OKLAHOMA CITY – When All-Star starters were announced Thursday night, there weren’t any real surprises, even if people in San Antonio howl that Victor Wembanyama wasn’t among them.
As was expected, neither Luka Donu010diu0107 nor Kyrie Irving made the Western Conference starters. Irving will wait until the reserves are announced on Feb. 1. Donu010diu0107 probably has missed too many games to be considered for a reserve slot, but stranger things have happened.
One thing that was no shock to anybody was Shai Gilgeous-Alexander being named to the West starters. The Oklahoma City guard leads the league in scoring (32 points per game) and had a 54-point outing on Wednesday.