Thursday, January 29, 2015

2015 NBA All-Star Rosters, Slam Dunk Contest participants and more


The NBA has announced participants for the All-Star weekend festivities. Here they are in one place.


The 2014 NBA All-Star Game will take place in New York City from Feb. 13-15. Friday and Saturday night festivities will happen at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, while the actual All-Star Game will take place at Madison Square Garden in Manhattan.


The five starters for each conference were selected via fan vote and announced on Jan. 22. The seven reserves were selected by coaches in each conference and will be announced on Jan. 29. Atlanta's Mike Budenholzer will coach the Eastern Conference and Golden State's Steve Kerr will coach the West.


All-Star Saturday night will again feature the dunk contest, three-point shootout and skills competition. The dunk contest format has been changed back to a standard individual affair after the league experimented with an East vs. West team format last year.


Here's what we know about this year's participants.


All-Star Starters


WEST


Guard: Stephen Curry


Guard: Kobe Bryant (injured, will be replaced)


Forward: Anthony Davis


Forward: Blake Griffin


Forward: Marc Gasol


EAST


Guard: John Wall


Guard: Kyle Lowry


Forward: Pau Gasol


Forward: LeBron James


Forward: Carmelo Anthony


All-Star Reserves


WEST


Guard: James Harden (link)


Guard: Russell Westbrook (link)


Forward: Kevin Durant (link)


Forward: LaMarcus Aldridge (link)


Forward:


Wild Card: Klay Thompson (link)


Wild Card:


EAST


Guard: Jimmy Butler (link)


Guard: Jeff Teague (link)


Forward: Paul Millsap (link)


Forward: Al Horford (link)


Forward:


Wild Card:


Wild Card:


Rising Stars Challenge rosters


U.S. Team


Kentavios Caldwell-Pope


Michael Carter-Williams


Zach LaVine


Trey Burke


Shabazz Muhammad


Mason Plumlee


Victor Oladipo


Nerlens Noel


Elfrid Payton


Cody Zeller


WORLD TEAM


Giannis Antetokounmpo


Bojan Bogdanovic


Gorgui Dieng


Dante Exum


Nikola Mirotic


Rudy Gobert


Dennis Schroeder


Andrew Wiggins


Kelly Olynyk


Steven Adams


Slam Dunk Contest


Giannis Antetokounmpo


Victor Oladipo


Mason Plumlee


Zach LaVine


Three-Point Shootout


Kyle Korver


Klay Thompson


Stephen Curry


Marco Belinelli


Wes Matthews


J.J. Redick


Skills Challenge


TBD






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