Tonight at 8:30 p.m. ET on TNT the NBA All-Star game will get underway, and even though a number of fan-voted stars won't be able to play in the showcase, there will still be countless highlight-reel moments. Live stream the game free by clicking this link.
The setting of this year's All-Star game should make up for some of the missing talent, such as Anthony Davis, Blake Griffin and Kobe Bryant. Miami Heat guard Dwyane Wade is also not going to play in this year's game, but he's still enjoying the Big Apple nonetheless.
"New York is cold as hell, man. But it's nice, it's cool," Wade said. "I feel like the All-Star had to be in New York one of these years. Since I've been in the league, 12 years now, it hasn't been in New York and it's mind-boggling that it hasn't, but I think it's cool that it's finally here. There's just a different vibe in New York than anywhere else."
Wade's former teammate LeBron James also talked about how special it will be to take the All-Star court at Madison Square Garden.
"It's going to be the best All-Star Game for me, to be able to be in the Garden," James said. "I love my fans back in Cleveland. I loved my fans when I was in Miami. But if I could have 82 regular-season games in the Garden, you know I would, because it's the mecca of basketball. You get a great feeling when you walk in there because there is so much history. It's going to be fun."
It's been more than a decade since Madison Square Garden hosted the All-Star Game; this year the festivities have been shared by MSG and Brooklyn's Barclays Center, but in 1998 the Barclays Center didn't even exist. Bryant's first All-Star Game as a Laker was in 1998, as was Tim Duncan's. It was Michael Jordan's final All-Star Game with the Chicago Bulls.
EAST ALL-STARS
NO. PLAYER (TEAM) POS. HT. WT. BIRTHDATE FROM 7 * Carmelo Anthony (Knicks) F 6-8 240 05/29/84 Syracuse/USA 23 * LeBron James (Cavaliers) F 6-8 250 12/30/84 St. Vincent-St. Mary HS (OH)/USA 16 * Pau Gasol (Bulls) C-F 7-0 250 07/06/80 Barcelona, Spain 2 * John Wall (Wizards) G 6-4 195 09/06/90 Kentucky/USA 7 *# Kyle Lowry (Raptors) G 6-0 205 03/25/86 Villanova/USA 1 Chris Bosh (Heat) C 6-11 235 03/24/84 Georgia Institute of Technology/USA 21 # Jimmy Butler (Bulls) G-F 6-7 220 09/14/89 Marquette/USA 15 Al Horford (Hawks) C-F 6-10 250 06/03/86 University of Florida/USA 2 Kyrie Irving (Cavaliers) G 6-3 193 03/23/92 Duke University/USA 26 # Kyle Korver (Hawks) G 6-7 212 03/17/81 Creighton/USA 4 Paul Millsap (Hawks) F 6-8 253 02/10/85 Louisiana Tech University/USA 0 # Jeff Teague (Hawks) G 6-2 181 06/10/88 Wake Forest/USA 3 ^ Dwyane Wade (Heat) G 6-4 220 01/17/82 Marquette/USA
WEST ALL-STARS
NO. PLAYER (TEAM) POS. HT. WT. BIRTHDATE FROM 32 *^ Blake Griffin (Clippers) F 6-10 251 03/16/89 Oklahoma/USA 33 * Marc Gasol (Grizzlies) C 7-1 265 01/29/85 Barcelona, Spain 24 *^ Kobe Bryant (Lakers) G 6-6 212 08/23/78 Lower Merion HS (PA)/USA 23 *^ Anthony Davis (Pelicans) C-F 6-10 220 03/11/93 Kentucky/USA 30 * Stephen Curry (Warriors) G 6-3 190 03/14/88 Davidson/USA 12 LaMarcus Aldridge (Trail Blazers) F 6-11 240 07/19/85 Texas/USA 15 # DeMarcus Cousins (Kings) C 6-11 270 08/13/90 Kentucky/USA 21 Tim Duncan (Spurs) F 6-11 250 04/25/76 Wake Forest/U.S. Virgin Islands 35 Kevin Durant (Thunder) F 6-9 240 09/29/88 Texas/USA 13 James Harden (Rockets) G 6-5 225 08/26/89 Arizona State/USA 0 Damian Lillard (Blazers) G 6-3 195 07/05/90 Weber State/USA 41 Dirk Nowitzki (Mavericks) F 7-0 245 06/19/78 DJK Wurzburg/Germany 3 Chris Paul (Clippers) G 6-0 175 05/06/85 Wake Forest/USA 11 # Klay Thompson (Warriors) G 6-7 215 02/08/90 Washington State/USA 0 Russell Westbrook (Thunder) G 6-3 200 11/12/88 UCLA/USA
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