NBA All Star Draft Selections: Team Giannis & Team LeBron Picks

The starters have been named, and the All-Stars have been informed that they’ll be participating in the festivities of the 69th All-Star Game presented by Jordan Brand. The hype is set for the star-packed duel set to tip-off in Chicago on February 16. But now, only one question remains:

For who will all starters and reserves play for under both teams?

Team Giannis and Team LeBron were general managers in this year’s draft for the second straight year and as the draft took place on TNT at 7:00 p.m. ET, 16-time All-Star LeBron James will be granted the opportunity to draft first, as the King is the leading vote=getter in this year’s grand basketball showcase. Antetokounmpo, the current league Most Valuable Player and four-time All-Star, will pick second.

And as you know, this year’s celebration of the league’s greatest stars will go down a little differently.

As reported by NBA.com’s official ruling, “Each of the first three quarters will begin with the score of 0-0 and will last 12 minutes.  At the start of the fourth quarter, the game clock will be turned off and a Final Target Score will be set.

The Final Target Score will be determined by taking the leading team’s total cumulative score through three quarters and adding 24 points. Once the Final Target Score is set, the teams will play an untimed fourth quarter and the first team to reach the Final Target Score will win the NBA All-Star Game.”

What makes this All-Star Game significant is that for the third year, both captains and team selectors will be playing for a distinct charity of their choice and the two teams will try to win each quarter for Chicago-based community organizations. LeBron’s team will be playing for a charity called Chicago Scholars, which pays attention to first-generation students that are going off to college.

Team Giannis, on the other hand, will be playing for the Chicago charity known as After School Mothers, which helps children get into after school programs, furthering their extracurricular enrichment. The charitable organization was chosen by Antetokounmpo as it reminds him of growing up in Greece while participating in activities after the school day ends. He wants to help give kids the same opportunities at post-school enrichment to needy families who have parents that are unable to give children the proper development of social and physical skills that come with after-school programs.

So let’s get into the draft, and who selected who to play on their team in the 69th NBA All-Star Game on Feb. 16, 2020, tipping off at 8:20 p.m. ET on TNT.

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Team LeBron’s Selections

1. Anthony Davis – 7x All-Star (and 2017 All-Star MVP), 3x All-NBA First-Team selectee. (26.4 ppg., 9.1 rpg., 3.3 apg.)
2. Kawhi Leonard – 4x All-Star, 2x All-NBA First-Team selectee, 2x NBA Champion, 2x Defensive Player of the Year. (27 ppg., 7.5 rpg., 5.3 apg.)
3. Luka Doncic – First-time All-Star, 2019 NBA Rookie of the Year. (28.8 ppg., 9.5 rpg., 8.7 apg.)
4. James Harden – 8x All-Star, 2018 League Most Valuable Player, 5x All-NBA Selectee, 2x Scoring Champion. (35.8 ppg., 6.5 rpg., 7.3 apg.)
5. Damian Lillard – 5x All-Star, 2018 All-NBA First-Team selectee, 2013 NBA Rookie of the Year. (29.7 ppg., 4.3 rpg., 7.9 apg.)
6. Ben Simmons – 2x NBA All-Star, 2018 NBA Rookie of the Year, 2017 1st-overall Pick. (16.7 ppg., 7.8 rpg., 8.2 apg.)
7. Nikola Jokic – 2x NBA All-Star, 2019 All NBA First-Team selectee. (20.6ppg., 10.3 rpg., 6.8 apg.)
8. Jayson Tatum – First-Time All-Star, Former 2017 3rd-overall Draft pick. (21.9 ppg., 6.8 rpg., 2.9 apg.)
9. Chris Paul – 10x All-Star (and 2013 All-Star MVP), 4x All-NBA First Team selectee, 7x All-NBA Defensive First Team, 4x NBA Assists Leader, 6x NBA Steals Leader, 2006 NBA Rookie of the Year. (17 ppg., 5 rpg., 6.6 apg.)
10. Russell Westbrook – 9x NBA All-Star (and two-time All-Star MVP in 2015 and 2016), 2017 League Most Valuable Player, 2x All-NBA First-Team selectee, 2x NBA scoring champ, 2x NBA Assists leader. (26.4 ppg., 8.0 rpg., 7.4 apg.)
11. Domantas Sabonis – First-time All-Star. (18.2 ppg., 12.6 rpg., 4.7 apg.)

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Team Giannis’ Selections

1. Joel Embiid – 3x All-Star, 2x All-NBA Second-team selectee, 2x All-NBA Defensive Second team selectee. (23.1 ppg., 12.1 rpg., 3.1 apg.)
2. Pascal Siakam – First-team All-Star, 2019 NBA Champion. (23.7 ppg., 7.7 rpg., 3.5 apg.)
3. Kemba Walker – 4x NBA All-Star, 2019 All-NBA Third-Team selectee. (22 ppg., 4 rpg., 5.0 apg.)
4. Trae Young – First-time All-Star, 2019 NBA All-Rookie First-Team selectee. (29.3 ppg., 4.6 rpg., 9 rpg.)
5. Khris Middleton – 2x NBA All-Star. (20.3 ppg., 5.9 rpg., 4.2 apg.)
6. Bam Adebayo – First-time NBA All-Star. (15.9 ppg., 10.4 rpg., 4.9 apg.)
7. Rudy Gobert – First-time NBA All-Star, 2x NBA Defensive Player of the Year, 3x All-NBA Defensive First-Team selectee, 2017 All-NBA Second-team selectee, 2019 All-NBA Third-Team selectee, 2017 NBA Blocks leader. (15.6 ppg., 14.5 rpg., 1.6 apg.)
8. Jimmy Butler – 5x NBA All-Star, 2x All-NBA Third Team, 4× NBA All-Defensive Second-Team selectee. (20.5 ppg., 6.8 rpg., 6.2 apg.)
9. Kyle Lowry – 6x NBA All-Star, 2019 NBA Champion, 2016 All-NBA Third Team selectee. (19.7 ppg., 4.6 rpg., 7.3 apg.)
10. Brandon Ingram – First-time All-Star, 2017 NBA All-Rookie Second-Team selectee. (25.1 ppg., 6.5 rpg., 4.2 apg.)
11. Donovan Mitchell – 2x NBA All-Star, 2018 All-NBA Rookie First-Team selectee, 2018 NBA Slam Dunk Contest champion. (24.5 ppg., 4.3 rpg., 4.2 apg.)