James, the player with the most All-Star appearances in NBA history, was selected No. 1 overall for the Feb. 16 competition in San Francisco. The All-Star draft was held on TNT, with analysts Shaquille O’Neal, Kenny Smith and Charles Barkley picking the teams.

The Mavericks upgraded the All-Star forward to questionable on the team’s latest injury report ahead of Thursday’s game in Boston. Davis has missed the last week with an abdominal muscle strain he suffered before the Los Angeles Lakers traded him to Dallas late Saturday night in a blockbuster deal for Luka Doncic.

In July 2019, at Anthony Davis' first press conference as a member of the Los Angeles Lakers, the star big man said, "I'm not even going to sugarcoat it: I like the 4, I don't really like playing the 5.