Beginning in , current players and media joined the fans in the voting process. Once votes are tallied, players are ranked in each conference by position guard and frontcourt within each of the three voting groups.

Each player's score is calculated by averaging his weighted rank from the fans, players and media. The two guards and three frontcourt players with the best score in each conference are named starters.

Fan votes serve as the tiebreaker for players in a position group with the same score. The seven reserves from each conference are selected by NBA head coaches.

Instead of the traditional East vs. West format, the NBA moved to a new format in , where two captains pick the teams from a pool of 24 players who are voted in by fans, media and players.

The captains are the All-Star starters who earn the most fan votes in their respective conferences. Alternating picks, the captains draft the eight remaining players from the starter pool in the first round and then all 14 players from the reserve pool in the second round, making selections without regard to a player's conference affiliation or position.

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Domantas Sabonis - C - Indiana Pacers: He has the second-most double-doubles in the NBA and is averaging career-highs in points, rebounds and assists.

His Pascal Siakam - F - Toronto Raptors: Siakam will almost certainly be a first-time All-Star this season. Jayson Tatum - F - Boston Celtics: Trae Young - G - Atlanta Hawks: He's averaging career-highs in points, assists, rebounds, steals, field goal and 3-point percentage and although it hasn't translated to team success, little-to-no blame should be placed on Young for that.

Devin Booker - G - Phoenix Suns: Andrew Toney. Kelly Tripucka. Kiki Vandeweghe. Jimmy Walker. Missed [78] game.

Scott Wedman. Missed [79] game. Gus Williams. Brian Winters. Shareef Abdur-Rahim. Alvan Adams. Michael Adams.

Danny Ainge. Kenny Anderson. Dick Barnett. Dana Barros. Butch Beard. Ralph Beard. Mookie Blaylock. John Block. Bob Boozer. Vince Boryla. Fred Brown.

Don Buse. Andrew Bynum. Austin Carr. Joe Barry Carroll. Bill Cartwright. Sam Cassell. Cedric Ceballos. Len Chappell.

Derrick Coleman. Jack Coleman. Antonio Davis. Dale Davis. James Donaldson. Mark Eaton. Dale Ellis. Ray Felix. Sleepy Floyd. World B.

Billy Gabor. Chris Gatling. Horace Grant. Rickey Green. Alex Groza. Tom Gugliotta. Bob Harrison. Hersey Hawkins. Walt Hazzard. Tyrone Hill.

Lionel Hollins. Jeff Hornacek. Josh Howard. Juwan Howard. Darrall Imhoff. Lucious Jackson. Mark Jackson. Steve Johnson.

Jim King. Billy Knight. Sam Lacey. Christian Laettner. Clyde Lee. Reggie Lewis. Jamaal Magloire. Jamal Mashburn.

Anthony Mason. Xavier McDaniel. Antonio McDyess. Jon McGlocklin. Tom Meschery. Eddie Miles. Mike Mitchell. Steve Mix. Jack Molinas. Calvin Natt. Chuck Noble.

Charles Oakley. Mehmet Okur. As both players normally play shooting guard , Bryant started the game as a point guard.

Gameplay usually involves players attempting spectacular slam dunks and alley oops and defensive effort is usually limited.

The final score is generally much higher than a competitive NBA game. If the score is close, the fourth quarter is more competitive.

This format was changed in to use the Elam Ending. In normal Elam Ending rules, the game clock is turned off with four minutes remaining and a target score is set; whoever reaches the target wins the game.

In , the NBA took the score at the end of three quarters and added 24 points in honor of Kobe Bryant, who had been killed in a helicopter crash a month prior.

The player introductions are usually accompanied by a significant amount of fanfare , including lighting effects, dance music, and pyrotechnics.

Special uniforms are designed for the game each year, usually red for the Western Conference and blue for the Eastern Conference. From to , players could wear their normal team uniforms.

The "host conference" also traditionally has light uniforms, except from to Players on the same All-Star team who wear the same number used to have the option to change numbers: Patrick Ewing , who normally wore 33, chose to wear 3 as Larry Bird also had that number.

Since , players can keep their uniform numbers. Halftime is also longer than a typical NBA game due to musical performances by popular artists.

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