Thursday night was a big one for the NBA as the rosters for the new format of the All-Star Game was revealed following the draft between captains LeBron James and Stephen Curry. Oklahoma City Thunder star guard Russell Westbrook was selected by The King to be one of his teammates and he found out about it before their game on the night against the Washington Wizards.

When asked by reporters surrounding him what his thoughts are about the development, Russell Westbrook made it known that he is fine with it. Carmelo Anthony then heckled him from the background right when he was saying that he was the last selection. The members of the media corrected Westbrook for it and informed him that the list that came out was in alphabetical order. He quickly fired back at his Thunder teammate by jokingly saying that he knew he was the first pick all along.

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The reigning MVP will be teaming up with LaMarcus Aldridge, Bradley Beal, Kevin Love, Victor Oladipo, Kristaps Porzingis, John Wall, and their starters, James, Kyrie Irving, Kevin Durant, Anthony Davis and DeMarcus Cousins.

They will go up against Jimmy Butler, Draymond Green, Al Horford, Damian Lillard, Kyle Lowry, Klay Thompson, Karl-Anthony Towns, along with the starting unit of Curry, Giannis Antetokounmpo, DeMar DeRozan, Joel Embiid and James Harden.

It should be a very fun matchup as this will be the first time the East vs. West format has been scratched, and each team has some subplots that will only make the exhibition game even more interesting.