The NBA announced the All-Star Reserves on Tuesday.

Western Conference: Chris Paul, Paul George, Damian Lillard, Donovan Mitchell, Rudy Gobert, Zion Williamson and Devin Booker (who replaced injured Anthony Davis).

Eastern Conference: James Harden, Julius Randle, Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown, Zach Lavine, Ben Simmons and Nikola Vucevic.

The 14 players here can be divided into several categories. Lillard and Harden fit better in the starting rosters. Paul and George are natural All-Star choices. Gobert and Vucevic are not necessarily to be seen on the list next time. Mitchell, Tatum and Simmons, by contrast, have at least another five All-Star Games to attend.

Of course, the most interesting group is the following four:

Zach Lavine

The Chicago Bulls ace failed to make the All-Star Game last season at home despite averaging 25.5 points, 4.8 rebounds and 4.2 assists. Unhappy and disappointed, Lavine raised his stats to 28.6 points, 5.4 rebounds and 5.1 assists this season, making a stronger point that he deserves an All-Star spot.

In fact, Lavine is not just a dunker, which many still think he is, anymore. He is a very productive 3-pointer shooter who can drain 3.5 triples at 43.4-percent 3-point rate this season. More importantly, Lavine is adding more off-ball plays into his game, using his offensive threat more to distract the opponents' defense and only taking over when he has to.

Jaylen Brown

Unlike Lavine, Brown is learning how to do more and better dribbling the ball. He is still the Boston Celtics' best choice for fast break; his triple-shooting grew further better in both production (2.5 made per game) and efficiency (40.9 percent of 3-point rate); Brown is posing a bigger threat as a weak-side slasher.

This season he is sharing more of Tatum's work including launching isolations in both the high and low posts. Brown weaponized his middle-range shooting as well with 56.8-percent of field goal rate in this area. Every new trick he can take out of his sleeves may be a change-maker for the Celtics in the playoffs, if they make the playoffs.

Julius Randle

When Randle joined the New York Knicks in 2019, it was thought he would cease to be known in a couple of years. However, it took him two years to grow as a classic example of small-ball big man.

Besides scoring 23.2 points and 11 rebounds per game, Randle averaged 5.5 assists per game this season, if one looks away from the 3.3 turnovers he commits on average. While playing career-high 36.8 minutes on the court, Randle is given unlimited liberty to deal with the ball. Him holding the ball in the head of the key was usually how the Knicks launched their offense. Randle could charge the rim with his speed and strength or make hand-to-hand plays with perimeter teammates – which sounds simple but that's the best offense work the team can do.

Zion Williamson

Williamson has only played 59 games before he was given the chance to make All-Star debut. He's not Randle who is doing pretty everything on offense. Neither does Williamson share the shooting of Lavine or Brown.

Nonetheless, Williamson's dominance in the paint is already historic. He surpassed 70 percent of field goal rate in 10 games and over 80 percent in four while averaging 25.1 points per game. He can cut in and impress the arena by slamming the ball into the basket in the most powerful way you can imagine, or roll his way into the paint before scoring with remarkably soft touch.

It's unclear whether Williamson will become the next LeBron James or not but he is absolutely to make something if he continues to play like this.