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The best photos from Steph Curry’s performance in the NBA All-Star Game in Indiana

Here’s a look at some of the best photos from Steph Curry’s appearance in the 2024 NBA All-Star Game in Indiana.

For the 10th time in his already historic career, Steph Curry suited up as a member of the NBA’s All-Star Game. Coming off the bench for the first time in his All-Star career, Curry represented the Golden State Warriors on the Western Conference Team.

Curry tallied 16 points on 6-of-17 shooting from the field with eight assists and five rebounds in 26 minutes. The Warriors sharpshooter buried four 3-pointers from long distance in the Eastern Conference’s dominant win over the West, 211-186.

With the NBA’s All-Star festivities officially wrapped up in Indiana, here’s a look at some of the best photos from Curry’s performance at Gainbridge Fieldhouse on Sunday afternoon.

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Warriors’ Steph Curry scores 16 points off bench in NBA All-Star Game

The Golden State Warriors point guard dropped 16 points in his 10th appearance in the NBA All-Star Game.

After knocking off Sabrina Ionescu in the first NBA vs. WNBA 3-point competition on Saturday night in Indiana, Steph Curry suited up for his 10th appearance in the NBA All-Star game.

Curry came off the bench for the first time in the All-Star game, scoring 16 points on 6-of-17 shooting from the field with eight assists and five rebounds in 26 minutes.

The Warriors’ veteran point guard showed a wide variety of skills on Sunday night, including multiple triples and smooth handling. Curry drilled four 3-pointers. Curry also nearly put away a lob from Minnesota’s Karl-Anthony Towns.

Via @warriors on X:

Despite Curry’s 16 points off the bench, the Western Conference All-Star got blown out by the Eastern Conference 211-186. Damian Lillard was named All-Star game MVP for the second consecutive season, scoring 39 points with 11 made 3-pointers. Towns led all scorers with 50 points on 23-of-35 shooting from the field.

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Warriors rookie Brandin Podziemski selected to the 2024 NBA Rising Stars team

The rookie will represent the Warriors at All-Star weekend in Indiana.

Before the reserves are announced for the upcoming NBA All-Star game in Indiana, the NBA revealed the players selected for the Rising Stars game between rookies and sophomores at All-Star weekend.

2024 No. 19 overall pick out of Santa Clara, Brandin Podziemski, will represent the Warriors in the NBA’s Rising Stars game.

Via @NBAAllStar on Twitter:

The former first-round pick is averaging 9.2 points on 46.2% shooting from the field to go along with 5.4 rebounds and 3.2 assists in 24.2 minutes per game.

Podziemski will be the first member of the Warriors to play in the Rising Stars game since Jonathan Kuminga in 2022. Other Warriors like Mychal Mulder, James Wiseman, and Eric Paschall have recently made appearances in the Rising Stars game at All-Star weekend.

The Rising Stars game is scheduled for Friday, February 16 at Indiana’s Gainbridge Fieldhouse.

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Warriors’ Draymond Green selected as 2022 NBA All-Star reserve

For the fourth time in his career, Warriors forward Draymond Green has been selected as an NBA All-Star.

The Golden State Warriors will now have a trio of players representing the team for the 2022 NBA All-Star game in Cleveland.

On Thursday, the NBA announced the remaining reserves for the 2022 edition of the All-Star game. For the fourth time in his career, Draymond Green earned a nod to the All-Star game.

As a reserve, Green will give Golden State three All-Stars, with Steph Curry and Andrew Wiggins being named starters.

Via @NBAAllStar on Twitter:

During the 2021-22 season, Green has helped push the Warriors to one of the top defensive ratings in the NBA. On the offensive side of the floor, Green is averaging 7.9 points on 53.7% shooting from the field with 7.6 assists and 6.4 rebounds per contest.

Although he was named as one of the reserves, Green won’t play in Cleveland due to injury. Green has missed the Warriors’ last 13 games with a lower disc injury. The 31-year-old is expected to continue to miss time through the All-Star break.

With Green out, NBA commissioner Adam Silver will announce another player to replace him as an All-Star.

Via @ShamsCharania on Twitter:

The NBA’s All-Star weekend will begin on Friday, Feb. 18 in Cleveland.

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Two Boston Celtics feature in NBA Eastern Conference All-Star fan voting

Boston’s Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown are in the Eastern Conference’s top-10 in fan voting.

The Boston Celtics now have two players in the top-10 vote-getters for the Eastern Conference in the NBA’s All-Star fan vote, as Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum are featured.

Tatum, a two-time All-Star, has the fourth-most votes among frontcourt players with over 1.15 million. Tatum is one of 17 players to garner over a million votes and one of eight in the East. Brown, who earned his first All-Star nod last season, has cracked the top-10 with over 217,000 votes. Brown had not previously been in the first iteration of the top-10, but Celtics fans helped boost him after noticing his initial omission.

Both Tatum and Brown have been producing at a high level this season. Tatum is tied with Donovan Mitchell for the fourth-most total points scored at 976, good for 25.7 per game. Brown is averaging 24.5, which would be 13th in the league if he had the game time to qualify.

Should they continue to produce and stay healthy, at least one, if not both, should make the All-Star team for Feb. 20.

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NBA All-Star: Warriors’ Steph Curry leads Western Conference in first round of voting

Along with Steph Curry at the top of the Western Conference count in the fan voting, Andrew Wiggins, Draymond Green and Klay Thompson appeared in the first round of All-Star votes.

After recording one of the best records in the NBA through the first half of the season, members of the Golden State Warriors are getting their respect when it comes to the NBA All-Star game.

In the first round of fan voting for the 2022 All-Star game in Cleveland, four members of the Warriors appeared near the top of the list in the Western Conference.

Most Valuable Player candidate Steph Curry received the most votes in the Western Conference at 2,584,623. If voting ended today, Curry would be one of the captains for the event in February.

Through 35 games, Curry is averaging 26.5 points on 42% shooting from the field with 6.1 assists and 5.3 rebounds per game. Curry leads the NBA with 180 made 3-pointers on the season. If Curry’s lead on the vote holds, 2022 will be his eighth All-Star appearance.

Via @NBA on Twitter:

Although he hasn’t suited up for a game this season, Klay Thompson landed at No. 4 in the Western Conference voting for guards with 367,743 votes. Golden State’s injured wing earned more votes than Phoenix guards Devin Booker and Chris Paul, Utah guard Donovan Mitchell and Portland guard Damian Lillard.

In the frontcourt, Draymond Green and Andrew Wiggins earned top-five spots in voting. If Green is named to the All-Star team, it will be his fourth appearance.

Yet, for Wiggins, 2022 could be his All-Star debut. Through seven seasons, the former No. 1 pick has yet to crack an appearance in the All-Star game. In 2021-22, Wiggins is averaging 19.1 points on 48.9% shooting from the floor with 4.5 rebounds and 1.9 assists per game.

There will be more updates on where the vote stands before the window closes on Jan. 22 at midnight.

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Stephen Curry now tied with a Warriors legend for most NBA All-Star starter selections in franchise history

The Warriors All-Star is tied with a franchise legend for most stars all-time

After starting in the NBA All-Star game from 2014-2019, Stephen Curry is back as a 2021 starter. The 70th NBA All-Star game also marks Curry’s seventh selection as a starter, which ties the Golden State Warriors franchise record.

The Davidson product is now even with Warriors legend Rick Barry for most NBA All-Star starter selections in the history of the franchise. Barry was an NBA All-Star in Golden State from 1972-1978 after coming over to the NBA from the ABA.

Curry will suit up for Team LeBron on Sunday:

Steph Curry selected by LeBron James with third overall pick in 2021 NBA All-Star draft

With the third overall pick in the 2021 NBA All-Star draft, captain LeBron James landed Steph Curry of the Golden State Warriors.

After being named an All-Star for the 2021 edition of the draft, Steph Curry officially has his team. 

With the third overall pick in the 2021 NBA All-Star draft, LeBron James selected Golden State Warriors point guard. After landing Milwaukee’s Giannis Antetokounmpo with the top selection, James landed Curry in the second round of the televised All-Star draft. 

Following the Curry and Antetokounmpo picks, James rounded out the rest of his All-Star starting lineup with Dallas guard Luka Doncic and Denver’s Nikola Jokic.

Portland’s Damian Lillard, Philadelphia’s Ben Simmons, Phoenix’s Chris Paul, Boston’s Jaylen Brown, Los Angeles Clippers’ Paul George, Indiana’s Domantas Sabonis and Utah’s Rudy Gobert will join Team LeBron as reserves. 

With Curry, Lillard and Doncic surrounding James, Jokic and Antetokounmpo, Team LeBron will feature a trio of deadly long-distance shooters. 

Watch the moment James called on “Chef Curry” with the No. 2 pick in the All-Star draft via @NotNotDubs408 on Twitter: 

Former Warrior Kevin Durant passed on Curry to select his current teammate with the Brooklyn Nets, Kyrie Irving. 

Following his decision to use the second overall pick on Irving instead of Curry, Durant added Philadelphia’s Joel Embiid, Los Angeles Clippers’ Kawhi Leonard, Washington’s Bradley Beal and Boston’s Jayson Tatum.

Brooklyn’s James Harden, Phoenix’s Devin Booker, New Orleans forward Zion Williamson, Orlando’s Nikola Vucevic, New York’s Julius Randle, Chicago’s Zach Lavine, Utah’s Donovan Mitchell will come off the bench for Team Durant. 

Via @BleacherReport on Twitter: 

The 2021 All-Star game is slated for Sunday at 5 p.m. PST in Atlanta. Along with his duties for Team LeBron, the seven-time All-Star will participate in the 3-point competition at halftime. 

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NBA All-Star Game: Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown near the top in early voting

Celtics stars Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown rank in the top 5 in their positions in early All-Star voting.

The early returns for NBA All-Star fan voting are in, and a pair of Celtics stars rank in the top five of their positional group in the Eastern Conference.

The NBA wasn’t originally planning to hold an All-Star game in 2021, but progress is being made toward an agreement to stage a one-night event in Atlanta on March 7th. Should that game take place, it’s a lock that both Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown will be taking part – though neither player is likely to crack the starting lineup.

According to the NBA’s first fan returns, Tatum has received 822,151 fan votes, which ranks fourth among Eastern Conference frontcourt players. Tatum is more than 700,000 votes behind Philadelphia’s Joel Embiid in third. Nets star Kevin Durant received more votes than any other player in either conference with 2.3 million.

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Jaylen Brown ranks fourth among Eastern Conference guards with 590,195 votes, but is far behind the leading trio of Bradley Beal, Kyrie Irving and James Harden, all of whom received more than 1 million votes.

Fan voting helps determine the starting lineup of the 2021 All-Star Game, with fans receiving 50 percent of the vote. Current players and the media each receive 25 percent of the vote for All-Star starters, and NBA coaches select All-Star reserves.

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Steph and Ayesha Curry approve of the new All-Star Game format

Ayesha Curry posted an Instagram story of her and Steph enjoying the new format in the 2020 All-Star Game.

The NBA took a bold, yet innovative approach to the 2020 All-Star Game. Each quarter of the game, the score reset. Between Team Giannis and Team Lebron, the winner of each period won $100,000 donated to the charity of their choice.

In the fourth and final quarter, there was no clock as the teams played to a total instead of time. The leading group, after three quarters, added 24 points to their score total, and that was the goal to end the game.

At the end of the third quarter in 2020, Team Giannis led 133-124, making the game-winning total 157. The final period turned into a pick-up style battle. Both teams traded blows with Team Lebron rallying back to seal the 157-156 win on an Anthony Davis free throw.

The format provided a higher level of intensity to the exhibition game, especially in the fourth quarter, stamping the change successful.
Yet, there was still something missing from the new version of the NBA All-Star Game.

For the first time in years, the Golden State Warriors did not have a member represented in the game. Both of Golden State’s perineal All-Stars, Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson have combined to miss almost the entire 2019-20 season due to injury. However, even injured, Curry finished in the top-10 of Western Conference guard voting.

Although Curry wasn’t available to play in the new construction, the six-time NBA All-Star weighed in on the matter with excitement. Ayesha Curry posted an Instagram story with her husband watching the All-Star Game.

Both members of the Curry family approved of the new format of the game.

Curry is still recovering from his broken hand injury, but reports point towards a March return. If Curry can hit his return target, the Warriors will have around 20 games left this season with their two-time Most Valuable Player.

Once fully healthy next season, Curry will have the opportunity to participate in the new and entertaining All-Star Game setup.