According to NBA insider Jake Fischer, the San Antonio Spurs tried to trade for Cleveland Cavaliers guard Darius Garland and Charlotte Hornets guard LaMelo

The Spurs did call Cleveland on Darius Garland last June, sources said, when San Antonio still had the Nos. 4 and 8 picks in the 2024 NBA Draft available to trade. The Cavaliers did not show much

Charlotte Hornets guard LaMelo Ball is having the best statistical season of his career, through the first 44 games of the year. However, the team remains 12-32

Star reserves were unveiled Thursday night on TNT’s Inside the NBA and officially confirmed by the league shortly after. A total of 14 players will join the 10 starters in San Francisco on February 16.

Even though the format of the game is a bit different, the voting method remains the same. The results to determine the starting lineup are once again calculated based on a weighted system from fan voting, media voting, as well as player voting.

The Cavs are rolling thanks in large part to Garland's play, but the East — and Cleveland's — backcourt is a crowded one.

Among those to make the cut are first-timer Victor Wembanyama and 21st-timer LeBron James. Six teams had multiple selections, while only two teams above .500 — the Dallas Mavericks and Sacramento Kings — had none. The game is once again stacked with recognizable talent, but there were plenty more players beyond the 24 players selected.

LaMelo Ball is one of the more entertaining young stars in the NBA, but his team might hold him back from being an All-Star - (Image Source: Imagn) LaMelo Ball seemed like he would be an All-Star starter shoo-in when the fan-voting period ended.

LaMelo Ball is not an All-Star this year. He could theoretically get in as an injury replacement. The Charlotte Hornets guard is probably first or second (maybe

NBA All-Star starters already announced last week, the seven reserves for each conference were revealed on Thursday night. Reminder, this year's All-Star game is not a traditional format. It's four teams of eight (24 All-Stars split evenly and the winning team of the Rising Stars game) playing basically a bracketed tournament.

While LaMelo fans see him as carrying the Hornets on a nightly basis, media voters see a player that has lost 57 percent of his career games. One local beat writer who chose not to vote for Ball in the past cited the lack of team success as his main reason for passing on the guard.