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NBA All-Star reserves 2023: All 14 reserves for each conference, including Joel Embiid and Ja Morant

Here’s a look at the NBA’s All-Star reserves.

Folks, the 2023 NBA All-Star game is all set. We finally have a complete look at the rosters for 2023.

Last week, the NBA All-Star starters were officially named with LeBron James and Giannis Antetkounmpo as the headliners. There were a few surprises here and there (looking at you, Zion Williamson), but for the most part, the rosters came and went without controversy.

Now, we’ve finally gotten to the part that will shake things up quite a bit. The All-Star reserves always get people riled up in this year’s crop will be no different. These selections are made by the NBA’s coaches and, each year, there’s always a player or two there the fans seem to want to swap out for someone else.

The reserves were officially named on Thursday. Here’s a look the results.

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Chris Paul headed to 10th All-Star Game

Paul was named an All-Star reserve, as voted on by league coaches. He went to nine-straight All-Star Games and was the MVP in 2012-13.

Chris Paul is going to another All-Star Game.

Initially reported by Chris Haynes of Yahoo! Sports, Paul was selected as one of the reserves as voted on by the league’s coaches.

The NBA made it official, announcing the news just after 6 p.m. CT.

It is the 10th All-Star selection for Paul, his first since the 2015-16 season when he represented the West as a member of the Los Angeles Clippers.

Paul was the All-Star Game MVP in 2012-13.

Per Shams Charania of The Athletic, also rounding out the reserves for the West are Damian Lillard, Donovan Mitchell, Nikola Jokic, Rudy Gobert, Brandon Ingram, and former Thunder guard, Russell Westbrook.

For the East, Jimmy Butler, Kyle Lowry, Ben Simmons, Khris Middleton, Jayson Tatum, Bam Adebayo, as well as former Thunder center, Domas Sabonis, make up the reserves.

The NBA announced some drastic changes to the format of the All-Star Game, including plans to incorporate a tribute to the late Kobe Bryant, on Thursday afternoon.

Instead of a standard four-quarter game, both teams will compete to win each of the first three quarters, with the score being reset to 0-0 after each 12-minute period.

The fourth quarter will be untimed.

As explained by ESPN, “the team that wins the All-Star Game will be the first to reach a target score, determined by the total points the team in the lead scored in the first three quarters combined — plus 24, the obvious nod to Bryant.”

According to the NBA’s president for league operations, Byron Spruell, there were already discussions in place to change the format when Sunday’s tragedy occurred.

“We spent a lot of time considering the right target number to use for the fourth quarter. Through the events of this week it became clear to us that the only appropriate number for this season’s All-Star game is 24.”

Multiple tributes to Bryant, his daughter Gianna, and the seven other victims in the helicopter crash are expected to take place throughout All-Star weekend.

The 2020 All-Star Game will take place on Sunday, Feb. 16. Tip-off is at 7 p.m. CT on TNT.