Here are some good news and bad news, well I guess that will depend on the player you’re rooting for. Good news for fans of Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid, Utah Jazz forward Lauri Markkanen and Memphis Grizzlies guard Ja Morant, since all three All Star will move-up to be starters replacing injured and starters Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry (left superior tib/fib sprain), Phoenix Suns forward Kevin Durant (right knee MCL sprain) and New Orleans Pelicans forward Zion Williamson (strained right hamstring), which is a bad new for the fans of the said injured players.

At the sametime, 3 new All Star Reserves was named by NBA Commissioner Adam Silver as injury replacements for the 2023 NBA All-Star Game namely; Minnesota Timberwolves guard Anthony Edwards, Sacramento Kings guard De’Aaron Fox and Toronto Raptors forward Pascal Siakam.

NBA All-Star Game will be played on Sunday, Feb. 19 at 8:30 p.m. ET/6:30 p.m. MT at Vivint Arena in Salt Lake City.

The NBA All-Star Draft will take place hours before the game where Captains for each team will choose from the player pool to complete their team roster. For this year’s All Star Games Lebron James, of the LA Lakers and Giannis Antetokounmpo of the Milwaukee Bucks are named as the Team Captains.

Below are the complete list of player pool including the Injured/Will Not Play, as well as the replacements;

• Bam Adebayo (Miami)
• Giannis Antetokounmpo (Milwaukee) – Starter and Team Captain
• Jaylen Brown (Boston)
• Stephen Curry (Golden State) – Starter, Injured and will not play
• DeMar DeRozan (Chicago)
• Luka Dončić (Dallas)
• Kevin Durant (Phoenix) – Starter, Injured and will not play
• Anthony Edwards (Minnesota) – Injury Replacement
• Joel Embiid (Philadelphia) – Starter Replacement
• De’Aaron Fox (Sacramento) – Injury Replacement
• Paul George (LA Clippers)
• Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (Oklahoma City)
• Tyrese Haliburton (Indiana)
• Jrue Holiday (Milwaukee)
• Kyrie Irving (Dallas) – Starter
• Jaren Jackson Jr. (Memphis)
• LeBron James (L.A. Lakers) – Starter and Team Captain
• Nikola Jokić (Denver) – Starter
• Damian Lillard (Portland)
• Lauri Markkanen (Utah) – Starter Replacement
• Donovan Mitchell (Cleveland) – Starter
• Ja Morant (Memphis) – Starter Replacement
• Julius Randle (New York)
• Domantas Sabonis (Sacramento)
• Pascal Siakam (Toronto) – Injury Replacement
• Jayson Tatum (Boston) – Starter
• Zion Williamson (New Orleans) – Starter, Injured and will not play

Source: NBA