.2 rebounds and 4.3 assists.

Joel Embiid

Joel “The Process” Embiid is a Cameroonian professional basketball player for the Philadelphia

Philadelphia 76ers

The Philadelphia 76ers are an American professional basketball team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The 76ers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league’s Eastern Conference Atlantic Division and play at Wells Fargo Center. Founded in 1946 and originally known as the Syracuse Nationals, they are one of the oldest franchises in the NBA, and one of only eight (out of 23) to survive the league’s first decade.

The 76ers have had a rich history, with many of the greatest players in NBA history having played for the organization, including Wilt Chamberlain, Hal Greer, Billy Cunningham, Julius Erving, Moses Malone, Charles Barkley, and Allen Iverson. They have won three NBA championships, with their first coming as the Syracuse Nationals in 1955. The second title came in 1967, a team which was led by Chamberlain. The third title came in 1983, won by a team led by Malone. They have only been back to the NBA Finals once since then: in 2001, where they were led by Iverson and lost to the Los Angeles Lakers 4–1.

All-Star starter

Joel Hans Embiid is a Cameroonian professional basketball player for the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). After one year of college basketball with the Kansas Jayhawks, he was drafted with the third overall pick in the 2014 NBA draft by the 76ers.

Embiid played his first four seasons with Philadelphia, missing large chunks of each season due to various injuries. Nevertheless, he was selected to two All-Star Games and named to three All-NBA Teams while also becoming one of the best defensive players in the league. In 2019–20, Embiid helped lead Philadelphia to their first Eastern Conference Finals appearance since 2001.

Ben Simmons

Ben Simmons is an incredible player who has been putting up great numbers for the Philadelphia ers. He was recently voted into the 2021 NBA All-Star game and will be starting for the Eastern Conference. Let’s take a look at his career stats and see why he was voted in.

Philadelphia 76ers

Simmons was born in Melbourne, Australia, to David and Julie Simmons. Julie is an Australian netball player; David is an African-American retired professional basketball player who grew up in New Jersey. Simmons’ father played college basketball at Oklahoma City University and his mother played netball professionally in Australia, England and New Zealand before becoming a coach. He has two older sisters, Emily and Olivia. When he was 18 months old, his family moved to Newcastle, New South Wales. In 2015, his family moved to Philadelphia in the United States so that Simmons could pursue a career in basketball. His godfather is Australian rugby league footballer Steve Keirnan.

Jimmy Butler

Jimmy Butler is an American professional basketball player for the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Butler was drafted with the 30th overall pick in the 2011 NBA draft by the Chicago Bulls. He played college basketball for Tyler Junior College and Marquette University.

Miami Heat

Jimmy Butler is an American professional basketball player for the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for Tyler Junior College and Marquette University before being drafted with the 30th overall pick in the 2011 NBA draft by the Chicago Bulls.

Khris Middleton

It was recently announced that Milwaukee Bucks shooting guard Khris Middleton would be a starter in the 2021 NBA All-Star game. This will be Middleton’s second consecutive All-Star appearance and third overall. He joins Giannis Antetokounmpo and Brook Lopez as the Bucks’ representatives in this year’s game.

Milwaukee Bucks

Khris Middleton is an American professional basketball player for the Milwaukee Bucks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was drafted in the second round by the Detroit Pistons with the 39th overall pick in the 2012 NBA draft. He played college basketball for Texas A&M University, where he was named first-team All-SEC in his sophomore season.

Kyle Lowry

Kyle Lowry was born on March 25, 1986, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Lowry played basketball for Cardinal Dougherty High School. He then attended Villanova University, where he played for the Wildcats. After college, Lowry was drafted by the Memphis Grizzlies in the 2006 NBA draft.

Toronto Raptors

The Toronto Raptors are a Canadian professional basketball team based in Toronto, Ontario. The Raptors compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league’s Eastern Conference Atlantic Division. They were established in 1995 as part of the NBA’s expansion into Canada, along with the Vancouver Grizzlies. When the Grizzlies relocated to Memphis, Tennessee to become the Memphis Grizzlies in 2001, the Raptors became the only NBA team based outside the United States.

The Raptors play their home games at Scotiabank Arena, which they share with the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League (NHL). They are owned by Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment (MLSE), which also owns two of Toronto’s major league soccer teams: Major League Soccer’s Toronto FC and USL Championship’s Toronto FC II.

The team was founded in 1995 as part of the NBA’s expansion into Canada by new owner Bruce Bowser. The Raptors qualified for post-season play in their sixth season, in 2000–01. They reached the Eastern Conference semifinals that year before losing to eventual Eastern Conference champion Allen Iverson and his Philadelphia 76ers.[8][9] Since then, they have been playoff regulars and are currently one of two teams from Canada to win an NBA championship, having done so in 2019. Nicknamed “the North”,[10] “the Dubs”[11] or simply “Toronto”,[12][13][14] they were also Canada’s first NBA team.[15]

Trae Young

Trae Young has been selected to be an NBA All-Star for the first time in his career. The Atlanta Hawks guard was chosen as a reserve for the Eastern Conference team, it was announced Thursday night. Young, 22, is averaging 25.4 points and 9.4 assists in his third season.

Atlanta Hawks

The Atlanta Hawks are an American professional basketball team based in Atlanta, Georgia. The Hawks compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league’s Eastern Conference Southeast Division. The team plays its home games at State Farm Arena.

The Atlanta Hawks began life as the Buffalo Bisons, a National Basketball League (NBL) franchise, before joining the NBA in 1949. In 1951, they moved to Milwaukee, where they changed their name to the Hawks. The team moved again in 1955 to St. Louis, where they won their only NBA Championship in 1958. The Hawks moved again in 1968 to Atlanta.

Domantas Sabonis

Sabonis had a very strong case to make the All-Star team as a reserve. He is averaging a career-high 20.2 points, 12.0 rebounds, 5.0 assists and 1.3 blocks per game while shooting 56.4 percent from the field and 34.8 percent from three-point range.

Indiana Pacers

Domantas Sabonis is an Lithuanian professional basketball player for the Indiana Pacers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for Gonzaga University, where he was named a consensus second-team All-American in 2016. He was selected 11th overall by the Orlando Magic in the 2016 NBA draft and later traded to the Pacers on draft night.

Rudy Gobert

Rudy Gobert is a French professional basketball player for the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He stands 7 feet 1 inch (2.16 m) tall and plays center. Gobert was drafted 27th overall in the 2013 NBA draft by the Denver Nuggets, then traded to the Jazz on draft night. He is a two-time NBA Defensive Player of the Year, winning the award in 2018 and 2020.

Utah Jazz

Rudy Gobert is a French professional basketball player for the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He also represents the French national team in international competition. Gobert was born in Saint-Quentin, Aisne, on June 26, 1992, to Corinne and Rudy Gobert, Sr. He has two brothers: Willy and Yannick. Gobert grew up playing soccer before switching to basketball at age 13.

Donovan Mitchell

Donovan Mitchell will be playing in the All Star game this year. He is a shooting guard on the Utah Jazz. He is averaging 24.2 points per game and 4.4 assists per game.

Utah Jazz

Donovan Mitchell (born September 7, 1996) is an American professional basketball player for the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Louisville Cardinals, where he was unanimously selected as the ACC Rookie of the Year in 2016. Mitchell was selected by the Jazz with the 13th overall pick in the 2017 NBA draft