James, the player with the most All-Star appearances in NBA history, was selected No. 1 overall for the Feb. 16 competition in San Francisco. The All-Star draft was held on TNT, with analysts Shaquille O’Neal, Kenny Smith and Charles Barkley picking the teams.

He might not have been the headliner, but Anthony Davis is the only 2025 All-Star involved in the blockbuster trade between the Mavericks and Lakers.Davis, 31, is undoubtedly one of the game's all-time greats,

In July 2019, at Anthony Davis' first press conference as a member of the Los Angeles Lakers, the star big man said, "I'm not even going to sugarcoat it: I like the 4, I don't really like playing the 5.