Which 10 players deserve your All-Star vote?

The holidays have come and gone and the NBA season is in full swing. That means February's All-Star weekend festivities are right around the corner.

While the format of the All-Star Game is a little different this season, the selection process for "starters" remains the same; fans, players, and the media will vote in five players per conference - two guards and three frontcourt players - before coaches vote in the reserves.

Voting is currently underway and will run through Jan. 15. With that in mind, here are the 10 players most deserving of your vote as All-Star Game starters:

Eastern Conference

To tip things off, you can lock in several spots in the East. LeBron James will start in this year's bash in Los Angeles, his 14th All-Star Game appearance overall. He will almost certainly be the top vote-getter in his conference, and deservedly so; he's averaged 27.5 points, 9.1 assists, and 8.1 rebounds per game to date, continuing to age like a fine Chateauneuf-du-Pape.

You can also pencil in the Milwaukee Bucks' MVP candidate Giannis Antetokounmpo. The Greek Freak continues to evolve, averaging 29 points per game without the aid of a consistent jumper, and is absolutely terrorizing the opposition on defense and on the glass with his incredible wingspan.

But as the East currently stands, neither LeBron nor Antetokounmpo plays for the conference's top-seeded team. The Boston Celtics' 31-10 record has to count for something, so even though Kyrie Irving's statistical production hasn't jumped off the charts since leaving Cleveland, he's well deserving of a spot in the backcourt.

James, Antetokounmpo, and Irving rank second, third, and fourth in the league, respectively, in win shares, so there shouldn't be much of a debate there. That leaves two openings - one guard and one frontcourt player - to fill out the East, with several candidates making a strong case for either slot.

In the backcourt, the top options are incumbent DeMar DeRozan, Victor Oladipo, Bradley Beal, and Ben Simmons (who is listed as a guard on the official ballot). Simmons' combination of physicality, skill, and youth makes him arguably the most exciting player of the bunch, but his 2.5 win shares are the lowest of the quartet by a significant margin - and it doesn't help his case that the Sixers are sitting outside of the playoff picture. Oladipo and Beal, leading their respective playoff teams in scoring, should both earn their first All-Star appearances, but neither has really done enough to knock 2017 All-Star Game starter DeRozan off his perch.

DeRozan is powering the Raptors to the second seed in the East with his usual combination of lethal mid-range jump shooting and getting to the free-throw line at will, but he's also shown improved playmaking and signs that he's finally adding 3-point range to his arsenal. He put the full package on display when he dropped a franchise-best 52 points against the Bucks on New Year's Day. "The Compton Kid" deserves to start in L.A.

For the remaining frontcourt spot, the top options are Al Horford, Andre Drummond, and Joel Embiid. Horford has been crucial to his team's success - and will likely make the All-Star team one way or another. The Sixers are a respectable 16-12 when Embiid plays, but his checkered availability is a mark against him. This is an excellent opportunity to reward Drummond, who is leading the league with 15.2 rebounds per game while improving by leaps and bounds as a free-throw shooter (he's up to 62.6 percent on the year) while dropping 3.7 dimes per contest.

Western Conference

The Western Conference is a little easier to untangle, though it isn't without some debate.

James Harden's current injury situation makes it tough to predict when he'll return to action, but the Rockets star has arguably been the leading MVP candidate to date. He and former teammate Kevin Durant are virtual locks to be named starters.

The second guard spot is trickier. Stephen Curry has been exceptional when healthy, but missing 11 games with an ankle injury is not insignificant at this point. That opens the door for Russell Westbrook, who has led the resurgent Thunder out of their early-season funk while averaging 24.7 points, 10.1 assists, and 9.5 rebounds per game. Based on the Thunder's recent trajectory and Curry's incomplete body of work to date, the reigning MVP should be back among the starters this year.

On to the remaining frontcourt spots.

The eye-popping statistical production of both Anthony Davis and DeMarcus Cousins warrants consideration, but it's hard to justify even one starting spot for an eighth-seed team when there are equally deserving players on both the third-seed Spurs and fourth-seed Timberwolves.

In all likelihood, Kawhi Leonard will be snubbed this year after missing the first two months of the season, so LaMarcus Aldridge deserves to start in Leonard's absence. He's seventh in the league with 5.2 win shares (just a hair behind Davis' 5.5) while averaging 22.2 points and 8.3 rebounds per game. His style of play isn't particularly flashy, but he's a star befitting the perennially understated Spurs.

The Timberwolves have two players worthy of consideration for the final slot: Jimmy Butler and Karl-Anthony Towns. The latter has a slight edge with 5.6 win shares to Butler's 5.2, and has put up stats similar to those of Davis and Cousins, which makes up for his occasionally cringe-worthy defensive lapses.

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