Paul George and Anthony Davis finished with the same weighted score, but George will start in the 2019 NBA All-Star Game because he received more votes from the fans. Last week, the starters for the 2019 NBA All-Star Game were announced. Representing the Eastern Conference will be Kyrie Irving, Kemba Walker, Kawhi Leonard, Giannis Antetokounmpo and Joel Embiid. Representing the Western Conference will be Stephen Curry, James Harden, Paul George, LeBron James and Kevin Durant. Having received the most votes, James and Antetokounmpo will be the captains for their respective conferences. MORE: Who should the reserves be? Fans accounted for half of the vote to determine the starters for this year's All-Star Game. Current NBA players and a media panel accounted for the other half, with each side representing 25 percent of the vote. All of the votes were counted and each player was then ranked. The two backcourt players and three frontcourt players from each conference with the highest weighted rank were named the starters. With that in mind, here are some takeaways from the final vote returns... How the fans voted Western Conference Eastern Conference Backcourt - Stephen Curry (1) Backcourt - Kyrie Irving (1) Backcourt - Derrick Rose (2) Backcourt - Dwyane Wade (2) Frontcourt - LeBron James (1) Frontcourt - Giannis Antetokounmpo (1) Frontcourt - Luka Doncic (2) Frontcourt - Kawhi Leonard (2) Frontcourt - Kevin Durant (3) Frontcourt - Joel Embiid (3) How the players voted Western Conference Eastern Conference Backcourt - Stephen Curry (1) Backcourt - Kyrie Irving (1) Backcourt - James Harden (2) Backcourt - Kemba Walker (2) Frontcourt - LeBron James (1) Frontcourt - Giannis Antetokounmpo (1) Frontcourt - Kevin Durant (2) Frontcourt - Kawhi Leonard (2) Frontcourt - Anthony Davis (3) Frontcourt - Joel Embiid (3) How the media voted Western Conference Eastern Conference Backcourt - Stephen Curry (2) Backcourt - Kyrie Irving (1) Backcourt - James Harden (1) Backcourt - Kemba Walker (2) Frontcourt - LeBron James (1) Frontcourt - Giannis Antetokounmpo (1) Frontcourt - Kevin Durant (2) Frontcourt - Kawhi Leonard (1) Frontcourt - Anthony Davis (3) Frontcourt - Joel Embiid (1) Other takeaways A total of 23 players received over a million fan votes, including Kyle Kuzma, Jayson Tatum, Steven Adams and DeMar DeRozan. LeBron James was the only frontcourt player in the Western Conference to receive more fan votes than Luka Doncic. Doncic finished eighth in player vote and sixth in media vote, giving him a weighted score of 4.5. That put the rookie phenom behind LeBron James, Kevin Durant, Paul George and Anthony Davis. The players and media had Anthony Davis as their third starter in the Western Conference, but finishing fifth in the fan vote gave him the same weighted score as Paul George. With the fan vote serving as the tiebreaker, George gets the nod. Derrick Rose finished second in fan vote, fourth in player vote and sixth in media vote. His weighted score was 3.5, tied with Russell Westbrook for the third-best among Western Conference guards and ahead of Damian Lillard, Klay Thompson and DeMar DeRozan. Though his weighted score was 7.5, Pascal Siakam ranked fourth in the media vote. His Toronto Raptors teammate Kyle Lowry ranked sixth in the fan vote and seventh in both the player and media vote. That put Lowry behind Kyrie Irving, Kemba Walker, Dwyane Wade, Ben Simmons and Victor Oladipo in Eastern Conference guard voting. The Eastern Conference frontcourt of Giannis Antetokounmpo, Kawhi Leonard and Joel Embiid is the only position the fans, players and media agreed on. Despite being an MVP candidate this season, Nikola Jokic finished behind LeBron James, Kevin Durant, Paul George, Anthony Davis and Luka Doncic in Western Conference frontcourt voting. Click here to see the entire voting results.<doc-sep>Kemba Walker was named to the NBA All-Star team When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they'll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. Our Privacy Notice explains more about how we use your data, and your rights. You can unsubscribe at any time. Sign up fornow and never miss the top F1 stories again The Charlotte Hornets star is one of the 10 starters this year, having been picked as one of the reserves for the past two years. Walker has been on fire this season, and is averaging 25 points per game. The point guard received the third highest total of fan votes for guards in the Eastern Conference. He got 1.39million fan votes, and was only beaten by Irving and Dwyane Wade.<doc-sep>Two members (at least) of the Boston Celtics will be headed to Spectrum Center in Charlotte, N.C., on Feb. 17 to appear in the NBA’s All-Star weekend. Kyrie Irving was named to his sixth career All-Star Game on Thursday, and will get the nod as a starter after receiving the most votes for an Eastern Conference guard. Irving has been a vital part for the Celtics’ success, averaging 23.5 points per game with 4.8 rebounds and 6.9 assists this season. He’s scored at least 20 points 29 times this season, including two 40-plus point performances. And one of Irving’s teammates will partake in the Skills Challenge, as well as the Rising Stars Challenge. Jayson Tatum, who participated in the Rising Stars Challenge last year, will make his debut in the Skills Challenge this time around, according to The Boston Globe’s Gary Washburn. There’s no doubt Tatum and Irving deserve the nod given what they’ve both accomplished this season for Boston. Thumbnail photo via Winslow Townson/USA TODAY Sports Images<doc-sep>
Boston Celtics guard Kyrie Irving was named a starter for the 2019 NBA All-Star Game. Irving was the leading vote-getter among all Eastern Conference backcourt players. This marks Irving’s sixth All-Star appearance in his career. Voting is made up of 50% fan, 25% media and 25% player votes. Irving performed well in all three areas. He had the most votes among fans of all backcourt players in the entire NBA. He was a unanimous choice to start by the media and garnered 190 votes to start from his fellow players. For the season Irving is averaging 23.5 points per game and career-highs with 4.8 rebounds per game and 6.9 assists per game. He’s also hitting a career-best 50.1 percent of his shots from the field and the second-best percentage of his career from behind the arc at 41.3 percent. Celtics second-year forward Jayson Tatum finished fourth in Eastern Conference voting for the frontcourt. Tatum was fourth in fan voting, fourth in media voting and seventh in player voting. The 20-year old forward is averaging 16.3 points per game and 6.2 rebounds per game. All-Star reserves, which are chosen by conference by the coaches in each conference, will be announced next week. At that point we’ll see if Boston has a second All-Star or not. Even if Irving is the only All-Star, the Celtics will reportedly be represented by Jayson Tatum in the Skills Challenge. Tatum will also likely play in the Rising Stars Game and could be joined by teammate Robert Williams in that game. Irving is joined by Giannis Antetokounmpo, Kawhi Leonard, Joel Embiid and Kemba Walker as starters from the Eastern Conference. Starters from the Western Conference are LeBron James, Kevin Durant, Paul George, Stephen Curry and James Harden. James and Antetokounmpo will be the captains for the NBA All-Star Draft, which will be televised for the first time on Thursday February 7th. As the leading fan vote-getter, James will have first pick among the other eight starters. Antetokounmpo will have the first pick among the 14 reserve players, which will be announced next week. The NBA All-Star Game will take place on Sunday February 16th in Charlotte, North Carolina. It will be broadcast on TNT.