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With the NBA's inaugural in-season tournament in the books and the Los Angeles Lakers having raised the NBA Cup, it's time to look ahead to the next marquee event on the league's schedule: February's All-Star Game.
My choices for players performing at an All-Star level over the first quarter of the regular season include a rookie -- which hasn't happened since Los Angeles Clippers forward Blake Griffin in 2011 -- and four other first-timers, two as starters in the Eastern Conference. Three other starters squared off in Saturday's in-season tournament final between the Lakers and Indiana Pacers.