{"id":498079,"date":"2026-01-19T20:57:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T00:57:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/jokic-and-antetokounmpo-lead-the-chosen-ones-for-the-2026-nba-all-star-game\/"},"modified":"2026-01-19T20:57:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T00:57:15","slug":"jokic-and-antetokounmpo-lead-the-chosen-ones-for-the-2026-nba-all-star-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/sports\/basketball\/jokic-and-antetokounmpo-lead-the-chosen-ones-for-the-2026-nba-all-star-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Jokic and Antetokounmpo lead the chosen ones for the 2026 NBA All-Star Game"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h2>\n\n\n<strong>WASHINGTON (EFE).\u2013<\/strong> Serbian <strong>Nikola Jokic<\/strong> and Greek <strong>Giannis Antetokounmpo<\/strong> head the list of players selected for the <strong>2026 NBA All-Star Game<\/strong>, which will be held in <strong>Los Angeles from February 13 to 15<\/strong>, the league reported this Monday.\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>You may be interested<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ab.deultimominuto.net\/deportes\/baloncesto\/towns-anota-23-puntos-pero-los-knicks-vuelven-a-caer-ante-los-suns-en-el-garden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">r:Towns scores 23 points, but the Knicks fall again to the Suns in the Garden<\/a><\/p>\n\n\nAntetokounmpo, star of the <strong>Milwaukee Bucks<\/strong>, leads the <strong>East<\/strong> selections, accompanied by <strong>Jalen Brunson<\/strong> (New York Knicks), <strong>Cade Cunningham<\/strong> (Detroit Pistons), <strong>Tyrese Maxey<\/strong> (Philadelphia 76ers) and <strong>Jaylen Brown<\/strong> (Boston Celtics).\n\nIn the <strong>Western Conference<\/strong>, alongside Jokic (Denver Nuggets), were chosen <strong>Luka Doncic<\/strong> (Los Angeles Lakers), <strong>Shai Gilgeous-Alexander<\/strong> (Oklahoma City Thunder), <strong>Stephen Curry<\/strong> (Golden State Warriors) and <strong>Victor Wembanyama<\/strong> (San Antonio Spurs).\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">New All-Star Format<\/h3>\n\n\nThese ten players make up the initial group of starters, selected through a combined vote of the <strong>fans (50%)<\/strong>, <strong>players (25%)<\/strong> and <strong>specialized media (25%)<\/strong>, in an All-Star Game that will premiere an <strong>innovative format<\/strong>.\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the first time in history, the All-Star game will not directly pit the East against the West. Once the rosters are complete, the players will be distributed into <strong>two United States teams and one Rest of the World team<\/strong>, who will compete in a <strong>mini-tournament under the &#8217;round robin&#8217; system<\/strong>, before a final between the top two finishers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Individual Brands<\/h3>\n\n\nFor <strong>Stephen Curry<\/strong>, this will be his <strong>twelfth appearance<\/strong> in the All-Star Game, the highest number among the players announced so far. He is followed by Antetokounmpo, with <strong>10 appearances<\/strong>, and Jokic, with <strong>eight<\/strong>.\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of the big absences from the first group of selected players is <strong>LeBron James<\/strong>, who is out after <strong>21 consecutive participations<\/strong> in the event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Event Venue<\/h3>\n\n\nThe 2026 All-Star Game will be held at the <strong>Intuit Dome in Inglewood<\/strong>, the new and modern home of the <strong>Los Angeles Clippers<\/strong>, inaugurated in the 2024-25 season and considered one of the most advanced facilities in the NBA.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON (EFE).\u2013 Serbian Nikola Jokic and Greek Giannis Antetokounmpo head the list of players selected for the 2026 NBA All-Star Game, which will be held in Los Angeles from February 13 to 15, the league reported this Monday. You may be interestedr:Towns scores 23 points, but the Knicks fall again to the Suns in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[35743],"tags":[611,40231,71,41186],"class_list":["post-498079","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-basketball","tag-deultimominuto","tag-dominican-republic","tag-nba","tag-theperiodicodelatruth"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-25zx","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","dum_api":{"author_name":"EFE","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/1200px-EFE_logo.svg-96x96.png","categories_name":["Basketball"],"featured_media_url":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498079","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=498079"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498079\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=498079"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=498079"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=498079"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}