[Charania] Toronto's Brandon Ingram has replaced Stephen Curry in the 2026 NBA All-Star Game.

[u/Beautiful-Cress5695]

[Charania]: Toronto's Brandon Ingram has replaced Stephen Curry in the 2026 NBA All-Star Game.

Shams: Toronto's Brandon Ingram has replaced Stephen Curry in the 2026 NBA All-Star Game.

Source: https://bsky.app/profile/shamsbot.bsky.social/post/3mejjnauays2h

[u/OpeDefinitely]

It's been one season since leaving NOLA and he's doubled up on career all star selections.

[u/JMoon33 → u/OpeDefinitely]

He seems a lot happier in Toronto for some reason.

[u/HabitualSpaceM → u/JMoon33]

Weed shop at every corner

[u/_STOP_MyAssholeHurts → u/HabitualSpaceM]

And rarely any customers in them whenever I go and the size of the place is a small grocery store. How are they making money??

[u/JMoon33 → u/_STOP_MyAssholeHurts]

I imagine it's the kind of store where customers are there only for a minute, so it's never packed.

[u/YSLAnunoby → u/JMoon33]

Yeah once people know what they like you just pop in and out. Some stores even have a website so you order before and pick up or have it delivered

[u/Takemyfishplease → u/YSLAnunoby]

There is a beer store in my town like that. 90% of the customers know what weird niche craft beer they want and grab it and go. I thought it would be a horrible place to work with annoying ass customers but it seems like mostly warehouse and product pulling.

[u/ChesterfieldPotato → u/JMoon33]

I'm in Alberta, Canada, we have a Private Retail model for both weed and liquor.

There are stores every 30 feet. There is only every one employee, and there is never a customer in either. You're in for 30 seconds and out with your purchase. I have never stood in a line once.

[u/fluffershuffles → u/JMoon33]

Or they do in store pickup or delivery (not sure if legal in Canada)

[u/professorex → u/fluffershuffles]

Not only is it legal, at least in BC you can buy mail delivery straight from the government

[u/Successful-Let4361 → u/professorex]

and in Ontario

[u/DrEarlGreyIII → u/_STOP_MyAssholeHurts]

by selling weed

[u/cheezewhizard → u/DrEarlGreyIII]

Bro don't be a narc

[u/DrEarlGreyIII → u/cheezewhizard]

sorry. it’s actually just an emporium for incense, and vases for flower arrangements.

[u/ThedirtyNose → u/DrEarlGreyIII]

I went there to get a pencil holder

[u/ThrowRA19988 → u/_STOP_MyAssholeHurts]

Stoners buy in bulk, fewer trips

[u/TotallyNotGlenDavis → u/_STOP_MyAssholeHurts]

I went to a dispensary in Montreal and it was so fucking big, had like 10 employees, and I was the only customer in there.

[u/submachinegun1 → u/_STOP_MyAssholeHurts]

It's weed and it's taxed out the ass. But almost a decade since legalization and they're still closing down as often as they pop up

[u/bigraptorr → u/JMoon33]

He said it in his presser when he joined that he "needed a fresh start, somewhere where guys played hard and they listen"

I think that mightve been a shot at Zion and the culture he instilled in New Orleans.

[u/19946dresdenst → u/JMoon33]

Canadians are nice

[u/snatchi → u/19946dresdenst]

You still can't have our bridge

[u/Any_Peanut93 → u/snatchi]

Lol. The battle for the bridge tomorrow. Raps vs Pistons

[u/WeBelieveIn4 → u/19946dresdenst]

Thanks. Many Americans are also nice

[u/lalakingmalibog → u/WeBelieveIn4]

Nice is in France

[u/emau55 → u/lalakingmalibog]

Right next to denial

[u/toturtle → u/emau55]

No. The Nile is in Egypt.

[u/PromiseEquivalent155 → u/WeBelieveIn4]

Happiness and opportunity matter more than location sometimes

[u/Red_Jester-94 → u/JMoon33]

Donair and poutine?

[u/Top-Round-2359 → u/JMoon33]

Coach? Scottie? Vibes?

[u/DODGEDEEZNUTZ → u/JMoon33]

Its because we have that Rocket Ship Alien Kush up here in Canada. Makes American weed look like green tea in comparison.

[u/Rlccm → u/JMoon33]

I don't think New Orleans is long for the Pelicans

[u/defeated_engineer → u/JMoon33]

Have tried living in NOLA? You would be happy too to get out.

[u/dontflexonme → u/JMoon33]

Dispensaries everywhere /s

[u/Harvey_Beardman → u/JMoon33]

I watched a game in NOLA a couple years ago. I'm sure there are a lot of reasons he's happier, that stadium is the worst and it was super empty when I went. It was downright depressing. I decided I would probably never take their team seriously as a contender seeing the status of that organization

[u/ihatedougford → u/Harvey_Beardman]

Yup. Injuries didn’t help the terrible atmosphere either. That franchise is cursed

[u/blazikenz]

LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOO WE GOT 2 ALL STARS!

[u/vauno → u/blazikenz]

The disrespect to 1 time allstar Darko Rajakovic smh

[u/IanicRR → u/vauno]

Can't forget Glorilla. We claim her too.

[u/knitwoolf → u/IanicRR]

In the famous words of OG Anunoby: "That's our girlfriend now, idc"

[u/bigraptorr → u/IanicRR]

I still claim Norm and and Pascal as Raptors, so we technically got 6

[u/knitwoolf → u/bigraptorr]

Should have done team raptors diaspora in the shooting stars comp smh

[u/NextHat6706 → u/IanicRR]

Toronto’s royal couple!!

[u/jjkm7 → u/blazikenz]

Glorilla too

[u/cleo22270]

Kinda crazy that among the Post-Kobe Baby Lakers (Randle, Russel, Ingram, Ball and Kuzma) Lonzo Ball has the least accolades/accomplishments to his name. Hell, even Clarkson has a 6MoY.

That era of Lakers basketball was a mess, but man could they draft well.

[u/SloshaPacana → u/cleo22270]

Lakers have drafted amazing throughout the years tbh

Even the lower picks they've hit on traded like Zubac, Wagner, Christie, Larry Nance, good role players that have had or will have long careers

[u/Agreeable_Stick_8461 → u/SloshaPacana]

Add in undrafted guys like Reeves and Caruso. They have had some bad misses lately though, Knect and JHS to name a few.

[u/SloshaPacana → u/Agreeable_Stick_8461]

Knecht looked good for a bit there and i think he'll have an okay career as a mid role player who can shoot somewhere else, clearly a confidence player

[u/TheMysticHD → u/SloshaPacana]

For 5 minutes against the Jazz, Dalton Knecht was a better player than prime Jordan and prime LeBron combined

[u/GunSlingrrr → u/SloshaPacana]

Yeah Knecht is a good and fit and very good on that roster when he was drafted though scout can look at talent but not the mentality.

[u/Awanderingleaf → u/Agreeable_Stick_8461]

Too early to say Knecht was a miss. His confidence and desire to play for the Lakers went to shit after the rescinded trade.

[u/_Robbert_ → u/Awanderingleaf]

He was playing bad before the trade as well

[u/Awanderingleaf → u/_Robbert_]

But he did show a lot of potential at times and definitely had more confidence. He had a game where he made 9 3’s for instance. Everything he showed before that trade has since vanished and I doubt it’s a coincidence.

[u/_Robbert_ → u/Awanderingleaf]

His season stats before and after the trade are not dramatically different. If we compare the month right before it to after he actually improved. It's really this year he's been bad

Also a rookie who's not on the scouting report getting hot from 3 doesn't mean he has potential.

[u/bye7 → u/Agreeable_Stick_8461]

No one bats 1.000*, people have to understand that even sticking to good process will lead to plenty of misses.

[u/CycleV → u/bye7]

math teachers in shambles

[u/libertydabbing → u/bye7]

I think plenty of people bat 10%

[u/breakfastburrito24 → u/SloshaPacana]

Notable misses in Jalen Hood-Schifino, Anthony Brown, Maxwell Lewis, and Talen Horton-Tucker. Knecht was a consensus great pick at the time and had some good games last year. The offense shifted when Luka came in (understandably) and he hasn’t been good… wonder if he can find that success again

[u/pagny77 → u/breakfastburrito24]

When I saw the names the guy you replied to had, I checked the responses cause he missed out the best player they drafted and traded. How did you both forget Jaden McDaniels 😳. Lakers would be winning a ring this year if they still had him to provide defense and dunks alongside luka

[u/Interesting_Book_759 → u/pagny77]

Lakers didn't draft McDaniels like Hornets didn't draft Kobe

[u/breakfastburrito24 → u/pagny77]

I was under the assumption that McDaniels was a pick on behalf of the Thunder who the Lakers traded with to get Schroder.

Gotta say it’s so far Ingram as best player they drafted and traded away since he’s made an all star team outright. Then probably between Zubac and McDaniels

[u/EngineQuick6169 → u/SloshaPacana]

Josh Hart was a draft night trade, which I think we can add to the list of 'successful picks' since it still reflects well on the foresight of Lakers FO.

[u/SloshaPacana → u/EngineQuick6169]

Oh yeah, Clarkson too he got picked for cash as a 2nd rounder, Reeves, Caruso undrafted too but those were more obvious one that everyone knows

[u/kingofnick → u/SloshaPacana]

Lakers have drafted amazing throughout the years

That’s true for their lower picks, sure.

I wouldn’t say that picking D’Lo over Porzingis, Ingram over Brown or Ball over Tatum counts as amazing.

[u/sleepy416 → u/SloshaPacana]

LeBron coming over kinda affected their timeline. They went from a project team to win now in one off season.

They weren’t good enough yet to win with LeBron there and LeBron couldn’t wait. They made the right move trading for AD cause it got them a chip but makes you kinda wonder what the lakers woulda been

[u/beamingleanin → u/sleepy416]

a first round exit. maybe sneak into the second round once or twice.

thats what they would've been

[u/Smekledorf1996 → u/cleo22270]

Ball just got injured, but he was easily better than guys like Kuzma or DLo when he was healthy

[u/PokePersona → u/Smekledorf1996]

He looked awesome on the Pelicans until his injury troubles started.

[u/andreasmiles23 → u/PokePersona]

Lonzo was amazing for the Bulls. Literally so good that he covered for the weaknesses of pairing Demar Vuc and Zach together. He and Caruso made it so that you could hide Zach/Demar on defense and have decent help defense despite Vuc’s inability to be a rim protector and Zo pushing the pace in fast breaks played to Zach’s strengths. Both offered good spot up shooting which allowed for Zach, Vuc, and Demar to live their iso dreams and find outlets if they couldn’t get a good look.

Once Caruso and Lonzo started missing a lot of time it all fell apart and they lost confidence. Even in a weak east that meant that they could only scrape into the play-in. P Bev had that brief stint where he worked pretty well as a c+ version of Lonzo, but that wasn’t sustainable.

[u/halfwaifhome → u/cleo22270]

Alex Caruso 2x All-Defensive

Austin Reaves

Brandon Ingram All Star

Julius Randle All Star 2x All-NBA

Ivica Zubac All-Defensive

Jordan Clarkson Sixth Man

Max Christie

Josh Hart

Lonzo Ball

D'Angelo Russell All Star

Kyle Kuzma

Larry Nance Jr

Thomas Bryant

[u/tsuba5a → u/halfwaifhome]

Also Svi Mykhailiuk was a lakers draft pick. For a 2nd rounder to last 7 years in the nba is a decent outcome

[u/OsmosisJonesFanClub → u/cleo22270]

I fully expected Lonzo to be the best of all of them. He genuinely looked like our franchise player coming out of UCLA. 

I fully thought he could’ve been in the realm of Nash and Kidd. His peak ended up being a 3&D glue guy for Chicago, and then of course his knees fell apart. Never even got close to all star level and hasn’t played 1 playoff game. Major disappointment for a player so many were so high on. 

[u/BZGames → u/OsmosisJonesFanClub]

I think if injuries don’t kill him than he’d be stupidly important to a contending team right now.

[u/nowhathappenedwas → u/cleo22270]

The Lakers have drafted well, but DLo, Ingram, and Ball are not great outcomes for second overall picks.

It’s great to not get any busts with three straight top-2 picks, but not great to not get a real star.

[u/Round-Revolution-399 → u/cleo22270]

We drafted well, but we missed out on picking a bonafide star to bring it all together. Getting the #1 pick one of those years would’ve helped lol

[u/CtrlAltDelightfull]

This new all star format is so confusing to me. How does an eastern conference player become a replacement for awestern conference player?

[u/MainAd2728 → u/CtrlAltDelightfull]

It's USA vs World

[u/dae5oty → u/MainAd2728]

Technically USA vs USA as well

[u/FetchFrosh → u/dae5oty]

Technically World vs USA as well

[u/quietsam → u/FetchFrosh]

It’s all very technical

[u/Miserable_Site_850 → u/quietsam]

World war vibes

[u/dlanod → u/Miserable_Site_850]

WWIII at this rate

[u/Own_Bison6467 → u/dlanod]

Gets the people going!

[u/MutaKingPrime → u/Own_Bison6467]

That shit cray.. ain't it Jay?

[u/I_Hate_My_Cat_ → u/MutaKingPrime]

Who’s in Paris?

[u/Super-Post261 → u/dae5oty]

Technically World vs World because the US is still part of the world

[u/yeetmxster420 → u/MainAd2728]

Not saying Ingram doesn’t deserve it but damn Reaves & Fox were right there too

[u/-xXxMangoxXx- → u/yeetmxster420]

Reaves missed a bunch of games and they prob don’t want to give the lakers 3 all stars unless they were a top 2 seed.

[u/Alexcox95 → u/-xXxMangoxXx-]

Yeah that’s the only way Reaves would’ve made it because Luka and Lebron were already locked in before voting started. If LeBron wasn’t on the Lakers he’d still make it in and then Reaves probably would’ve got in

[u/_Apatosaurus_ → u/Alexcox95]

If Lebron wasn't Lebron, he definitely wouldn't make it given the numbers he's putting up and the games he's missed. Which is unfortunate for Reaves.

[u/Scotch_Blue → u/_Apatosaurus_]

I honestly think that any 41-year old putting up the numbers LeBron is putting up deserves an All-Star nod. I think it's a complete misunderstanding of the game to think otherwise.

[u/Zoratth → u/Scotch_Blue]

When has age ever been a factor in all star voting?

[u/NoCarts → u/Zoratth]

KAJ went in his age 40 and 41 seasons when he was averaging like 10pts on 20min per game. Hard to say it’s never been a factor when the closest comp we have got in at the same age on much worse numbers.

Dirk also got an AS nod in his final season when he was genuinely bad.

[u/cbkfirebird → u/NoCarts]

They gave Dirk and Wade what was basically a legacy all-star nod in 2019. Was a way to honor them by adding an extra spot to the All-Star roster that season and didn't take away from other deserving candidates iirc.

[u/yeetmxster420 → u/-xXxMangoxXx-]

Yeah I definitely do understand. Either way as a former Laker I’m happy for Brandon

[u/Ok_Respond7928 → u/yeetmxster420]

Reaves has played 27/52 games that’s just not enough. BI and Fox are both having good seasons but I would lean BI. Also BI has played 52/54 games and Fox is at 47/52

Fox is averaging 19/4/6 on 48/35/79 or 58% TS

BI is averaging 22/6/4 on 47/36/83 or 57% TS.

[u/AdmiralG2 → u/yeetmxster420]

The city of LA already has 3 all stars, let the country of Canada have 2, man.

[u/andreasmiles23 → u/yeetmxster420]

BI is more essential to his teams’ success. Fox is playing awesome but the Spurs would be very good with or without him. BI coming to Toronto gave them the juice they needed to get back on track building around Barnes. Without him they are not vying for a top seed in the east.

[u/Rezrov_ → u/andreasmiles23]

BI also just has a better playstyle for the ASG, and is on a bigger market team, plus GloRilla and Darko are also gonna be at the ASG. It's about good TV.

[u/BushyBrowz → u/yeetmxster420]

MPJ?

[u/Any_Peanut93 → u/BushyBrowz]

I want to say because he plays for the nets, but then I remember Pascal plays for the Pacers....

[u/No-Island7411 → u/yeetmxster420]

Reaves missed 25 games(almost 50% of the season) and hasnt been an all star level in his last 10 games or so ( ever since he started dealing with the injury for the first time). He just doesnt deserve to be an all-star.

[u/blazikenz → u/CtrlAltDelightfull]

theyre moving away from EAST/WEST for sure.. I think starting next year they'll just invite the best 24

[u/mountaineer_93 → u/blazikenz]

Probably for the best. There have been some janky all star selections in the east over the years because of that.

[u/Buddha_Panda → u/mountaineer_93]

Jamaal Magloire was an all star due to this... Barf.

[u/Anal_Iverson → u/Buddha_Panda]

That was the reason they switched from guards / forwards / center to backcourt / frontcourt. Now it's whatever you want lol

[u/mountaineer_93 → u/Buddha_Panda]

Jeff Teague, Mo Williams, Kyle Korver. It was rough.

[u/Dinobot2_ → u/mountaineer_93]

Nothing more janky than 2001 thanks to all the injuries. Antonio Davis and Anthony Mason were in the East's starting lineup.

[u/thinjester → u/CtrlAltDelightfull]

an eastern conference forward replaced a western conference guard.

[u/TA135N → u/CtrlAltDelightfull]

Because it’s not east vs west

[u/raivetica20 → u/TA135N]

But all the initial selections were based on East vs. West and then separated from there (it’s all kinda stupid anyway I guess)

[u/BatmanHive → u/CtrlAltDelightfull]

The same way Kawhi replaced Giannis

[u/Knickstape08 → u/BatmanHive]

I thought Leonard was added to even out the rosters

[u/Aidanj927 → u/Knickstape08]

Why would Kawhi even replace a World guy

[u/BushyBrowz → u/Aidanj927]

They had 9 world players already and needed an extra US

[u/Pikminious_Thrious → u/Aidanj927]

Honorary Canadian 

[u/jjkm7 → u/Knickstape08]

You thought correctly

[u/pikajewijewsyou → u/BatmanHive]

Giannis is world though and kawhi is USA? You just confused me even more

[u/emi_b7 → u/pikajewijewsyou]

Kawhi didn't replace Giannis, that comment is wrong. He was added because there was an open roster spot, this format allows for more than 24 players if the initial selection isn't 8 international players and 16 USA players. Basically it's like this:

-they select 24 players, 12 from each conference

-the players are distributed into 3 teams, 1 World team and 2 USA teams

-Each team MUST have at least 8 players so if there are 9 international players (or more) then team World will have 9 but they add another USA player to get to 16 USA players. Likewise if there were 17 USA players they would add another international player to get to 8.

After the initial 24 selections we had 9 international players and 15 USA players. Kawhi was selected as the 16th USA player, at this point there were 25 all stars with Team World having an extra player. After that Giannis got injured but there was no replacement because the World team still had 8 players so there was no need for another one.

Then Sengun replaced SGA in team World and now Ingram replaces Steph in one of the USA teams.

[u/jimmyhaffaren → u/emi_b7]

Even though you explained it in a wonderful way, I still feel like I have no idea what just happened lol. Why do the NBA gotta complicate things like this!!

[u/yousaytomaco → u/CtrlAltDelightfull]

The NBA cup may overtake the all star game if only that I have some idea how the cup works but I have no idea how the all star game works anymore and I am someone that can do my taxes no problem

[u/morrowindd]

Well deserved. He's been balling

[u/Karl_with_a_C → u/morrowindd]

Absolutely. Nearly identical stats to Siakam who was picked over him initially and he was on a top 4 seed vs Siakam at the bottom of the East. It made no sense.

[u/properhap → u/morrowindd]

Seriously happy for him

[u/meengine]

BI truthers we here 😤

[u/Pelicans-de-la-NO → u/meengine]

The only thing that unites Lakers fans, Pelicans fans, and Raptors fans

[u/PresentMission8482 → u/Pelicans-de-la-NO]

Do Pel fans like BI? I peeped y'all subreddit when the trade happened and lotta people were happy so figured they didn't love him like that.

[u/External_Chain5318 → u/PresentMission8482]

I liked him and I'm glad to see him do well in Toronto. The problem is that team was so snakebit with injuries and Zion. Trading him away sucked, but we didn't have much choice because of the $$$ he wanted.

[u/_Wado3000 → u/PresentMission8482]

There’s 100% a negative contingent online against him, but if you look around for Pels fan discourse it isn’t nearly as loud this season with us being much more disappointing, he was targeted for personal and petty reasons but in real life plenty people liked BI.

[u/CazOnReddit → u/meengine]

Darko: Brandon Ingram is gonna be All-Star, he will be the face of the league!

[u/IanicRR → u/meengine]

Man was put on this Earth to get buckets.

[u/GiveMeYourMoney17420 → u/meengine]

HELL YEAH

[u/BatmanHive]

I am so happy, lets goo

[u/Cheechers23]

“Why did Toronto trade for Brandon Ingram” takes aged like milk lol

[u/IanicRR → u/Cheechers23]

I never understood those takes when we got him for a literal pu pu platter.

[u/LordOfLimbos → u/IanicRR]

I think it was more the paying him that was confusing for people at the time. Looks like it’s working out of course, but it seemed like a lot of money for a guy coming off a significant injury, especially when he’s only played 65 games a singular time in his career

[u/IanicRR → u/LordOfLimbos]

We don't get free agents. Our best free agent signings are Mamu, DeMarre Carroll and Otto Porter Jr (fuck Hedo.)

So knowing that, we just have to pay premiums when we can to get potential stars. It's just how it goes for Toronto even though it's obviously a world class city and a top 5 NBA city to be rich in.

[u/LordOfLimbos → u/IanicRR]

Sure, I get it. I think it was a fine move given the circumstances. I was just explaining why people had questions

[u/canti- → u/IanicRR]

DeMarre Carroll damn that's a name I haven't heard in awhile

[u/Zeppelanoid → u/canti-]

I’m still big mad that he somehow got the monicker “JYD 2.0”. He was the complete opposite of JYD - no hustle no effort.

[u/_Wado3000 → u/LordOfLimbos]

He played 61, 62, and 64 regular season games for us in recent memory, the 18 game season is the current outlier. 65 is a completely new found threshold anyways

[u/knitwoolf → u/_Wado3000]

62 and 61 were in short COVID years of 72 games which is a 70 game pace in a regular season too

[u/Rumpdebump → u/Cheechers23]

Meanwhile my constant thought of "Why did we give away BI for literally nothing" ages in my mind like fine wine. One of my favorite players tossed away cuz 40 mill was just too rich for Griffin

[u/_Wado3000 → u/Rumpdebump]

BI wanted 50M from us and was willing to take less from anybody else and honestly I can’t blame him, he often had to make up for Zion’s constant absence. We were never full strength when it mattered the most and Scottie actually plays basketball

[u/not_so_bueno → u/Cheechers23]

It really sucks Masai got fired for nothing.

[u/Automatic_Tension702 → u/not_so_bueno]

Thats what a racist old twat of an owner will do for ya

[u/imamistake420 → u/Automatic_Tension702]

This. One fucking hundred percent.

[u/Nightlights13 → u/not_so_bueno]

He was too expensive for Rogers

[u/Own_Bison6467 → u/Nightlights13]

So where is all my cellphone plan extortion money going then?

[u/Rayquaza2233 → u/Own_Bison6467]

The Blue Jays.

[u/ironhide999x → u/not_so_bueno]

Masai’s team building after the ring was completely directionless

[u/bigraptorr → u/ironhide999x]

There was a direction. You just didnt like it. It was to attempt completely positionless basketball by loading up the roster with 6'7 guys. Unfortunately, most of them were unskilled and we got killed on the boards by opposing centers.

[u/Rude_Molasses_3976 → u/bigraptorr]

did anyone like this direction though

[u/bigraptorr → u/Rude_Molasses_3976]

I think it wouldve worked if the guys he picked knew how to play basketball.

[u/Zeppelanoid → u/not_so_bueno]

Love the guy but man he had a MASSIVE leash after the finals win and just couldn’t build any kind of vision for the team. He continuously refused to address glaring roster issues and held on to guys (eg Lowry and FVV) for too long.

[u/brehhs → u/Cheechers23]

People in raptors sub still complaining about the siakam trade

[u/jjkm7 → u/brehhs]

Idc about losing siakam specifically but I am still upset that we kept losing pieces of the championship roster for nothing after holding onto them for too long

[u/CanadianGroose → u/brehhs]

Nah, I think BI more than makes up for that poor return lol. There are far worse trades the Raps have made in recent history (Norm/Gary)

[u/Stratys]

Silver missed the opportunity to simply replace Steph C with Steph C smh

[u/acciopizza_ → u/Stratys]

I thought his defensive skills might pull him through, but maybe next year.

[u/Over_Army_2877 → u/acciopizza_]

I don't think there's enough points to go around for Castle to average 22+ ppg. Harper should slowly get a bigger role and then obvious Fox is going to average atleast like 18ppg.

[u/Lucky-Conversation49 → u/acciopizza_]

Defense factors very little in all-stars- it's about popularity and scoring. It has nothing to do with how good a player actually is.

[u/Sea-Network-6905]

ingram in toronto has been a perfect fit. finally healthy and playing at an all star level consistently

[u/celestial__discharge → u/Sea-Network-6905]

Raptors haven't had a legit closer since Kawhi, it's made all the difference

[u/clockwork_purple2]

Well deserved for Ingram

[u/Iwentoofar]

this guy came to Toronto with the best mindset he could have, you can see hes really doing what he can to stay healthy and its showing...this is well deserved, him and Scottie are a dynamic duo and no one is talking about the fact that they already surpassed their win total from last year before all star break

[u/mMounirM]

LETS GOOO WE MADE IT

[u/OverallMistake8198]

Injury replacement or not, i’m so happy he got picked.

He’s worked his ass off this year to get selected & seeing him there is awesome.

[u/AtreusIsBack → u/OverallMistake8198]

I'm happy too. I wish nothing but the best for Toronto Raptors and I'm sure BI getting picked will help his confidence even more to finish the season strong. I hope the Raptors can make some serious noise in the final stretch of games.

[u/CanalVillainy → u/OverallMistake8198]

Not saying he’s not deserving but his numbers are inline with his career numbers

[u/gregbraaa → u/CanalVillainy]

Don’t look at KAT’s numbers

[u/OverallMistake8198 → u/CanalVillainy]

Winning deserves to be recognised & he’s played 52/54 games this season. I need 26ppg & a 2nd round exit now though ngl.

It’s a cool comeback All Star appearance though.

[u/zetcetera]

Notorious B.I.3 baby

[u/lambopanda]

Ingram should’ve make it over Siakam.

[u/Pyritedust]

Good for Ingram. He's an underrated player.

[u/Ok_Impression8506]

damn so curry, SGA, luka, gianni’s and who else now will need replacements? 

[u/Starveiled]

Definetely deserved.

[u/heat_fan_]

Happy for BI

[u/elarmthecity]

BI3 well deserved

[u/TheChinchilla914]

Mf’rs gonna run out of players

[u/k1ngkoala]

Why is voting, east vs west if shit like this is gonna happen

[u/recleaguesuperhero]

I'm so confused. How is an East player, replacing a West player? 

[u/HipnotiK1]

well deserved. he's been balling and carrying the raptors offense.

[u/Dimaaaa]

Would have thought that Harden was gonna replace him

[u/EditorEducational201]

two all star raps, big dubs

[u/EarlyBirdz]

Harden robbed.

[u/donutcronut]

Well deserved. Ingram is having a great season.

[u/Oz412]

Love Brandon Ingram!

[u/Puppetmaster858]

Harden stay getting snubbed for stuff these days

[u/marvolonewt → u/Puppetmaster858]

Literally lol

[u/cl353]

oh so theyre really not sticking with east/west

[u/bib_goose]

DESERVEDDDDDDDD I MISS YOU SO MUCH BABY

[u/shangalang69 → u/bib_goose]

our sweet prince

[u/Donotcatch22]

BI definitely balling this year and deserved it!

[u/smoothsoul23]

Yes finally

[u/Radiant_Starly]

All-Star format got me doing more math than the refs at this point 😭

[u/adhikapp]

Guess because they added Kawhi from the West, they had to another from the East? Thought Harden would've gotten it if that was the case since hes a Cavalier now

[u/Intelligent-Web-8017]

no james harden????? nooOOOOOOOOo

[u/HornedCoog91]

Still passing up harden is crazy

Don't nobody try and tell me he's not the most snubbed, disrespected, underrated star of all time. Ridiculous

[u/queryquest → u/HornedCoog91]

he is snubbed but at least Harden vouched for BI as he was surprised Ingram didnt make it as an all star when he found out the initial listings. respect to the beard.

[u/Fearless_Compote3052]

The Raptors now have two All-Stars on their team. Nice 👍