{"id":63324,"date":"2024-02-06T15:05:23","date_gmt":"2024-02-06T20:05:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=63324"},"modified":"2024-02-06T15:20:42","modified_gmt":"2024-02-06T20:20:42","slug":"nba-news-trae-young-scottie-barnes-are-all-star-replacements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/02\/06\/nba-news-trae-young-scottie-barnes-are-all-star-replacements\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA News: Trae Young, Scottie Barnes Are All-Star Replacements"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Breaking news in the basketball world&#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/y\/youngtr01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-02-06_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Trae Young<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/b\/barnesc01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-02-06_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Scottie Barnes<\/a> have been named <a href=\"https:\/\/pr.nba.com\/scottie-barnes-trae-young-2024-nba-all-star-game\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">replacements for the 2024 NBA All-Star Game<\/a>. Young and Barnes will replace <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/e\/embiijo01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-02-06_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Joel Embiid<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/r\/randlju01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-02-06_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Julius Randle<\/a>, who will both miss the game due to injury. Both players will represent the Eastern Conference All-Stars.<\/p>\n<p>The 2024 NBA All-Star Game will take place on Sunday, February 18 in Indianapolis, Indiana.<\/p>\n<h2>NBA News: Trae Young, Scottie Barnes Are All-Star Replacements<\/h2>\n<h3>Trae Young<\/h3>\n<p>With this news of being one of the 2024 Eastern Conference replacements, Young has now been selected for his third career NBA All-Star Game. In 2020 and 2022, Young played as an All-Star Game starter.<\/p>\n<p>Young is averaging 27.3 points and 10.9 assists per game this season for the 22-28 Atlanta Hawks. Despite the lack of his team&#8217;s success, many believed Young <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/02\/02\/hawks-trae-young-snubbed-2024-all-star-game\/\" target=\"_self\">deserved an All-Star spot anyway<\/a>. Statistically speaking, Young matches up with the rest of the All-Stars from each conference.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Trae Young this season:<\/p>\n<p>27.3 PPG<br \/>\n10.9 APG<br \/>\n1.5 SPG<\/p>\n<p>All-Star. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bDMss1RLMH\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/bDMss1RLMH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 StatMuse (@statmuse) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/statmuse\/status\/1754949060354539633?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">February 6, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Based on points per game, Young is the eighth-best scorer in the NBA so far this season. Young&#8217;s 27.3 PPG ranks higher than other All-Starslike <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/t\/tatumja01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-02-06_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jayson Tatum<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/b\/brunsja01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-02-06_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jalen Brunson<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/j\/jokicni01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-02-06_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nikola Jokic<\/a> to name a few. Additionally, Young&#8217;s 10.9 APG is second-highest in the league, only behind All-Star starter, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/h\/halibty01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-02-06_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tyrese Haliburton<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles Lakers forward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/j\/jamesle01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-02-06_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">LeBron James<\/a> acknowledged on X that he believes <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KingJames\/status\/1753646465438671034\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Young is an All-Star<\/a> this season:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>AGREED!!! I\u2019m not quite understanding this! Cause it can\u2019t be about Ws\/Ls cause cats have definitely gotten in with wayyy nastier records in the past. He be cooking EVERY NIGHT! Stop it! He\u2019s an All-\u2b50\ufe0f for sure. Something is REAL \ud83d\udc20-E. \ud83e\udd14<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>Scottie Barnes<\/h3>\n<p>The 2022 NBA Rookie of the Year is now an All-Star for the first time in his career. Barnes is also the fourth first-time All-Star <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/02\/01\/nba-news-2024-all-star-reserves-announced\/\" target=\"_self\">this season<\/a> alongside Brunson, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/m\/maxeyty01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-02-06_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tyrese Maxey<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/b\/banchpa01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-02-06_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Paolo Banchero<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Barnes is averaging 20.2 points, 8.1 rebounds, and 5.8 assists per game. Additionally. Barnes is averaging 1.5 blocks per game and is shooting 36.5% from the three-point line. All of these numbers are career bests for the Florida State alum so far.<\/p>\n<p>A few weeks ago, Raptors head coach Darko Rajakovic talked about Barnes and a potential All-Star selection for him this season, per Raptors beat reporter <a href=\"https:\/\/hoopshype.com\/rumor\/2636358\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Josh Lewenberg<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I asked Darko Rajakovic if he thinks Scottie Barnes has shown enough this season to earn coaches\u2019 vote for all-star, despite team record: \u201cI definitely think he\u2019s done enough to prove he\u2019s an all-star. I think what he does night in night out on both ends puts him in the category with those guys\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Additionally, recently acquired guard <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/q\/quickim01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-02-06_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Immanuel Quickley<\/a> spoke about <a href=\"https:\/\/hoopshype.com\/rumor\/2574347\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">his fit next to Barnes<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThe type of talent he is makes it a lot easier for players like me to thrive on both sides of the ball\u2026 Playing with somebody that is 6-10, can pass, dribble, shoot, defend, that makes the game really easy.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In his third season, Barnes will be representing the Eastern Conference in the 2024 NBA All-Star Game.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The youngest player in NBA history to average<\/p>\n<p>20+ PPG<br \/>\n5+ RPG<br \/>\n5+ APG<br \/>\n1+ SPG<br \/>\n1+ BPG<\/p>\n<p>in a season. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IgJfa335MS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/IgJfa335MS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 StatMuse (@statmuse) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/statmuse\/status\/1754949506884407711?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">February 6, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Breaking news in the basketball world&#8211;Trae Young and Scottie Barnes have been named replacements for the 2024 NBA All-Star Game. Young and Barnes will replace Joel Embiid and Julius Randle, who will both miss the game due to injury. Both players will represent the Eastern Conference All-Stars. The 2024 NBA All-Star Game will take place [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4631,"featured_media":63327,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[62,4,1608,2,3,14],"tags":[3178,1417,798,267,510,38,639,2815,636,72,3823,3852,1349,2478],"class_list":["post-63324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","category-hawks","category-basketball","category-featured","category-news","category-raptors","tag-immanuel-quickley","tag-jalen-brunson","tag-jayson-tatum","tag-joel-embiid","tag-julius-randle","tag-lebron-james","tag-nba-all-star","tag-nba-all-star-game","tag-nba-all-star-weekend","tag-nikola-jokic","tag-paolo-banchero","tag-scottie-barnes","tag-trae-young","tag-tyrese-maxey"],"modified_by":"Elie Deglaoui","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63324","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4631"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63324"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63324\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}