LeBron James and Giannis Antetokounmpo picked their squads for the 72nd NBA All-Star Game.
The leader for each conference, LeBron James (West) and Giannis Antetokounmpo (East) got to select his squad and have the team named after him. The two team captains, LeBron and Giannis, drafted the team rosters from the pool of players voted as starters and reserves in each conference. Antetokounmpo did eventually draft Morant with his second pick from the starters pool.
Jaren Jackson Jr. ended up as the last reserve selected and was drafted by LeBron James, which means both Memphis Grizzlies players will be on opposite sides ...
The Milwaukee Bucks forward ended up drafting Morant with his second pick among the NBA starters. Antetokounmpo picked Morant as his third overall pick but forgot that the starters would be drafted after the reserves. But Giannis Antetokounmpo tried to draft him early and briefly forgot the rules of the All-Star Draft.
The superstars first made their reserve selections to get the ball rolling, with James drafting Anthony Edwards and Jaylen Brown and Antetokounmpo taking Damian ...
Giannis Antetokounmpo committed a great blunder during the All-Star Game draft with his pick of Ja Morant.
But all worked out for Antetokounmpo. LeBron countered with Anthony Edwards. Antetokounmpo went first and chose Damian Lillard.
Antetokounmpo sprained his right wrist on Thursday against the Chicago Bulls. Advertisement. Team Giannis won the opening tip-off of the All-Star Game.
Milwaukee Bucks superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo will travel to New York on Monday to undergo further testing on his injured right wrist, Tim Bontemps from ...
Milwaukee Bucks starGiannis Antetokounmpo is expected to miss TIMETABLE after suffering an injury to his INJURED PART. Per SOURCE...
The Bucks star suffered the injury in the team's last game before the All-Star break.
As he fell, he put his right arm out to brace himself and his wrist got jammed. He appeared to be in serious pain in the initial aftermath, and did not even ...
He played the first 20 seconds of the All-Star Game and scored one basket, but did most of his work pre-game as he fulfilled his duties as a captain during the All-Star Draft. Antetokounmpo left the Bucks' final game before the All-Star break, a 112-100 victory over the [Chicago Bulls](https://www.cbssports.com/nba/teams/CHI/chicago-bulls/) on Thursday, and was diagnosed with a sprain. As he fell, he put his right arm out to brace himself and his wrist got jammed.
SALT LAKE CITY -- Milwaukee Bucks superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo will travel to New York on Monday to undergo further testing on his injured right wrist, ...
"At the end of the day, obviously, you want to participate, you want to run up and down, joke around, have some dunks, create some work. But at the end of the day, I feel you also have to be mature. "Taking it day by day, try to get healthy," Antetokounmpo said when asked after the game about his level of concern about his wrist. Then, after starting the game, Antetokounmpo caught the ball on the baseline, laid the ball in the basket, committed an intentional foul and checked out with 11 minutes, 40 seconds to go in the first quarter. I don't think it's smart in any way to ... [Miami Heat](https://www.espn.com/nba/team/_/name/mia/miami-heat) center [Bam Adebayo](https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4066261/bam-adebayo), with Bucks teammate [Jrue Holiday](https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3995/jrue-holiday) taking his place to begin the second half.