The NBA All-Star Game is Feb. 19, and the official roster for each team will be unknow until the game day itself.
The league announced the format change Tuesday night: The teams will be chosen by captains — probably LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers and either Milwaukee’s Giannis Antetokounmpo or Brooklyn’s Kevin Durant — in a live televised segment shortly before the game begins in Salt Lake City, Utah.
The @NBA and @TheNBPA announced today that TNT will air the 2023 NBA All-Star Draft as a new, live pregame segment at the 2023 #NBAAllStar Game on Sunday, Feb. 19 at 7:30 pm ET from Vivint Arena in Salt Lake City. pic.twitter.com/SuEw4mvfEE
— NBA (@NBA) January 25, 2023
The captains will be the All-Star starter from each conference who receives the most fan votes in his conference. TNT will announce the starters and captains on Thursday, Jan. 26 at 7pm ET.
— NBA (@NBA) January 25, 2023
This will be the sixth time that captains choose their teams, but in each of the first five instances they were selected several days before the game. Team captains and starters will be announced on Thursday.
The top three frontcourt players and top two guards in each conference will be chosen as starters; leading overall vote-getters from each conference serve as captains and choose their team roster. Fan voting counts for 50% of the starters balloting; 25% for media ballots and 25% NBA players.
Reserves will be chosen by NBA coaches, seven players from each conference, will be announce Feb. 2.
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