NEW YORK—LeBron James got Kevin Durant and reunited with Kyrie Irving in the NBA’s first all-star draft. Stephen Curry picked James Harden and Giannis Antetokounmpo, the NBA’s top two scorers, and grabbed his other two Golden State teammates in the selections Thursday. “I just tried to pick the best available players,” James told NBA.com. “It was an easy choice for me.”James and Curry will be the captains Feb. 18 in Los Angeles for the first NBA All-Star Game that doesn’t use the Eastern Conference vs. Western Conference format. Lowry had openly lobbied to wind up on the same all-star side as DeRozan, his Raptor running mate.

Source: thestar January 26, 2018 01:29 UTC