His performance so far should be a shoe-in as long as we stay close to .500. I think Vuc has a strong argument too, but no way we get two all-stars on basically .500 team.

This is basically just a DeMar DeRozan appreciation post. I think his season is going under the radar because he's so consistent and everyone kind of expects this level of play out of him all the time. He's having yet another All-Star-caliber season at the age of 34 while leading the entire NBA in minutes:

57 G, 57 GS, 37.9 MPG, 46.7% FG, 49.6% eFG, 85.7% FT (7.4 FTAPG), 4.2 RPG, 5.2 APG, 1.1 SPG, .6 BPG, 22.9 PPG, 122 ORtg, 117 DRtg, 18.7 PER, 57.4% TS, .442 FTr, 24.8% USG, 6.5 WS, .145 WS/48, 1.4 BPM, 1.8 VORP

This year should have been his 7th All-Star selection.

Schedule

Friday, February 18

6PM Central - Ruffles NBA All-Star Celebrity Game | ESPN

8PM Central - Clorox Rising Stars | TNT

    Bulls Participant: Ayo Dosunmu

Saturday, February 19

10AM Central - NBA All-Star Practice | NBA TV

7PM Central - State Farm All-Star Saturday Night | TNT

    Taco Bell Skills Challenge (first event)

        Team Rooks: Scottie Barnes, Cade Cunningham, Josh Giddey

Winner: Team Cavs: Jarrett Allen, Darius Garland, Evan Mobley

        Team Antetokounmpos: Giannis, Alex, Thanasis

    MTN DEW 3-Point Contest (second event)

        Participants: CJ McCollum, Trae Young, Zach LaVine, Desmond Bane, Karl-Anthony Towns, Fred VanVleet, Luke Kennard, Patty Mills

Winner: Karl-Anthony Towns

     AT&T Slam Dunk Contest (third event)

        Participants: Cole Anthony, Juan Toscano-Anderson, Obi Toppin, Jalen Green

Winner: Obi Toppin

Sunday, February 20

1PM Central - G League Next Gem Game | NBA TV

7PM Central - All-Star Game | TNT/TBS

     Bulls Participants: Team LeBron - DeMar DeRozan

                                Team Durant - Zach LaVine

No one on the squad, no one in the Future's game (unless I missed something) none in the skills contests? Good. Everyone rest up and get ready for a sprint to the playoffs (wishful thinking)

TV: TNT

Skills Challenge

Time: 5:30pm CT/6:30pm ET

Participants: Robert Covington (Trail Blazers), Luka Doncic (Mavericks), Chris Paul (Suns), Julius Randle (Knicks), Domantas Sabonis (Pacers), Nikola Vucevic (Magic)

Winner: Domantas Sabonis (Pacers)

3-Point Contest

Time: After Skills Challenge

Participants: Mike Conley (Jazz), Jaylen Brown (Celtics), Stephen Curry (Warriors), Zach LaVine (Bulls), Donovan Mitchell (Jazz), Jayson Tatum (Celtics)

Winner: Stephen Curry (Warriors)

Dunk Contest

Time: Halftime

Participants Anfernee Simons (Trail Blazers), Cassius Stanley (Pacers), Obi Toppin (Knicks)

Winner: Anfernee Simons (Trail Blazers)

All-Star Game

Time: 7pm CT/8pm ET

Team LeBron: Giannis, Curry, Doncic, Jokic, LeBron, Lillard, Simmons, Paul, Brown, Sabonis, Gobert

Team Durant: Irving, Embiid, Leonard, Beal, Tatum, Harden, Booker, Williamson, LaVine, Randle, Vucevic, Mitchell, Conley