LeBron James is not used to looking up at so many teams at the All-Star break.

The Golden State Warriors and Atlanta Hawks occupy his former perch atop the standings and Stephen Curry and Paul Millsap think that is where their teams belong. The Western Conference is loaded as usual - so good that All-Star Game MVP Russell Westbrook would not even be in the playoffs if they started now.

There are three teams between the Hawks and fifth-place Cleveland in the East, putting James in the rare position of chaser.