NBA All-Star Game 2016 Rosters: Starters, Reserves, Injury Updates on Top Stars

February 12th, 2016 by Chris Roling Leave a reply »

The NBA's best take to Toronto's Air Canada Centre Sunday for the 65th All-Star Game.

This iteration has a bit of everything for fans. It's one of the most hyped editions in recent memory because superstar Kobe Bryant takes to the festivities one last time. Paul George returns, Russell Westbrook is back to defend his MVP and James Harden's beard will be there.

As it should be, the roster is one of the most ridiculous things ever crafted, an allotment of names otherwise only possible in a video game.

Here are the starters and reserves:



As is the case with any All-Star Game, though, the injury bug does play a role in the festivities.

For example, Chicago Bulls superstar Jimmy Butler, he of a league-high 37.9 minutes per game with 22.4 points for good measure, won't be able to suit up, according to the team.

In an interesting turn of events, this made room for Butler's teammate Pau Gasol. An injury is never a good thing, but this development gives fans something they should have thought of during the voting process—the chance to see Gasol and Bryant together at ...

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