NBA All-Star Game Rosters are Set

NBA All-Star Game Captains LeBron James and Kevin Durant have made their picks for this year's All-Star Game. 

Team LeBron and Team Durant are set.

Who you got 👀 pic.twitter.com/mw3nykmji0

— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) March 5, 2021

Durant was sure to have his fellow Big 3 members Kyrie Irving and James Harden on his team. Could you image the media backlash if James had chosen either one of those players before Durant? 

LeBron had the number one pick overall and rumor has it that he chose the Greek Freak as his top guy.

BREAKING: LeBron selects Giannis with the No. 1 pick in the All-Star draft, via @ShamsCharania. pic.twitter.com/LfTVNB0GUo

— Hoop Central (@TheHoopCentral) March 5, 2021

This year's All-Star Game will have a different feel for a number of reasons - most of them COVID-19 related. The All-Star Game festivities will all take place on Sunday with the Skills Challenge, followed by the 3-point Contest. The game will start after that, and at half-time the Slam Dunk Contest will take place. However, one interesting and positive change will have to do with the design of the court - the NBA has designed it to honor Historically Black Colleges and Universities.

NBA will pay tribute to Historically Black Colleges and Universities during the 2021 All-Star game with HBCU-inspired elements incorporated into the court as well patches on players' jerseys.https://t.co/W0Zz86pO0v

— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) March 4, 2021

On top of that, all three officials for the game are HBCU alumni.  

The 2021 NBA All-Star Game officials will be three HBCU alumni: Norfolk State grad Tom Washington, Southern University grad Courtney Kirkland, and Clark Atlanta University grad Tony Brown. pic.twitter.com/DGwj0bqaNy

— Chris Haynes (@ChrisBHaynes) March 4, 2021

The NBA, and especially Commissioner Adam Silver, have taken a lot of heat for staging the All-Star Game. There will be a lot of pressure on the league to produce not only a COVID-19 free weekend, but the typically entertaining All-Star weekend events.  

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