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East & West NBA All-Star Starters Revealed | Inside the NBA · Bleacher Report

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  Speaker 1: Kenny, are you prepared to give us the first lease
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  Speaker 1: the first name in the Eastern Conference for the starters?
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  Speaker 2: This is the You're gonna be happily surprised the first name.
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  Speaker 2: East Daughters guard Jalen Brunson from the New York Knicks.
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  Speaker 1: Well deserved second straight All Star appearance for Jalen Brunson, the.
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  Speaker 3: Twenty eight year old for the.
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  Speaker 1: Twenty nine and sixteen Nix number three in the East,
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  Speaker 1: averaging twenty six points a game. That's number nine, three rebounds,
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  Speaker 1: seven assists, which is number nine, shooting forty nine percent,
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  Speaker 1: thirty nine percent from deep, and s fifteen games of
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  Speaker 1: at least thirty points. So Jalen Brunson is a starter
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  Speaker 1: out of the East. Who's your second?
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  Speaker 4: Abby? I got to say his name?
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  Speaker 2: And second in the back court Donovan Mitzeu from the
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  Speaker 2: Cleveland Cavaliers.
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  Speaker 1: Sharing the best record in the NBA with the Oklahoma
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  Speaker 1: City Thunder thirty six and seven. Sixth All Star selection
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  Speaker 1: for Donovan Mitchell in sixty This is eighth season, twenty
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  Speaker 1: three a night, four rebounds, four assists.
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  Speaker 3: And playing in forty one of vibs.
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  Speaker 4: Fans were definitely got rid of because you know, well,
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  Speaker 4: Mellow was leading away for a long time. But I
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  Speaker 4: mean the combination.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, but the fans had them. Well, no, fans didn't
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  Speaker 1: actually at through the first three, but you're right, uh
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  Speaker 1: fans media players. Okay, So the back quarter is set
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  Speaker 1: with Jalen Brunson and Donovan Mitchell. Now, Sir Charles uh
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  Speaker 1: one at a time on these three names for the
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  Speaker 1: East front court.
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  Speaker 3: And the oscar goes to.
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  Speaker 4: One name, please, okay?
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  Speaker 5: From the New York Knicks. Carl Anthony Towns two Knicks.
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  Speaker 3: To Knicks among the starters.
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  Speaker 1: Well deserved fifth All Star appearance in his tenth season.
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  Speaker 1: Twenty five points a game is number thirteen. He's second
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  Speaker 1: in rebounds with fourteen to night. He's had eighteen games
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  Speaker 1: of at least fifteen rebounds. That's the most in that
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  Speaker 1: department in the NBA. And so Carl Anthony Towns one
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  Speaker 1: of the starters in the East.
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  Speaker 3: From the New York Knicks. I assume you have two
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  Speaker 3: more names.
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  Speaker 5: You are correct, Ernest from the Milwaukee Bucks, Yanni's Ante Kumpo.
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  Speaker 3: Did I say it was in the neighborhood.
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  Speaker 4: I know what I meant.
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  Speaker 3: I think we all understand who you were talking about.
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  Speaker 1: Ninth straight to the Star appearance, the Greek Freak All
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  Speaker 1: Star Game MVP and twenty one second in the league
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  Speaker 1: in scoring with thirty one fifteen rebounds with twelve shooting
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  Speaker 1: sixty percent on the season. So Yannis and Carl Anthony
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  Speaker 1: towns so far shack in the East on the along.
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  Speaker 6: The front line, are not mad at it at all.
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  Speaker 3: Let's have that third one.
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  Speaker 4: And we're gonna see that young man later tonight.
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  Speaker 5: All from the Boston Celtics. J Song Tatomuse. I'm sure
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  Speaker 5: he appreciated the way you said that. Celtics are thirty
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  Speaker 5: one and thirteen, second best record in the East. Fifth
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  Speaker 5: All Star selection for Jason.
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  Speaker 1: He was the MVP in twenty three of the All
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  Speaker 1: Star Game. Twenty seven points to night is number five,
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  Speaker 1: nine rebounds, is number nineteen, shooting forty six percent, and
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  Speaker 1: he's played in forty one of the Celtics forty four.
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  Speaker 5: Great player, just not good enough to play in the Olympic.
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  Speaker 5: But he's a great player five, but not good enough
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  Speaker 5: to repent of country.
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  Speaker 1: I do need to I do need to take a
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  Speaker 1: look at this because this is from Mark Brusard, who
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  Speaker 1: goes through all of the all the numbers and let's see. Okay, okay,
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  Speaker 1: kase me a second just to get through this, just no,
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  Speaker 1: I just want to make sure. So Donovan Mitchell, Jalen Brunson, Okay,
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  Speaker 1: LaMelo Ball had the most fan votes. Not a starter, uh,
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  Speaker 1: Paulo ban Caro was fourth there in the Eastern Conference
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  Speaker 1: in the race for a starting spot along the front line,
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  Speaker 1: and Damian Lillard right there as well, but not enough
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  Speaker 1: as we look at Ball third, Trey Young fourth among
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  Speaker 1: backcourt in the front court ban Caro Mobley and Jalen
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  Speaker 1: Brown after those other three who were.
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  Speaker 3: Who were named starters.
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  Speaker 1: Congratulations, got this again before we do the West real
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  Speaker 1: quick because I was looking at how at this voting
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  Speaker 1: breakdown now that I had a couple of seconds. So
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  Speaker 1: LaMelo Ball was third overall. He it's third in the
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  Speaker 1: player rank, first in the fan vote, and seventh in
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  Speaker 1: the media rank. As seventh as the number three has
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  Speaker 1: finishing number three in that ballant is.
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  Speaker 4: Having a really good year. Media don't like him?
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  Speaker 5: Huh, Well, you know, do they not like him or
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  Speaker 5: they don't watch the Hornets play?
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  Speaker 4: Well, if you don't watch, how could you be voting
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  Speaker 4: for the All Star? Well, you know, if you don't
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  Speaker 4: watch the basketball games, I might watch a guy.
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  Speaker 5: How many people, to be honest, most of these guys
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  Speaker 5: in the media, they don't watch all these be voting. Well,
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  Speaker 5: that's that's a debate. Can watch the basketball?
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  Speaker 3: Vot people would like to know.
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  Speaker 4: I never watched the Hornets game?
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  Speaker 3: Well, I don't vote.
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  Speaker 1: There it is once again Kenny will start with the
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  Speaker 1: backcourt in the West again.
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  Speaker 3: Two names, three names. Don't open it up yet, Shack please, Okay,
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  Speaker 3: we're ready, We are ready.
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  Speaker 6: In the West.
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  Speaker 2: Surprise surprise, Stephan Curry from the Golden State Warriors.
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  Speaker 3: His eleventh All Star appearance.
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  Speaker 1: Sixteenth season MVP of the Game in twenty two, twenty
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  Speaker 1: three points, five rebounds, six assists per night, shooting forty
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  Speaker 1: five percent and forty one percent from deep for the
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  Speaker 1: Golden State Warriors.
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  Speaker 3: And joining Stephen Curry in the back court of the West.
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  Speaker 2: Another surprise, say Gildas Alexander, better known as SGA from
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  Speaker 2: the Oklahoma City Done.
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  Speaker 3: Who are thirty six and seven?
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  Speaker 4: That's record in South? Right?
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  Speaker 6: I know?
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  Speaker 4: He put up a ninth fifty piece last.
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  Speaker 1: A little fifty four piece against Utah. Thirty two points.
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  Speaker 3: A night is tops in the League. Six assists the
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  Speaker 3: night is number nineteen.
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  Speaker 1: He's shooting fifty three percent, has played in all but
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  Speaker 1: one game for Oklahoma City and has twenty five games
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  Speaker 1: of at least thirty points a Shay Gilders Alexander third all.
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  Speaker 4: I don't have to open the balance for that. Let's
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  Speaker 4: hope that.
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  Speaker 1: No.
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  Speaker 4: Okay, go ahead.
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  Speaker 1: I know the way you are one at a time,
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  Speaker 1: said one at a time, Shack, Thank you, Kenny. Western
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  Speaker 1: Conference front court right here.
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  Speaker 6: From the Phoenix Suns, Kevin Durrant.
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  Speaker 1: His fifteenth All Star appearance in twenty twenty five, his
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  Speaker 1: thirteenth start, averaging twenty seven points a game. That's number six,
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  Speaker 1: shooting fifty two percent, thirteen games of at least thirty points,
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  Speaker 1: two time All Star Game MVP, and of course Kenny,
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  Speaker 1: the two time horse champion being that All Star weekend
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  Speaker 1: back in the back in the day.
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  Speaker 4: Who's next?
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  Speaker 6: From the Los Angeles Lakers, Lebron James.
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  Speaker 1: At the age of forty, Lakers are twenty three and
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  Speaker 1: eighteen twenty first straight appear.
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  Speaker 3: It's all as a starter.
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  Speaker 4: I would never let a Florio man.
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  Speaker 1: Twenty four points a game is number anything, just outside
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  Speaker 1: the top twenty nine assists is number five, as he
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  Speaker 1: plays in thirty eight of their forty one games, three
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  Speaker 1: time All Star Game MVP in six, eight and twenty
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  Speaker 1: eight six. So yeah, So Lebron is there, KD is there.
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  Speaker 3: Who's going to join him on the West front line.
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  Speaker 6: From the Denver Nuggets, Nikola Djokich or Nicole j whichever
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  Speaker 6: you prefer. You guys are tight. You speak his language.
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  Speaker 3: He enjoys hearing heard. Uh, three time reigning MVP.
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  Speaker 5: He's you know, the thing that's amazing. It's got probably
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  Speaker 5: the best player in the world. I mean, he just ridiculous,
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  Speaker 5: I mean amazing. He's just great everything about him. But
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  Speaker 5: Jake good Is Alexander's gonna win that MVP this year.
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  Speaker 5: They got a long way to go this season.
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  Speaker 1: Now, listen, thirty points a game is number three, thirteen
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  Speaker 1: rebounds is number three in the league. Ten assists number
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  Speaker 1: two in the league.
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  Speaker 4: That's crazy.
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  Speaker 1: Shooting forty seven percent from three, that's number two in
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  Speaker 1: the league, and the Nuggets hitting their stride. They are
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  Speaker 1: twenty seven and sixteen early. By the way, he also
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  Speaker 1: leads the league in triple doubles with nineteen. So it's Lebron,
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  Speaker 1: It's Joker and it's Kevin Durant, Shay Gilgess, Alexander and
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  Speaker 1: Steph Curry. Now let me take a gander at the
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  Speaker 1: breakdown here in the West, So bear with me for
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  Speaker 1: a second. Sga and Steph clear one and two. Luca
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  Speaker 1: has really been limited in the number of games he
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  Speaker 1: has played, just twenty two games. He finished third, sixth
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  Speaker 1: by the players, third by the fans, and fourth by
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  Speaker 1: the media. Anthony Edwards followed Luka Doncic and on the
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  Speaker 1: front court by Kevin Durant. This was a close race
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  Speaker 1: over Victor Wembin Yama for that final front court starting spot.
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  Speaker 1: Durant was second by the players, third by the fans,
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  Speaker 1: and fifth by the media media. Wemby was fourth by
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  Speaker 1: the players, fourth by the fans and second by the media,
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  Speaker 1: and he is edged out by Kevin Durant. Anthony Davis
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  Speaker 1: followed Wembin Yama.