WASHINGTON – For one night, Luka Doncic will be teammates with his childhood hero, LeBron James.
James took the Mavericks’ point guard with his third pick in Thursday’s All-Star Draft and the two will be starting alongside each other on Feb. 16 at Chicago in the All-Star Game.
Going into the draft of players that would determine the sides, there were two schools of thought.
Either Doncic would be treated like royalty and be one a top pick by one of the captains – James or Giannis Antetokounmpo.
Or, as a first-time All-Star, he’d get the freeze-out treatment, left to languish while waiting to be one of the last (or maybe the final) pick of draft among the eight starters who would join the two top vote-getters before the reserves were picked.