The NBA All-Star weekend has almost become like the Super Bowl for the NBA. It went from a single game to now a weeklong extravaganza with events every night. The All-Star Game itself is being played in Dallas this year at the new Dallas Cowboys Stadium on Sunday night. There is some controversy over the starting players for the East and West, but the consensus among NBA fans is for that for the most part, the starting players were voted correctly.

Let’s take a look at the roster for each team:

East Starting Lineup
G – Allen Iverson
G – Dwayne Wade
F – LeBron James
F – Kevin Garnett
C – Dwight Howard

East Bench
Joe Johnson
Rajon Rondo
Derrick Rose
Paul Pierce
Gerald Wallace
Chris Bosh
Al Horford
David Lee

West Starting Lineup
G – Steve Nash
G – Kobe Bryant
F – Carmelo Anthony
F – Tim Duncan
C – Amare Stoudemire

West Bench
Chauncey Billups
Jason Kidd
Chris Paul
Brandon Roy
Deron Williams
Kevin Durant
Dirk Nowitzki
Zach Randolph
Pau Gasol
Chris Kaman

The reason the West has more players than the East is several of the West’s players were replaced due to injury, but they are still technically listed as All-Stars.

Like I said above, this weekend is packed full of events. The All-Star Celebrity Game is tonight at 7:00 p.m. and the Rookie vs. Sophomore game follows at 9:00 p.m. I love seeing the young guys battle it out (I think the NFL should do the same thing during the Pro Bowl). And Saturday is the HORSE event, 3-point contest, skills challenge and slam dunk contest.

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