2026 NBA All-Star Recreation rosters unveiled: LeBron James makes twenty second straight ASG

The total 2026 NBA All-Star Recreation rosters have been unveiled Sunday night time because the league introduced 14 extra reserves for the upcoming ASG. The ten starter picks have been introduced two weeks in the past forward of All-Star Weekend (Feb. 13-15) at Intuit Dome in Los Angeles. The sport will function a brand-new USA vs. The World format.

LeBron James has secured a spot on the 2026 All-Star roster as a reserve, extending his document streak to 22 consecutive All-Star choices. Regardless of turning 41 in December, James has continued to place up spectacular numbers, averaging 21.9 factors, 7.5 rebounds and seven.4 assists in 30 video games performed. NBA coaches choose reserves in every convention, and put LeBron on the West workforce forward of different attainable choices like Kawhi Leonard and Alperen Sengun.

Rounding out the Western Convention All-Star reserves is a mixture of established stars and rising expertise, highlighted by Anthony Edwards, Kevin Durant and Devin Booker, together with first-time choices Jamal Murray and Chet Holmgren. On the Jap Convention facet, the reserves function a mix of confirmed veterans and rising gamers, together with Donovan Mitchell, Karl-Anthony Cities and Pascal Siakam, with newcomers Jalen Duren and Jalen Johnson amongst these making their first All-Star appearances. 

Jap Convention All-Star reserves

Western Convention All-Star reservers

The NBA is debuting a dramatically reworked All-Star Recreation format in 2026 by shifting to a USA vs. The World structure, changing the standard East vs. West matchup on the court docket. The occasion will function three eight-player groups in complete — two made up of American gamers and one worldwide squad — competing in a round-robin event of 12-minute video games.

Whereas the sport format is new, the choice course of remained the identical to get this preliminary listing of 24 All-Stars. Followers, gamers and media nonetheless voted to decide on the All-Star starters from every convention, with seven bench gamers added per convention primarily based on coach voting. One key change in voting is the elimination of backcourt and frontcourt labels, permitting voters to easily choose the most effective gamers no matter place.

To make the brand new format work, the league has roster minimums: at the least 16 American gamers and eight worldwide gamers should be chosen, with commissioner Adam Silver approved so as to add gamers if wanted. 

Cities (Dominican Republic) and Powell (Jamaica) are each American-born gamers who’ve performed for different international locations internationally. But when they’re each on American groups on the 2026 All-Star Recreation, that would go away eight different worldwide gamers: Dončić, Jokić, Wembanyama, Antetokounmpo, Gilgeous-Alexander, Murray, Siakam and Avdija. Antetokounmpo, who has been a part of rampant commerce hypothesis just lately, will doubtless miss the 2026 ASG after hurting his calf final weekend.

2026 NBA All-Stars

* acknowledged as NBA All-Star starter