Through that lens, the voters missed on a couple high-profile marks by naming Curry, James and Durant as starters over Anthony Edwards and Victor Wembanyama, both of whom deserved the starter distinction. As noted, two guards have to be named in each conference, so that makes the first one of these debates sort of easy:

The starters for the Eastern and Western Conference All-Star Game teams were announced Thursday night. Some big names didn't make the list.

Introducing the starters for the NBA All-Star Game tournament... Yes, tournament. The rosters and games will look quite different this year. The league announced the voting results for the starting units on Thursday,