LeBron James Reveals The Order In Which He Drafted His All-Star Team Starters

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The NBA’s new captain-oriented All-Star format was very much a success. I was in New Orleans last year for the All-Star game and it was as uninspiring as it could be, despite the best players on the planet being on one floor together. During this year’s game, players looked to be actually playing hard-nosed, strategic basketball for at least a chunk of the game. Was the product enhanced by the captain format or the $100,000 incentive for each player on the winning team? Probably both, but it felt like something was at stake, which was a welcomed feeling.

One of the huge missed opportunities for the NBA was not televising the All-Star Draft. LeBron James and Steph Curry chose their teams in secrecy from the general public, and we all missed out on egos being bruised and gossipy storylines about the order in which both teams were chosen. After sitting with the Players’ Union, NBA Commissior Adam Silver said on the decision not to televise the event: “Let’s not turn something that’s 100 percent positive into a potential negative to any player.” Poor, poor multi-millionaires. The good news is that Silver said that the Draft will potentially be televised next year.

Following Team LeBron’s 148-145 victory over Team Steph, the All-Star MVP gave us the answer to the question we’ve all been asking for weeks: in what order was his team chosen?

Your move, Steph.

[h/t Uproxx]