
1 pick of the 2014 draft has blossomed since being traded to Golden State two years ago and is averaging 18.1 points for the team with the league’s second-best record. Wiggins was the most surprising selection. “Blessed & Thankful,” he wrote on Twitter in appreciation of his fans. Averaging 25.8 points, 6.9 assists and 5.9 rebounds, he joins Marc Gasol as the only Grizzlies players voted All-Star starters. 2 pick behind Zion Williamson in the 2019 draft, was rewarded for elevating Memphis to a surprising third in the Western Conference. Kevin Durant is announced as the captain for the East All-Star squad. He has been a captain every year since the league went away from the East vs. James, who began his NBA career with the Cavaliers in 2003 and led them to the 2016 championship during his second stint there, was chosen as an All-Star for the 18th straight time. James and Durant, as the leading vote-getters in each conference, will be the captains who draft players for the rosters for the Feb. The starters from the East were Brooklyn’s Kevin Durant, Milwaukee’s Giannis Antetokounmpo and Philadelphia’s Joel Embiid in the frontcourt, along with Atlanta’s Trae Young and Chicago’s DeMar DeRozan.Ģ022 NBA All-Star: Eastern Conference startersĭeMar DeRozan (Chicago Bulls) 2022 NBA All-Star: Western Conference starters 2022 NBA All-Star | All-Star roster | Complete voting results.Reigning Kia MVP Nikola Jokic of the Denver Nuggets and Warriors superstar Stephen Curry joined them Thursday as the other players voted as starters from the Western Conference. NEW YORK (AP) - LeBron James will return to Cleveland as an All-Star Game captain, and Ja Morant and Andrew Wiggins are headed there as first-time selections. Recent additions: The Ben Affleck-directed and starrer Air (we call this one a shoe-in), Disney family drama Chang Can Dunk, that White Men Can’t Jump remake, the anime The First Slam Dunk, and Apple documentary Stephen Curry: Underrated.LeBron James will be All-Star captain for a 5th time while Kevin Durant earns the honor for a 2nd straight season. And He Got Game and White Men Can’t Jump hook in that ’90s edge, with Spike Lee, Denzel Washington, Wesley Snipes, and Woody Harrelson all performing at the height of their powers. From the same year as Love & Basketball, 2000’s Finding Forrester sees director Gus Van Sant working the same gameplan that made Good Will Hunting a success. Love & Basketball, directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood, blends romance and sports together, tracking a young athlete’s growth across high school, college and beyond.

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Air is similar to High-Flying Bird in that they both delve into some of the most legendary business deals in professional basketball. Affleck has a particular affection for basketball, as he released the crowd-pleasing Air in 2023. Hustle and The Way Back are comeback stories both on and off screen: Adam Sandler and Ben Affleck get to show off their dramatic chops as coaches after releasing a string of movies not taken seriously by critics. Hoop Dreams and The Heart of the Game are both documentaries, following high schoolers (the former set in Chicago, the latter featuring an all-girls team in Seattle) as they pursue their ambition on the court. The top 10 basketball movies are all Certified Fresh, meaning they were all slam dunks with critics. Our starting lineup for the best basketball movies of all time includes inspiring documentaries ( Hoop Dreams), legendary underdog tales ( Hoosiers), 1990s streetball classics ( He Got Game, White Men Can’t Jump), and behind-the-scenes stories ( High-Flying Bird) that reveal the business beyond the ball. (Photo by GKids) 56 Best Basketball Movies, Ranked by Tomatometer
