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Team LeBron vs. Team Durant: NBA All-Star Draft rosters and results

Published March 5, 2021, 9:30 AMOfficial release
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Team captains LeBron James and Kevin Durant filled out their rosters at the NBA All-Star Draft.

Team LeBron

Starters:

  • LeBron James
  • Giannis Antetokounmpo
  • Stephen Curry
  • Luka Doncic
  • Nikola Jokic

Reserves:

  • Damian Lillard
  • Ben Simmons
  • Chris Paul
  • Jaylen Brown
  • Paul George
  • Domantas Sabonis
  • Rudy Gobert

Team Durant

Starters:

  • Kyrie Irving
  • Joel Embiid
  • Kawhi Leonard
  • Bradley Beal
  • Jayson Tatum

Reserves:

  • James Harden
  • Devin Booker
  • Zion Williamson
  • Zach LaVine
  • Julius Randle
  • Nikola Vucevic
  • Donovan Mitchell

All-Star Roster

The NBA All-Star Draft took place Friday. Team captains LeBron James and Kevin Durant selected from the pool of players voted as starters and reserves in each conference to fill out the rosters for Team LeBron and Team Durant ahead of Monday's NBA All-Star Game.

Durant and James made their picks without regard to a player’s conference affiliation or position.  Each captain drafted 11 players to complete a 12-player roster.  The NBA All-Star Draft rules include:

  • The eight players who, along with the two captains, are the starters will be drafted in the first round.
  • The 14 players who are the reserves will be drafted in the second round.
  • As the top overall vote-getter among fans, James will have the first pick in the first round (Starters).  Durant will have the first pick in the second round (Reserves).
  • The captains will alternate picks in each round until all players in that round have been selected.
  • Durant will not play in the NBA All-Star Game because of a left hamstring strain. Indiana Pacers forward Domantas Sabonis was named as an injury replacement in the reserves pool.
  • Durant will be replaced in the starter pool for the NBA All-Star Draft by Boston Celtics forward Jayson Tatum, who was selected as an All-Star reserve.  According to NBA rules, an injured All-Star Game starter is replaced in the starter pool for the NBA All-Star Draft by the All-Star reserve from the same conference and of the same position group who received the highest ranking in the voting for All-Star starters.  Tatum will be selected with the starters in the first round of the NBA All-Star Draft.
  • Phoenix Suns guard Devin Booker was named as an injury replacement to injured Lakers forward Anthony Davis and will be in the reserve pool.