By now Google has so much information about us that they probably know who we want to vote into the All-Star game. So let's cut out the middle man and see what happens when we let Google select both teams using search engine data.

So how is this going to work?

We’re going to start by letting Google select the playing pool by listing the 24 most searched players (globally). We’ll replace the players who are projected to be injured in February with the next players in line. The top 2 will be chosen as captain, with the most popular getting the first pick. We're also going to ignore conferences, because what's the point when the teams aren't going to be chosen based on them?

Players will then be drafted based on popularity.

So, without making you wait any longer, here’s the 24 most searched for NBA players according to Google's monthly search data.

PLAYER	SEARCHES	STATUS
LeBron James	6.1M
Stephen Curry	3.4M
Kawhi Leonard	1.8M
Kyrie Irving	1.5M
Tristan Thompson	1.5M
Ben Simmons	1.5M
Lonzo Ball	1.2M
Kevin Durant	1.2M
Isaiah Thomas	1M	(OUT - Injured - Replaced by JR Smith)
Carmelo Anthony	1M	(OUT - Gone Fishing - Replaced by Fultz, then Giannis)
Jimmy Butler	1M
Derrick Rose	1M
James Harden	823k
Chris Paul	673k
Dwight Howard	673k	(OUT - Injured - Replaced by Embiid)
Blake Griffin	673k
Klay Thompson	673k
Russell Westbrook	673k
Anthony Davis	550k
Donovan Mitchell	550k
Paul George	550k
Kevin Love	550k
DeMarcus Cousins	550k
Dwyane Wade	550k

Unfortunately, not all of the players are available, so we had to bring in some replacements.

REPLACEMENT PLAYER	SEARCHES	STATUS
JR Smith	550k
Markelle Fultz	450k	(OUT - Broken - Replaced by Giannis)
Giannis Antetokounmpo	450k
Joel Embiid	450k

Team Captains

No surprises here, the most popular players in the league are last year’s captains - LeBron James and Stephen Curry.

LeBron gets to choose first.

Starting Lineups

Team LeBron

Starting Lineup: LeBron James, Kawhi Leonard, Tristan Thompson, Lonzo Ball, and Donovan Mitchell.

The Kardashian curse has carried over to the all-star game, with Tristan Thompson being the 5th most searched NBA player. But hey, at least his team has a traditional big man (for the 10 seconds he lasts on the court before being subbed out). Lonzo Ball is the other player who doesn’t belong on this team... And no, I haven’t transitioned to talking about the Lakers (sorry Lakers fans, and LaVar Ball).

But the bad news ends there, with both Kawhi Leonard and Donovan Mitchell landing on his team to give him somebody to pass to on offense.

Team Steph

Starting Lineup: Stephen Curry, Kyrie Irving, Ben Simmons, Kevin Durant, and Derrick Rose.

Yes. That’s Derrick Rose in the starting lineup. No. It isn’t a typo. Rose remains one of the most popular players in the league, despite struggling to find a team who wanted to sign him at the beginning of the season.

Curry lucked out and landed Kyrie, Simmons, and Durant (I’d make a joke about Durant snaking his way to the better team, but I feel like that joke is already played out).

Starting on the bench

Team LeBron

Bench: Jimmy Butler, James Harden, Blake Griffin, Russell Westbrook, Kevin Love, Dwyane Wade, and Giannis Antetokounmpo.

LeBron drafted a better bench than starting lineup, so you’d imagine Butler, Harden, and Giannis would be getting subbed in rather quickly, with Giannis spending most of the game playing the big man spot.

Team Steph

Bench: Chris Paul, Klay Thompson, Anthony Davis, Paul George, DeMarcus Cousins, JR Smith, and Joel Embiid.

It’s no coincidence that two other Warriors players fell to Steph’s team. He also lucked out and got the best big men in the game in Anthony Davis and Joel Embiid. His punishment was having to take JR Smith.

Final Teams

So, who do you think wins this match-up?

Team LeBron	Team Steph
Starters	Starters
LeBron James	Stephen Curry
Kawhi Leonard	Kyrie Irving
Tristan Thompson	Ben Simmons
Lonzo Ball	Kevin Durant
Donovan Mitchell	Derrick Rose
Bench	Bench
Jimmy Butler	Chris Paul
James Harden	Klay Thompson
Blake Griffin	Anthony Davis
Russell Westbrook	Paul George
Kevin Love	DeMarcus Cousins
Dwyane Wade	JR Smith
Giannis Antetokounmpo	Joel Embiid