{"id":787506,"date":"2018-01-25T15:30:05","date_gmt":"2018-01-25T20:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/?p=787506"},"modified":"2018-01-25T15:30:05","modified_gmt":"2018-01-25T20:30:05","slug":"nba-all-star-game-mock-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/nba-all-star-game-mock-draft\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA All-Star Game Mock Draft"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>LeBron James and\u00a0Stephen Curry are set to hop on their conference call to sort out the All-Star squads. And so,\u00a0LeBron Allen (myself, Gabriel Allen) and Stephen Shatashvili (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheRealKunya\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ilia Shatashvili<\/a>) got together for an All-Star Game mock draft.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Let us know where we went wrong and which team would win. Without further ado, let the fun begin.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>STARTER DRAFT<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>LeBron Allen selects:<strong> Joel Embiid<\/strong>. Everyone knows that defense wins All-Star games.<\/p>\n<p>Stephen Shatashvili selects: <strong>Kevin Durant<\/strong>. Bay Ballers. We run the world.<\/p>\n<p>LA: <strong>James Harden<\/strong>. Need some of that sweet spacing. Plus it&#8217;s a free trial with free agency on the horizon.<\/p>\n<p>SS: <strong>Giannis Antetokounmpo<\/strong>. We already have shooting and KD said Giannis is already better than him. So we welcome Antetokounmpo aboard.<\/p>\n<p>LA: <strong>Anthony Davis<\/strong>. We&#8217;re going big baby.<\/p>\n<p>SS: <strong>DeMarcus Cousins<\/strong>. I&#8217;m gonna put you in the lovely situation of deciding between the guy that deserted you this summer and DeRozan. Boogie is rocking with us.<\/p>\n<p>LA: <strong>Kyrie Irving<\/strong>. Absence makes the heart grow fonder.<\/p>\n<p>SS: <strong>DeMar DeRozan<\/strong>. The prettiest mole north of the border.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>RESERVE DRAFT<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>SS: <strong>Klay Thompson<\/strong>. We&#8217;ll keep it simple and take one of my Bay Area bros, you know, the second-best shooter ever.<\/p>\n<p>LA: <strong>Jimmy Butler<\/strong>. We&#8217;re going to Chipotle after we get this dub.<\/p>\n<p>SS: <strong>Draymond Green<\/strong>. He&#8217;ll be the only one who plays defense in this game and I&#8217;m terrified of the retribution I&#8217;d face for not picking him.<\/p>\n<p>LA: <strong>Russell Westbrook<\/strong>. Brodie loves to ball out in these games.<\/p>\n<p>SS: <strong>Karl-Anthony Towns<\/strong>. Hottest player in the league this month.<\/p>\n<p>LA: <strong>Damian Lillard<\/strong>. Dame Dolla is about to go to work on you guys.<\/p>\n<p>SS: <strong>John Wall<\/strong>: We&#8217;ll need his playmaking off the bench.<\/p>\n<p>LA: <strong>Kristaps Porzingis<\/strong>. UNICORNS R US.<\/p>\n<p>SS: <strong>Victor Oladipo<\/strong>. The best singer in the draft, ola Oladipo.<\/p>\n<p>LA: <strong>Bradley Beal<\/strong>. Better split those Wizards up.<\/p>\n<p>SS: <strong>Kyle Lowry<\/strong>. We&#8217;ll keep the brothers of the North together though.<\/p>\n<p>LA: <strong>Al Horford<\/strong>. Best two-way big remaining.<\/p>\n<p>SS: <strong>Kevin Love<\/strong>. Your team better be making shots because we own the boards.<\/p>\n<p>LA: <strong>LaMarcus Aldridge<\/strong>. L.A. drafts L.A. for the big game in L.A. Good luck fellas.<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p><strong>Team LA<\/strong>: James, Embiid, Harden, Davis, Irving, Butler, Westbrook, Lillard, Porzingis, Beal, Horford and Aldridge<\/p>\n<p><strong>Team SS<\/strong>: Curry, Durant, Antetokounmpo, Cousins, DeRozan, Thompson, Green, Towns, Wall, Oladipo, Lowry and Love<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LeBron James and\u00a0Stephen Curry are set to hop on their conference call to sort out the All-Star squads. 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