2024 NBA All-Star Starters Revealed | NBA on TNT

Summary

During the NBA Tip-Off show, TNT analysts Charles Barkley, Kenny Smith, and Shaquille O'Neal announced the 2024 NBA All-Star Game starters. The fan, player, and media voting breakdown was revealed for the Eastern and Western Conference player selections. There was debate over some close votes like Jaylen Brunson nearly beating out Damian Lillard. The analysts shared opinions on the selections and stats on players like Giannis, Jokic, and surprise starter Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. Special guest Luca Doncic was set to join the show next to provide commentary as an All-Star starter.

Takeaways

• 😀 The script reveals the 2023 NBA All-Star starters announced by TNT analysts
• 🏀 Giannis, Embiid and Tatum named East frontcourt starters
• ⚡ Haliburton and Lillard selected as East backcourt starters
• 🏆 LeBron is named a captain and selected to his 20th All-Star game, most all-time
• 📈 Jokic, Durant and LeBron named West frontcourt starters
• 🎯 Luka and SGA chosen as West backcourt starters
• 👏 Jaylen Brunson just missed out on starting spot despite great year with Knicks
• 😕 Haliburton may miss game due to recent injury
• 🤔 Chuck thinks Knicks signing Brunson was one of greatest free agent moves ever
• 🏀 The starters were voted on by fans, players and media

Q & A

How are the NBA All-Star starters selected?

The starters are selected through a weighted combination of fan votes (50%), player votes (25%), and media votes (25%).

Who are the 3 East frontcourt starters?

The 3 East frontcourt starters are Giannis Antetokounmpo, Joel Embiid, and Jayson Tatum.

How many consecutive All-Star appearances does LeBron James have?

LeBron James has 20 consecutive All-Star appearances, the most ever.

Who leads the NBA in triple-doubles this season?

Nikola Jokic leads the league in triple-doubles this season with 13.

Who is the surprise starter in the West backcourt?

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is a bit of a surprise starter in the West backcourt in his 6th season.

What are Tyrese Haliburton's stats this season?

Tyrese Haliburton is averaging 24 points, 13 assists and leads the league in assists before his hamstring injury.

What is Jaylen Brunson's case to be a starter?

Jaylen Brunson is averaging 27 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists for the Knicks. Chuck believes he has made the Knicks relevant again.

What historic scoring did Joel Embiid and Giannis Antetokounmpo have this season?

Joel Embiid scored 70 points in a game this season. Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 64 points in a game against the Pacers.

Where is the 2024 All-Star game being played?

The 2024 All-Star game is being played in Indianapolis.

Who are the 10 starting players across both conferences?

The 10 starters are: Giannis Antetokounmpo, Joel Embiid, Jayson Tatum, Tyrese Haliburton, Damian Lillard, LeBron James, Kevin Durant, Nikola Jokic, Luka Doncic and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander.

Outlines

00:00

😀 Revealing the East and West All-Star starters

Nicole Talbert of Ernst and Young reveals the top secret NBA All-Star starters for the East and West to Shaquille O'Neal, Kenny Smith, and Charles Barkley on TNT NBA Tipoff. They go through announcing each of the fan, player, and media voted starters position-by-position for the frontcourt and backcourt of both conferences.

05:00

😕 Tyrese Haliburton likely missing All-Star game due to injury

The starting East guards are announced as Tyrese Haliburton of the Pacers, who is unfortunately injured and likely to miss the All-Star game in his home arena, and Damian Lillard of the Bucks. Though deserving, there is uncertainty if Haliburton can play in the mid-February game due to a 3 week hamstring injury.

10:04

😃 Luca Dončić and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander named West guard starters

The starting West frontcourt of LeBron James, Nikola Jokic, and Kevin Durant is announced. For the guard spots, Luca Dončić of the Mavericks and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander of the Thunder are revealed as starters, both having tremendous seasons and seen as very deserving of the honors.

Keywords

💡all-star

The term 'all-star' refers to the best and most talented players in the NBA that are selected to the annual all-star game. The transcript discusses the reveal of the starting lineup for the 2024 NBA all-star game, including the top vote-getters from the Eastern and Western conferences.

💡voting

Voting refers to the process where fans, media, and players all vote for who they think should start in the NBA all-star game. The transcript looks at the voting breakdowns and how fan voting ultimately determines the starters.

💡starters

Starters refer to the 5 players from each conference (East and West) who receive the most votes and get to start in the all-star game. Their names are announced in the transcript.

💡captain

The team captains are honorary roles given to the top vote-getter from each conference. For 2024, they are LeBron James of the West and Giannis Antetokounmpo of the East.

💡draft

The all-star draft refers to when the captains would pick teams from the selected all-star players. The transcript notes the draft has been removed starting in 2024.

💡coaches

Coaches refers to the NBA head coaches who get to vote for reserves for the all-star game after the starters are selected by fans.

💡reserves

Reserves are the 14 players (7 from each conference) chosen by the coaches to come off the bench in the all-star game.

💡matchup

An all-star matchup refers to a one-on-one battle between two all-star players that fans look forward to watching.

💡host city

The host city is where the all-star game takes place each year. For 2024, the game will be held in Indianapolis at the home arena of the Pacers.

💡Pacers

The Indiana Pacers are the local NBA team from the 2024 all-star game's host city of Indianapolis. Their star player Tyrese Haliburton was voted an East starter.

Highlights

Giannis Antetokounmpo named Eastern Conference captain and starter for 8th straight year

Joel Embiid named All-Star starter for 7th straight year, leads league in scoring at 36 PPG

Jason Tatum makes 5th straight All-Star team, averaging 27 PPG, 8 RPG, 4 APG

Tyrese Haliburton voted All-Star starter in just 2nd season, leads league in assists

Damian Lillard voted All-Star starter for 8th time in 12-year career

LeBron James voted All-Star captain for record 20th straight appearance

Kevin Durant makes 14th All-Star appearance, averaging 29 PPG, 6 RPG, 6 APG

Nikola Jokic makes 6th straight All-Star start, leads NBA in triple-doubles with 13

Luka Doncic voted All-Star starter for 5th straight year, 2nd in NBA scoring at 34 PPG

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes 2nd All-Star team, 5th most 30-point games in NBA this year

Charles Barkley says Jaylen Brunson signing with Knicks is one of greatest free agent signings ever

Damian Lillard edges out Jaylen Brunson for final East guard starting spot due to more fan votes

Charles Barkley stands by opinion that Jaylen Brunson signing is one of best ever despite panel disagreement

Jaylen Brunson has made Knicks relevant for first time since Patrick Ewing era, Barkley says

Brunson averaging 27 PPG, 4 RPG, 6 APG in transformational first season with Knicks

Transcripts

[Music]

it is that time of year

again when Nicole Talbert of Ernst and

Young brings into Studio J the Allstar

voting results they are top secret only

Nicole and our buddy Mark brousard of

the NBA thank you very much Nicole knows

and Mark brard knows the official

starters for the allstar game in

Indianapolis uh in the next few minutes

the world will know welcome to TNT NBA

tip off presented by CarMax what a

special night Shaquille O'Neal how are

you kid I'm good oh Kenny The Jet Smith

Charles Barkley yeah I'm with you this

is we get you guys get your act together

man it's yeah baby what up baby we

changed it this is this is always a fun

night and um it's an amazing night for a

player or anything um you've been there

you both been there I mean it's a

blessing uh you know when you number one

it actually think it would mean more to

me today to be honest with you when it's

such when you you know the coaches the

fans and your players fans and media

that would be that's even to me make it

even more special and then now that you

bring that up we should point that out

too so the fans that's 50% and then the

media 25% and the players 50% uh excuse

me players 25% um so here we go oh look

at rich rich Corinthian leather here

this is awesome um so here's what we're

going to

do we I used to do all of these all by

myself but I think it's a lot of fun no

no I think it's a lot of fun here when

we let you

guys do it by yourself okay sorry um the

East Front Court you pass pass that to

the chuckster if you would please let do

I don't have to be able to read Jack uh

it it would be helpful here you just

had go ahead Chuck finish the joke okay

ladies and gentlemen the East Front

Court led by the

captain

jannis ano ano here we

Goose not yes it is in too many years

you can't eight straight Allstar

appearances for the Greek Freak in his

11th season averaging 31 12 and six he's

third in scoring fifth in rebounding top

20 in assists uh 25 games of 30 plus six

of 40 plus and had 64 against Indiana

earlier this season what would be the

next card you have chuckster he only had

64 somebody else hat more the next is

from my Philadelphia 7 Sixers Mr Joel

yes the uh the reigning

MVP seven straight Allstar

selections leads the league in scoring

with 36 a night averaging 12 rebounds

which is number six averaging a career

high six assists as well while shooting

54% and um of course he had that

70-point game against 70 the San Antonio

Spurs who would be the who would be the

final front Court starter definitely not

least from the Boston Celtics Mr Jason

Tatum there you go 25-year-old Jason

Tatum his fifth Allstar selection fifth

straight 27 points a night that's ninth

in the league eight rebounds four

assists playing in 41 of their 44 games

17 games of at least 30 points so what

do you think of your Eastern Conference

front Court there chucker I think they

got the right three uh you know ger and

beid got won MVP last year and is

playing better this year uh and

obviously the other two guys are

fantastic so I got no problem with those

three guys I'm looking at the breakdown

here that they have of uh fans players

and media so the player rank for Giannis

was number one embiid was two Tatum was

three fans had it one two three with the

uh jannis Tatum and embiid third the

media had Giannis Joel and Tatum 123 the

fourth place finisher by the way was

Jaylen Brown of the Boston Celtics shall

we move on to the east guards Kenny

would you uh do the

Hors gonna be reading two names one at a

time here sound it out sound it out

Kenny a

TMO I about that I did I G I gave the

wrong envelope the wrong guy sound it

out just told you that man can't

read oh this is great

from the Indiana Paces Tyrese halberton

yes the uh League leader in assist Su

had a tremendous year wait when is the

allstar game oh my gosh middle of

February man cuz he's out he's out cuz

he's out three weeks that was my that's

the point I was trying to make I hope

he's able to play Man especially at home

the crib play oh he got a bad hamstring

24 points a game uh 13 assists the best

Mark in the NBA uh seven games of 30

plus and he makes it for the second

straight time in his Tyrese halberton uh

Eastern Conference starting guard

there's a there's a spot for another

guard here there's another

spot and he's a good one from the

Milwaukee Bucks Damen Lillard Damen

Lillard the starting along side Tyrese

halberton daman's 32 years old now it's

eighth All-Star appearance in his 12th

season he's given the Bucks 25 points a

game that's 16th in the

league uh number 12 and assist with

seven a game and uh game time in

Indianapolis as he joins Tyrese

halberton Kenny as starting guards for

the East what do you think uh no

complaints I mean these two guys

are difficult to guard difficult to

leave off any list that says a star

behind

it yeah the breakdown on this now uh in

the player vote halberton first Damen

Lillard was

fourth who was second on the player rank

Tyrese

Maxi fan vote halberton

first Trey young second Lillard third

media vote halberton first Jaylen

Brunson second Damen Lillard was fifth

but of course these are all weighted in

the 50 2525 it comes out Tyrese

halberton over Damen Lillard and um it's

man it was just so tight between Brunson

and Lillard for that starting spot but

it goes to uh wow Damen Lillard um okay

West Front Court Dr roneo you know I

know how to read yes I do

hamburger french fries french

toast French

toast all right the captain from the Los

Angeles Lakers the King LeBron James

this makes 20 straight

appearances most All-Star appearances

ever ever belongs to LeBron James at 39

wow 25 points a game seven rebound

rebounds seven assists three-time

allstar game

MVP and uh the quote Captain the captain

thing is more of a like a ceremonial

yeah because you we're not having the

draft anymore but uh oh no a draft

anymore no no draft anymore so nobody

gets left last no so so LeBron LeBron

James uh is there two more two more

there two more the next name he plays

for the Phoenix Suns and he goes by the

name of Kevin Durant yes indeed uh suns

have been on a roll 26 and 18 14 time

Allstar now uh W scoring 29 six rebounds

six assists and uh shooting 45% from

Deep which is number four in the league

so Kevin Durant once again an All-Star

four-time scoring champion and of course

Kenny two-time horse Champion CH yes

Kevin Durant who's your who's your final

front Court starter in the west final

front Court starter is the vice

president of the big man Alliance goes

by the name of Nicola

yic I said that right y yes you

did the Joker oh Dr

re six straight appearances fourth

straight start ninth season for the

Joker 26 points a game 12 rebounds nine

assists tied for the league lead in

double doubles with Deus sabonis leads

the league in triple doubles wow that's

impressive with 13 and so those are your

three in the Western Conference in the

front Court LeBron jic Durant LeBron was

number two in the player voting uh Joker

was one Durant was three fans had it

LeBron Joker Durant and uh in the media

it was Joker LeBron and Durant Anthony

Davis was fourth and Kawhi Leonard fifth

in the voting uh which brings us to the

last envelope and that would be the West

guards leading it off from the Dallas

Mavericks Luca

donic so

Luca no surprise no surprise fifth great

Allstar selection sixth season um here's

a guy giving you 34 which is second in

the league also a career high eight

rebounds nine assists he's number three

in the league and assists

48% shooter 37% from Deep which is a

career high in 29 games of at least 30

points and so that leaves us one more

one spot Allstar

starter in the back court starting guard

joining Luca Donis sheay gilgas

Alexander well deserved of Thea City

Thunder nobody's got more 30-point games

in the League this year than SGA 30 two

of those five games of at least 40

points and he makes the All Stars for

the second time in his sixth season 31

points a night six rebounds and six

assists shooting a career high

55% sh wow that's well deserved I'm

happy for him uh you know true

definition of hard work pays off very

very Herky jerky type player very hard

to guard but I'm happy for him both East

and the West election can be mad well

you know of course every year you know

you they're very subjective of he should

have been there he should have been

there but I'm not mad at the East or the

West starting by Luca and sheay gilis

Alexander um sgaa was number one in the

player vote uh Luca was number two Steph

was number three fans had Luca Steph and

SGA and the media had sgaa Luca

and Anthony Edwards third followed by

Stephen Curry but overall Curry finishes

third Edwards fourth in that balloting

so big picture you know we look at what

we've what we've just witnessed here

Chuck and what's your

takeaway well I I actually like when you

were going over I like what the player

said I got n I'm never going to show

throw shade at Dame Lillard I love him

as a person and as a player but I would

have loved see Jaylen Bronson be a

starter I said this last year I can't

believe what a great player he's turned

into when he went to the Knicks last

year I was like that's a good signing

it's one of the best signings I've ever

seen for a free agent nobody knew he was

going to be that good you know uh he has

been fantastic he's made the Knicks

relevant and uh I would love you don't

think the Lakers signing Shaq was no

Shaq was all Hall of Famer you said one

greatest it is one of the did he say

that did he say that and I'll stick by

that but it is a great free AG that's

not it's not bringing Shaq to Los

Angeles know but sh but listen Shaq was

already one of the best players in the

world ever nobody thought no no nobody

thought jayen Bronson was gonna be as

good as he is you don't think bringing

Kevin Durant to Golden State was a great

those guys were already made men okay

nobody thought jayen Bron was going to

be no he's great I mean I'm happy for

him he's going to be allar but he's

going to be an Allstar but but I'm

saying I'm saying that's one of the

greatest free agent sign in my it's my

opinion like Shaq and Kevin Durant those

guys Hall of famous they were already

great players when they got traded

nobody and I guarantee if the Knicks be

honest with you they didn't think he was

going to be this good they thought he

would be an upgrade but what Jaylen

Bronson has did for the Knicks he made

the New York Knicks relevant for the

first time since Patrick y plain and

simple 27 points a game for Jaylen Brun

and four rebounds and six assists

playing in 42 of their 44 games and I

should point out I talked about how

close that race was between Damen

Lillard and Jaylen Brunson actually

identical finishing scores of

3.75 but because Lillard had more fan

votes that is the tiebreaker so Damen

Lillard becomes the starter for the

Eastern Conference in the back court um

good stuff congratulations to all those

who uh we had the pleasure of announcing

here and and when we come back one of

those guys that we announced is going to

be joining us as a matter of fact Luca

donic in the studio coming

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