Well, welcome back to N B.

A countdown.

Maria Taylor.

We got Jalen Rose.

We got J Will in his adult big chair and way.

Okay, so we're gonna play a little bit of a game of who you got, but we gotta run through the NBA All star because we're all getting excited about March 7th, right?

Going down in Atlanta and let's walk you through.

Um, first of all your Thursday or your starters that were announced on Thursday.

LeBron James.

He's gonna be the guy making a 17 straight starts the longest streak of all time, joining with him from the Western Conference.

We've got Steph Curry, who is the only player to score 50 points in a game multiple times this season.

We've got Nicola Yokich.

He's back in the All Star game and is currently the only Western Conference player averaging 25 points and 10 rebounds.

The Claw Kawhi Leonard, you're gonna watch him tonight.

He rounds out the starters in the front court from the West.

He's making his fifth All Star appearance, which has come with three different teams.

No big deal.

Luca Don, she's got the final starting spot in the West, just beating out Dame Luka and the Joker are the only players averaging 25 8 and eight so far this season.

All right, take a look at your Western Conference All Star reserves.

Both Jalen and J seemed to agree on these guys.

That's the good news, But there's still one player correct that you guys disagree on.

It's only one, because the only reason I don't know for sure, because these guys have been calling our producers and our research up until the moment that the show occurred to say We're going to be on the All Star team, So I literally don't know who do you have?

Jalen, Who's the final spot?

My final spot is Zion Williamson.

Jay Williams.

Zion Williamson gets my final spot.

Have you seen his statistics and how the Pelicans have recently been planned?

The former Duke Blue Devils, basically averaging 30 lead the league in points in the paint and has been a catalyst for that basketball team.

He got my final spot.

Hey, Jay.

Bruce.

So there is.

I feel like I feel like Zion is gonna be in regards because 80 is probably not gonna play in the All Star Game, but like I get that final spot to Michael Conley Jr.

But just because I I want to reward a team with the best record in the NBA, a guy who's pretty much been leading the league and plus minus the whole season and look when he's on the floor, they will, plus 16.4 per 100 possessions lead in this league that he is.

I don't want to see him get robbed of having the best career and actually not making an All Star game.

I want to see this team get rewarded for winning.

How about that matter?

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Bring Wogan?

I matter that Reagan wanted to talk about Mike Conley.

Give us a little perspective a little bit, listen and Mike Conley's career.

There's two things he hasn't done.

I talked to him about this a couple weeks ago.

He's never had a technical foul, and he's never made an All Star team and every other guy we're talking about for the All Star team, they're gonna have more chances.

At 33 years old, with the best record in the league, this is maybe the only year the Jazz are gonna be able to get three All Stars.

I watched Mike Conley play with a fractured face in the playoffs in Memphis.

This guy has been what you want the league to be all about.

Hey, deserves to play in an All Star game.

I think this is.

This is the year for him to be a part of this.

All right, that's our sentimental pick.

We're going.

I'm going Mike Conley to I'm with, I'm with you on this.

That's who I got.

Okay, let's shift to the East, though.

The Eastern Conference, where Kevin Durant was named the other captain and Durant currently ranks third in the East and scoring Yanis, obviously making his fifth straight All Star appearance, he is one of two players averaging 25 10 and five this season, along with the Joker and one of the front runners for M v P.

Joel Embiid got named a starter.

He's the only player averaging 30 points and 10 rebounds this season.

So, yeah, and after getting snubbed last year, Bradley deal, you're back in the All Star game.

Come on.

He's leading the NBA in scoring, no big deal, averaging nearly 33 points per game and Kyrie Irving.

He is the final starter from the East.

The Nets have two starters in the All Star Game for the second time in franchise history.

Eso okay, we know who the starters they're gonna be.

Let's check out the reserves again that Jalen and Jay will actually agree on.

Okay, I agree with you guys there, but that means that you you disagree on two players.

You disagree on two players.

J will your first.

So I got Chris Middleton.

Just there's not a postseason award regular season award for All Star just because he's flirting with another 50 40 90 season guys, I mean, averaging 23 points per game.

He's the reason why they're in this position.

They are even during their first eight games.

Or they weren't playing out well.

He stepped up with shooting the ball crazy from the field.

And then I got Julius Randle.

When's the last time we talked about the next J Rose?

Never in the eighth spot right now, and he's putting up monster numbers.

I just I want to see him get rewarded for taking New York to where New York New Yorkers have wanted to be for so long, J.

Rose.

All right, now the Nets are taking New Yorkers.

Where?

There for all of my for all of my people, that are Knicks fans.

Julius Randle was too big for the All Star Game.

He's gonna be M V P.

Okay, Does that make you guys feel better that make you guys feel bad?

Okay, back to the regularly scheduled program.

Jay Williams.

I love Chris Middleton.

However, Sabonis averages more points.

Mawr rebounds, and he's on a better basketball team.

You know that, right?

So that's one of my spots.

The other spots has been Simmons.

I'm surprised that you off all people that didn't have your man.

You see that young man, one of the best defensive players in the entire N ba And I know he doesn't make shots outside of the paint, but he's one of the greatest finishers in the league.

Just have 40 points and where the sixes rank in the East.

Oh, first, yes, that's first in Simmons is model.

Yeah, well, I love you.

I usually would let you say something here, but I'm not going Thio.

You do not get a chance to speak your feet.

You just take that.

You take that hit in your chair.

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