Three for three.
Paul Millsap was named an Eastern Conference All-Star reserve Thursday, the third straight season the power forward has been honored as a member of the Hawks. He will play in the exhibition Feb. 14 in Toronto.
Hawks center Al Horford was not named to the team.
Millsap was never named a Western Conference All-Star in his eight seasons with the Jazz.
Millsap is the Hawks’ leading scorer at 18.3 points per game and rebounder at 8.9 boards per game. He is the only player in the NBA averaging at least 18.0 points, 8.0 rebounds, 3.0 assists, 1.0 steals and 1.0 blocks. His 1.9 steals per game ranks ninth in the NBA and his 8.9 rebounds rank 18th, his 1.4 blocks rank 18th, his .493 field-goal percentage ranks 26th and his 18.3 points rank 29th.
Millsap has scored in double-figures 44 games (out of 46 played) and including 21 20-point game. He has 17 double-doubles, including eight 20-point/10-rebound games, which is 19th in the league.
The complete list of reserves are:
East: Paul Millsap, Chris Bosh, Jimmy Butler, Isaiah Thomas, Andre Drummond and DeMar DeRozan
West: Draymond Green, Anthony Davis, Chris Paul, DeMarcus Cousins, Klay Thompson, James Harden and LaMarcus Aldridge.
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