Be a superstar game

Zach LaVine should be a lock to make the team and deserves starter consideration. The coaches have the hard cuts, because after those four guards you can only take one or two more backcourt players from Jrue Holiday , Darius Garland , and LaMelo Ball and Ziller makes a good point that Fred VanVleet deserves to be in consideration as well, and maybe Cole Anthony.

After that, it gets much more challenging. For the open frontcourt spot, Rudy Gobert has a legit case to start, while Paul George would have been hard to keep off before his injury. But for my money, Green has been the best of the lot and deserves the spot, his play on both ends being critical to the best team in the NBA right now. For now. I think Morant should be a lock for the reserves, but will the coaches see it that way? Young added 14 assists. Jimmy Butler went down with what the Heat called a right ankle injury, and he had to be helped off the court against the Warriors Tuesday night.

He did not return. Jimmy Butler needed to be helped off the court after sustaining an apparent right leg injury pic. Butler was trying to drive around Juan Toscano-Anderson , his left foot slipped, and as he fell there was an awkward plant of his right foot.

Butler, of course, thought it was nothing later but the Heat are going to wait and do something crazy like wait for their medical staff to make the call.

Miami has survived a rash of injuries this season — Bam Adebayo is still out with a thumb injury — and players being sidelined by COVID. Butler missed 15 games this season. That the Heat have kept winning and are fourth in the East is a credit to their culture. Golden State came away with the victory in this game. The NBA All-Star game is about a month away, and if players want to have a strong shot to get named to their respective teams, now is the time to go all out.

James, who turned 37 in late December, is having an extraordinary season, especially with his offensive production. The year veteran is averaging James led the Western Conference frontcourt in fan voting when the first round of votes were revealed last week.

He garnered more than 2,, votes, which ranked second behind Stephen Curry to be an All-Star captain, a title James has held for four consecutive years. If he maintains this level of play and helps L. The All-Star game is slated for Feb.