Karl-Anthony Towns is chosen as a reserve for the 2026 NBA All-Star Game<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nFor the first time in his extensive career, the star forward of the Los Angeles Lakers<\/strong> will participate in the All-Star game from the bench. Even so, his inclusion reaffirms his relevance in the elite of basketball, despite his more than two decades in the NBA.<\/p>\n\n\nIn the Western Conference<\/strong>, James will be joined by Anthony Edwards<\/strong> (Timberwolves), Jamal Murray<\/strong> (Nuggets), Chet Holmgren<\/strong> (Thunder), Devin Booker<\/strong> (Suns) and Deni Avdija<\/strong> (Trail Blazers), forming a group that combines experience and young talent.\n\nMeanwhile, the Eastern reserves<\/strong> include Donovan Mitchell<\/strong> (Cavaliers), Jalen Johnson<\/strong> (Hawks), Karl-Anthony Towns<\/strong> (Knicks), Pascal Siakam<\/strong> (Pacers), Norman Powell<\/strong> (Heat), Scottie Barnes<\/strong> (Raptors), and Jalen Duren<\/strong> (Pistons).\n\n\nConfirmed Headlines<\/h3>\n\n\nIn the East<\/strong>, the players chosen as starters were Giannis Antetokounmpo<\/strong>, Jalen Brunson<\/strong>, Cade Cunningham<\/strong>, Tyrese Maxey<\/strong> and Jaylen Brown<\/strong>.
For the West<\/strong>, Nikola Jokic<\/strong>, Luka Don\u010di\u0107<\/strong>, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander<\/strong>, Stephen Curry<\/strong> and Victor Wembanyama<\/strong> will start the game.<\/p>\n\nAlthough the selections were made by conference, the NBA will premiere this year a new format<\/strong>, in which the All-Stars will be distributed into two teams from the United States and one from the rest of the world<\/strong>, who will compete in a mini round robin<\/em> tournament, before a final between the two best.\n\nLeBron James leads the historical list of All-Star Game appearances with 22 appearances<\/strong>, followed by Kevin Durant (16)<\/strong>, Stephen Curry (12)<\/strong>, Giannis Antetokounmpo (10)<\/strong> and Nikola Jokic (8)<\/strong>, reaffirming his legacy as one of the most influential figures in world basketball.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW YORK.\u2013 The NBA announced this Sunday the list of the 14 players selected as reserves for the 2026 All-Star Game, confirming the presence of LeBron James, who will reach his 22nd call-up to the event, an absolute record in the history of the league. You may be interested in:Karl-Anthony Towns is chosen as a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":972,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[35743],"tags":[611,40231,71,41186],"class_list":{"0":"post-499121","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-basketball","7":"tag-deultimominuto","8":"tag-dominican-republic","9":"tag-nba","10":"tag-theperiodicodelatruth"},"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","dum_api":{"author_name":"Yamell Rossi","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/cropped-7a176880-76f8-4b0c-9527-4e34feef45e4-96x96.jpg","categories_name":["Basketball"],"featured_media_url":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/972"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=499121"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499121\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=499121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=499121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=499121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}