Warriors’ Kevin Durant, Stephen Curry named All-Star starters
“It’s always great for the organization when you get guys named to the All-Star team,” Warriors head coach Steve Kerr said.
In 2015, when guard Klay Thompson was an injury replacement in the starting lineup alongside Curry, Golden State snapped a nearly half-century streak without two starters in the same All-Star Game (Rick Barry and Nate Thurmond in 1967).
Thompson and forward Draymond Green are expected to be named to the West squad when coaches’ votes for reserves are announced next Thursday.
Despite a strong push from his native country of Georgia, the Warriors’ Zaza Pachulia is unlikely to make his first career All-Star appearance next month.
After Pachulia came within 15,000 votes of being an All-Star starter last season, the NBA changed its voting system.
Through Wednesday, Curry was second in the league this season in free-throw percentage (92.6) and three-pointers (158), 12th in scoring (24.6 points per game) and 15th in assists (6.1 per game).
