Kazakhstan can hand over 23.9 points, 5.3 assists and 4.7 rebounds this season. This is the second time Harden has been selected as an All-Star in his career, and it is the first time as a starter.
In the all-star voting results announced by the league, Lakers star Kobe Bryant occupied a starting and backcourt seat of the Western All-Star Team with 988,884 votes, and the other seat was won by Warriors star Curry (1, 047,281vote). However, due to a knee injury, Kobe will miss the game. In fact, Kobe hasn't played since last year's 65438+February 18. Therefore, a Western All-Star spot is vacant.
On February 8th, Beijing time, the NBA officially announced that anthony davis, the inside man of Pelican team, replaced Kobe Bryant in the Western All-Star Team, which was the first time that Davis was selected in the All-Star Team.
But the league only announced Kobe's replacement, and did not determine who to start. Now, according to the latest disclosure of Yahoo Sports reporter Mark J Spears, an insider revealed that this starting seat will belong to Harden.
In fact, before the answer was announced, Clippers point guard Paul's starting voice was very high. This season, Paul was pushed out of the All-Star starting position by Curry, partly because of his recent shoulder injury and continuous truce, which affected his popularity. After being successfully selected as an All-Star substitute, some experts and fans also think that Paul should start instead of Kobe Bryant. In addition, anthony davis's starting voice is also very high. After all, Davis' performance this season is quite outstanding, averaging 20.5 points 10. 1 rebound 3. 1 block, and he is the star of the host team.
According to an insider, the decision to let Harden start was decided by Brooks, coach of the Western All-Star Team. It is worth mentioning that Brooks, who is currently the head coach of Thunder, has coached Harden in the past, which is probably the embodiment of the mentoring relationship in the past.