NBA All Star Locks
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Good morning and welcome to the NBA Daily. I'm Dave DuFour, here with Espera Henney, Zena Keita. We're still in Vegas for the NBA Cup, which by now you know what's happened. But we're recording this ahead of time. We're talking All-Stars, our two early All-Stars, to celebrate the opening of All-Star voting. Before we jump into our teams, I do want to talk LeBron James. In what is not an all-star season. As one does. Yeah. Because this is, I mean, it's not going to be his last year, I don't think. I assume we would know ahead of time. But he missed a significant chunk at the start of the season. And so there's no way you can say what he's done on the court puts him in the all-star category, period. He's going to get in.
Fan vote. I don't think these guys is going to get... But none of us had him on our list as an all-star. I mean, there's just no argument there whatsoever. But how could you?
I didn't have him on my list as a, I guess you could say, credible.
Right, right.
But I had him on my list from the... sheer factor that the nba is not going to have an all-star without him especially at this point of his career and the fact that they're consistently changing things each year they need some sort of constant and lebron james is an all-star i think provides you and it's in la and it's in and it's in la and it's a fan game so like that in mind guys let's let's talk about our western all-stars we know lebron's going to be there yeah but i i want to talk first about the locks like
What are the early All-Star picks for the Western Conference?
The players that we just agree on, the unanimous selections, and it's probably the majority of this team because it's pretty obvious. Shea Gilders, Alexander. Yep. Front runner for MVP, obviously, Nikola Jokic. Yep. I think Victor Wimbinyama. Yep. Absolutely. Luka Doncic, who I think he just scored another 40 points. 40 points, yep. Steph Curry. Yes. Yes. Who, again, another 40-point game from him. With a loss. Most... Over Michael Jordan, right? Yeah, officially. Anthony Edwards. Yes. Unanimous selection there. Alperin Shingun.
Why is LeBron James considered a lock for the All-Star game?
Unanimous. Yes. Again, we're on it here. Kevin Durant. Yep, they get two. They do get two. And Jamal Murray. Jamal Murray.
I don't know if he's a lock. He's not a lock, but he is.
We all know the selection here. I mean, this is and again, one of the things we talked about coming into the season for the Nuggets that was super important for Jamal Murray, especially this is the year that you put up or shut up. They just made this huge overhaul to the roster. It's paid off, even though Christian Brown and Aaron Gordon have missed significant time. It's the best start in Nuggets history. And it's because Jamal Murray from the jump. He didn't play his way into shape like he has now.
Yeah, he's averaging a career-high in points, career-high in assists, doing it exactly how efficiently you want him to. The Jokic-Murray two-man game is literally one of the most unstoppable plays in basketball, if not the most. That 52-point game where he went 10 of 11 from three. Exactly. This is his best season, and he's healthy, so I think he should be in all of that.
And the biggest thing we've talked about this before, Dave, on the pod, like it's the fact that he's not having these games where he dips away, where he's not a factor, where you're kind of like, what's going on with Jamal Murray? And that's what's happened in the previous years. That's why he's lacked the all-star credibility in the past. And people are now seeing consistency from him and impacting winning every single night. And that's great.
And he's able to lead those bench units.
Who are the All-Star locks in the Western Conference?
Yeah. Right. And that's been a game changer for them to not lose those minutes. So, again, all star back to 2020 swagger. Yeah. Oh, yeah. OK. Now we might get into some debate here down toward the bottom of the list. I'm going to I'm going to say Devin Booker is an all star. I agree. All right. Did he also make your list? He was an honorable mention. Okay, so he's close, okay? The argument there is that the Suns have been this great story.
They are exceeding expectations by basically all measures.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:08–1:36
2
What are the early All-Star picks for the Western Conference?
1:36–2:12
3
Why is LeBron James considered a lock for the All-Star game?
2:12–3:36
4
Who are the All-Star locks in the Western Conference?
3:36–9:29
5
What players are on the fringes of being All-Star selections?
9:29–24:10