Anthony Davis chosen as reserve of the NBA All-Star; 4 beginners do it

FEATURE – On January 12, 2019, New Orleans Pelicans' Anthony Davis plays Minnesota Timberwolves at an NBA basketball game in Minneapolis. Davis' agent said the five-star had told the pelicans in New Orleans that he wanted to be traded against a rival team. Agent Rich Paul confirmed the request to the Associated Press early Monday, January 28. (AP Photo / Jim Mone, file)

New Orleans has an All-Star for the sixth year in a row.

That is, unless it is exchanged first.

Anthony Davis, an outstanding player among the 14 players announced Thursday as reserve for the All-Star Game in Charlotte, was selected by Anthony Davis. Davis wants to be traded from New Orleans before the trading deadline of February 7th. It is therefore difficult to know if his uniform for the game of stars on February 17 will carry the logo of the Pelicans or not.

This is the sixth time that All-Star is a nod to Davis. The Pelicans do not know if he will play for them again, but there is no guarantee that he will be traded until next week.

"It's something that will obviously have to be discussed for what is best for him and our team," said Pelicans coach Alvin Gentry.

Russell Westbrook (Oklahoma City), Nikola Jokic (Denver), Damian Lillard (Portland), Klay Thompson (Golden State), LaMarcus Aldridge (San Antonio) and Karl-Anthony Town (Minnesota) are the other reserves. Jokic said he was not surprised, although some of the people closest to him, he said, were apparently caught a little off guard.

"My girlfriend started crying and my brother started yelling and screaming," Jokic told TNT, which aired the announcements from the reserve.

Victor Oladipo of Indiana has been selected as the Eastern Conference Reserve even though his season is over due to injury. Kyle Lowry of Toronto, Khris Middleton of Milwaukee, Ben Simmons of Philadelphia, Bradley Beal of Washington, Blake Griffin of Detroit and Nikola Vucevic of Orlando – the first Magic player to play the game since Dwight Howard in 2012.

Jokic, Middleton, Simmons and Vucevic are the All-Stars for the first time. Vucevic's teammates were as happy as he was to have the word.

"Seeing someone rewarded for their hard work is great," said Terrence Ross of Orlando.

The fans, the media and the players collaborated to vote for the starters. Reservists have been selected by NBA coaches.

"It's truly an honor to be chosen All-Star by the coaches of our league," Griffin said.

Dallas rookie Luka Doncic has failed to qualify for the first rookie since Griffin in 2011. All-Stars – Griffin, Yao Ming, Tim Duncan, Grant Hill, Shaquille O. Neal, Dikembe Mutombo and David Robinson have been the seven stars of the past 30 years.

Donovan Mitchell and Rudy Gobert of Utah both failed, as did Tobias Harris of the Los Angeles Clippers. In addition, Devin Harris of Phoenix was not selected, although he entered Thursday 11th in the NBA to score and 10th for aids. Detroit leader Andre Drummond of Detroit did not make the match either.

Next step is the All-Star Rescue, which will be handled by Team Captains LeBron James and Giannis Antetokounmpo on February 7th. James will have the first overall pick, and they will continue until each team has 12 players for the match. James and Antetokounmpo will first choose starters – with this group including Joel Embiid (Philadelphia), Kawhi Leonard (Toronto), Kyrie Irving (Boston), Kemba Walker (Charlotte), Stephen Curry (Golden State) and James Harden (Houston) .

At the same time, for the second time in three years, fans are hoping to see Miami's Dwyane Wade compete in another all-star game.

Wade has a choice between a star game and that is if the NBA commissioner, Adam Silver, chooses him as Oladipo's replacement. Jimmy Butler (Philadelphia), D'Angelo Russell (Brooklyn) and Jayson Tatum (Boston) are worthy of consideration.

Wade got the second highest number of votes from one of the Eastern Conference guards in 2017 and the second highest number of votes from one of the East Guards this year again – and in the two cases, he did not make the same team as a reserve. With the system that was up until 2016, he would have been a starter. But the NBA has moved to a weighted voting system in 2017, a system that puts less emphasis on fan voting.

Wade's career ends with 12 All-Star selections. He is retiring after this season.

"I'm mad. I do not know how many times I have to say it, "said Wade, who would play in the star vote process when he was selected, but he was not going to press for an appearance. ;farewell. "Anyone who participates in the All-Star Game, congratulations to them. If it's their first time, congratulations. I know how much that meant. "

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