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2025 NBA All-Stars: Selecting East starters and reserves involves an unexpected choice

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Giannis Antetokounmpo , Jayson Tatum , Karl-Anthony Towns , Jalen Brunson and Darius Garland are the East 's frontcourt frontcourt starters.

Tatum leads the NBA in points scored in the paint by more than 100 points.

The Bucks have the NBA ’s third -best record and seventh -best net rating since.

The list looks a lot like an All-Star ballot which makes sense, considering Towns and Brunson are both there.

Towns has served as a half -court decongestant whose ability to pull opposing centers out of the paint has helped create acres of space for his teammates to exploit, as well as an elite three -level scoring threat.

Brunson is the stone-faced and stone-jawed, stone-shouldered on-court avatar of Tom Thibodeau .

NBA coaches alone decide the makeup of each conference’s bench.

Evan Mobley , Cade Cunningham , Pascal Siakam , Jaylen Brown , Donovan Mitchell , Trae Young and Damian Lillard are the other East frontcourt players I’d pick to complete the roster.

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