LeBron James and Giannis Antetokounmpo will lead their respective conferences in Indianapolis when the 2024 NBA All-Star Game tips off next month.
James is joined by Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic (sixth All-Star selection), Phoenix Suns forward Kevin Durant (14th), Dallas Mavericks guard Luka Doncic (fifth) and Oklahoma City Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (second) in the Western Conference.
With his 20th career All-Star nod, James breaks a tie with another Los Angeles Lakers legend, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, for the most in NBA history.
The Eastern Conference starting lineup includes Antetokounmpo (eighth), Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid (seventh), Boston Celtics forward Jayson Tatum (fifth), fellow Milwaukee Buck Damian Lillard (eighth) and Indiana Pacers guard Tyrese Haliburton (second), who will get to play on his home court.
Antetokounmpo was the leading vote-getter overall on the All-Star ballot, while James led the West. It’s the fourth time in All-Star history that the two players led their conferences in the same year.
This time, they won’t be selecting teams; instead, they’ll be playing with stars from their own conference. After introducing captains in 2018, the NBA returned to an East-West All-Star Game format in 2019.
Player ballots account for 25% of the vote, media ballots for 25%, and fan ballots for 50% of the vote for All-Star starters. The starting lineups for each conference are determined by tallying the weighted votes of the two guards and three frontcourt players.