During one of various recent interviews about the upcoming 2018 NBA All-Star Game, Anthony Davis half-jokingly said he expected to be drafted to a different team from DeMarcus Cousins, because “they’re probably not going to allow” the pair to be on the same squad at the midseason classic. As it turns out, All-Star captain LeBron James had other ideas, because he picked both New Orleans Pelicans bigs during the first-ever All-Star draft, which was held behind closed doors Thursday.
The results of the selections by James and opposing-team captain Stephen Curry were announced during TNT’s pregame show Thursday evening, with James joining Davis and Cousins in the “Team LeBron” starting lineup, along with Golden State’s Kevin Durant and Boston’s Kyrie Irving, who’ll be reunited for one night with James as a teammate.