Starters for the 2025 NBA All-Star game were announced on Thursday night and the Denver Nuggets superstar center Nikola Jokić was named as a frontcourt starter for the Western Conference. Jokić will join Kevin Durant of the Phoenix Suns and LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers in the West frontcourt while Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander of the Oklahoma City Thunder will man the backcourt for the West.

The starters for the 2025 NBA All-Star Game have been announced, and some familiar faces lead the way. The announcement came on TNT’s Inside the NBA on Thursday night, before tipoff between the Milwaukee Bucks and Miami Heat.

Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo and Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokić maintain their leads in the Eastern and Western Conferences, respectively, as the third fan returns of NBA All-Star Voting 2025 presented by AT&T are announced.

Phoenix's Kevin Durant and Denver's Nikola Jokic as the West frontcourt players alongside James. The starters were picked through a system of weighted balloting: 50% was fan voting, 25% was a ...

The biggest change is that LeBron James leaped over Kevin Durant in the latest returns ... Here are the full returns: Giannis Antetokounmpo and Nikola Jokić lead their respective conferences ...

James now has 2,591,287 fan votes to Durant’s 2,498,843. The two all-time greats are second and third to three-time NBA MVP, Denver Nuggets big Nikola Jokic, who has 2,924,436 fan votes.

Kevin Durant has had a brilliant offensive season while James’s teammate, Anthony Davis, has been a focal point of the Lakers’ offense this season and remains one of the NBA’s top defenders. But James gets my vote (at least) one more time.

The Milwaukee Bucks' Giannis Antetokounmpo, Denver Nuggets' Nikola Jokić and Oklahoma City Thunder's Shai Gilgeous-Alexander headline the leaders in the

He has been durable (37 games) while shooting above 50% from the floor and 40% from three. Kevin Durant has had a brilliant offensive season while James’s teammate, Anthony Davis, has been a foc ...

Los Angeles Lakers F Kevin Durant, Phoenix Suns C Nikola Jokić, Denver Nuggets All-Star reserves will be announced on Jan. 30, as chosen by the NBA's 30 head coaches. Gilgeous-Alexander leads the NBA in scoring at 32 points per game and ranks second in ...

Via NBA Communications : "The Western Conference starter pool for the 2025 NBA All-Star Game: Stephen Curry Kevin Durant Shai Gilgeous-Alexander LeBron James Nikola Jokić" According to ESPN's Bobby Marks, Durant earned a $1.3 million contract bonus.

When the Inside the NBA crew announced the All-Star starters last week, there were no surprises. Stephen Curry and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander would represent the backcourt, with Kevin Durant, LeBron James, and Nikola Jokic playing in the frontcourt.