The announcement of the NBA All-Star Game starters never arrives without a bit of controversy, and that's never been truer as the 2015 edition draws near.
The NBA released Thursday night the five players that will represent both the Eastern Conference and Western Conference, with a few emerging stars and surprises among a list of your typical superstar players. The bigger surprises came in how the fans voted past the starters although the final seven players from each roster will be selected by a coaches vote.
Although not everybody tends to agree with the selections each year, being selected for the All-Star Game—much less as a starter—is a career-defining accomplishment for some players and doesn't come without a fair share of excitement.
Let's look at the complete list of starters from both conferences and take a glance at what the players had to say.
Eastern Conference
There's nowhere else to begin but at the top.
The big question entering the All-Star starters reveal was whether teams like the Atlanta Hawks and Toronto Raptors—who le ...
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