NBA All-Star Game 2019: Winners and Losers from NBA All-Star Draft

Winner: Kyrie Irving

Kyrie Irving is unsure of re-signing with the Celtics in the offseason.

Kyrie was picked second by LeBron, after Durant. With rumors of Kyrie's free agency circling around Los Angeles, Boston and recently New York as well, Bron's priority to make things right with Uncle Drew set social media ablaze.

Talks of a possible LeBron-Kyrie reunion in LA gained fuel following Kyrie's apologetic call to James regarding leadership, but the draft ranking made it clear that the animosity is now behind them.

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Loser: Giannis Antetokounmpo

Giannis was all for paybacks and friendships.

In contrast to LeBron's crafty maneuvers, the Greek Freak's benevolent nature screamed of the fact that this was the first time Antetokounmpo was effecting a draft of such kind.

Devoid of ulterior motives or any hidden agenda, he chose Curry with his first pick to return the favor from last year, and went for his teammate Middleton with his first pick from the reserves in order to keep the camaraderie intact. The only thing that seemed to remotely itch LeBron was Giannis picking Ben Simmons. However, the King proposed an exemplary swap of Russ-Simmons to which Giannis ended up giving his nod as well.

There were gazillions of moves he could have made, but rather chose to be the nice guy throughout the process.