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NBA Announces 14 Reserves for 2024 All-Star Game
The NBA announced the 2024 All-Star Game reserves on Thursday night for the annual event set to take place Feb. 18 in Indianapolis.
The NBA on TNT crew—Shaquille O’Neal, Ernie Johnson Jr., Kenny Smith and Charles Barkley—read the Western Conference and Eastern Conference reserves aloud during the NBA tip-off show before the Los Angeles Lakers-Boston Celtics game.
Here’s the list of players earning 2023-24 All-Star bids:
Western Conference Reserves: Lakers’ Anthony Davis, Los Angeles Clippers’ Kawhi Leonard, Phoenix Suns’ Devin Booker, Minnesota Timberwolves’ Anthony Edwards, Golden State Warriors’ Stephen Curry, Clippers’ Paul George and Timberwolves’ Karl-Anthony Towns.
The 2024 NBA All-Star Game Western Conference Reserves:
— NBA Communications (@NBAPR) February 2, 2024
▪️ Devin Booker (PHX)
▪️ Stephen Curry (GSW)
▪️ Anthony Davis (LAL)
▪️ Anthony Edwards (MIN)
▪️ Paul George (LAC)
▪️ Kawhi Leonard (LAC)
▪️ Karl-Anthony Towns (MIN) pic.twitter.com/MJGxBxEJ93
Eastern Conference Reserves: Celtics’ Jaylen Brown, Cleveland Cavaliers’ Donovan Mitchell, New York Knicks’ Jalen Brunson, Miami Heat’s Bam Adebayo, Knicks’ Julius Randle, Philadelphia 76ers’ Tyrese Maxey and Orlando Magic’s Paolo Banchero.
The 2024 NBA All-Star Game Eastern Conference Reserves:
— NBA Communications (@NBAPR) February 2, 2024
▪️ Bam Adebayo (MIA)
▪️ Paolo Banchero (ORL)
▪️ Jaylen Brown (BOS)
▪️ Jalen Brunson (NYK)
▪️ Donovan Mitchell (CLE)
▪️ Tyrese Maxey (PHI)
▪️ Julius Randle (NYK) pic.twitter.com/yaxdyLcZrx
This marks Brunson, Maxey and Banchero’s first All-Star selections.
The reserves will join the 10 NBA players already named starters for the All-Star game.
Lakers star LeBron James earned his 20th All-Star selection, and he will be joined by Oklahoma City Thunder star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Dallas Mavericks’ Luka Dončić, Suns’ Kevin Durant and Denver Nuggets’ Nikola Jokić in the Western Conference’s starting five.
The Eastern Conference starters are Milwaukee Bucks’ Damian Lillard and Giannis Antetokounmpo, Indiana Pacers’ Tyrese Haliburton, 76ers’ Joel Embiid and Celtics’ Jayson Tatum.
Madison Williams is a staff writer on the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated, where she specializes in tennis but covers a wide range of sports from a national perspective. Before joining SI in 2022, Williams worked at The Sporting News. Having graduated from Augustana College, she completed a master’s in sports media at Northwestern University.