The 2012 NBA All-Star Game was an exhibition basketball game which was played on February 26, 2012 at 7:30 p.m. EST at the Amway Center in Orlando, Florida, home of the Orlando Magic.
 This game was the 61st edition of the National Basketball Association (NBA) All-Star Game and was played during the 2011–12 NBA season.
 The Orlando Magic were awarded the All-Star Game in an announcement by commissioner David Stern on May 4, 2010.
 This was also the second time that Orlando has hosted the All-Star Game; the city had previously hosted the event in 1992 in the Orlando Arena, the Magic's previous home arena.
 This game also marked the first time an Eastern Conference city hosted an All-Star game since Atlanta in 2003.
 Despite the 2011 NBA lockout, which reduced the regular season to sixty-six games on a condensed schedule, the All-Star Game took place as scheduled.
 The Western Conference team defeated the Eastern Conference team 152–149.
Christopher Emmanuel Paul (born May 6, 1985) is an American professional basketball player for the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
 He has won the NBA Rookie of the Year Award, an NBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Award, two Olympic gold medals, and led the NBA in assists four times and steals six times.
 He has also been selected to nine NBA All-Star teams, eight All-NBA teams, and nine NBA All-Defensive teams.
The 2011–12 Boston Celtics season was the 66th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
 The Boston Celtics finished the regular season with a 39–27 won-loss record, which was the 4th best in the East, winning their 21st Atlantic Division title.
 Their longest winning and losing streaks were 5 games.
 The leading scorer was Paul Pierce, averaging 19.4 PPG.
 The leading rebounder was Kevin Garnett (8.2 RPG).
 Rajon Rondo led the team and the league in assists per-game with 11.7.
 The regular season was reduced from its usual 82 games to 66 due to the lockout.
 The Celtics made a relatively deep playoff run, challenging the Miami Heat in the Eastern Conference Finals.
 They ultimately lost in seven games.
 Following the season, Ray Allen left for the Heat, effectively ending the Big 3 era in Boston.
Rajon Pierre Rondo (born February 22, 1986) is an American professional basketball player for the New Orleans Pelicans of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
 He is a four-time NBA All-Star, and a four-time NBA All-Defensive Team member.
 He also led the NBA in steals during the 2009–10 season, and assists during the 2011–12, 2012–13 and 2015–16 seasons.
 He began his professional career with the Boston Celtics, winning an NBA championship in 2008.
 He ranks fourth in Celtic history in assists, and third in steals.
 He briefly played for the Dallas Mavericks during the 2014–15 season before joining the Sacramento Kings in 2015 and the Chicago Bulls in 2016.
The 1991–92 NBA season was the Jazz's 18th season in the National Basketball Association, and 13th season in Salt Lake City, Utah.
 It was also their first season playing at the Delta Center.
 The Jazz got off to a 7–6 start as they traded Thurl Bailey to the Minnesota Timberwolves for Tyrone Corbin early into the season.
 The Jazz would win their final seven games finishing first in the Midwest Division with a 55–27 record.
 Karl Malone finished second in scoring with 28.0 points per game, while John Stockton led the league in assists for the fifth straight season with 13.7 assists per game.
 Both Malone and Stockton were selected for the 1992 NBA All-Star Game.
 In the first round of the playoffs, they defeated the Los Angeles Clippers in five games.
 Then in the semifinals, they defeated the Seattle SuperSonics in five games.
 However, the Jazz would lose to the top-seeded Portland Trail Blazers four games to two in the Western Conference Finals.
 Following the season, Blue Edwards was traded to the Milwaukee Bucks.
The 2011–12 New Jersey Nets season was the 45th season of the franchise, their 36th in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and their 35th and final season in New Jersey before moving to Brooklyn, New York and changing their name to the Brooklyn Nets for the 2012–13 NBA season.
 The Nets finished 22-44, last in the Atlantic Division and 12th overall in the Eastern Conference and failed to make the playoffs for a fifth consecutive season.
 Point guard Deron Williams led the team in scoring (21.0), assists (8.7), and minutes per game (36.3) and was the team's lone selection in the 2012 NBA All-Star Game.
 Forward Kris Humphries led the team with 11.0 rebounds and 1.19 blocks per game and games played (62).
The 1989–90 NBA season was the Jazz's 16th season in the National Basketball Association, and 11th season in Salt Lake City, Utah.
 The Jazz got off to a fast start early into the season by winning seven of their first eight games.
 They continued to play solid basketball winning 11 of their 14 games in January, including a nine-game winning streak.
 Karl Malone continued to certify himself as one of the top players in the game as he finished second in the league in scoring again with 31.0 points per game.
 Meanwhile, John Stockton led the league in assists for the third year in a row averaging 14.5 assists per game.
 Both players were selected for the 1990 NBA All-Star Game.
 However, Malone did not play due to an injury despite playing all 82 games.
 The duo led the Jazz to an impressive 55–27 record, second in the Midwest Division.
 However, in the first round of the playoffs, they lost to the 5th-seeded Phoenix Suns in five games.
The 1997 NBA All-Star Game was the 47th edition of the All-Star Game and commemorated the 50th anniversary of NBA.
 The game was played on February 9, 1997, at Gund Arena (now known as Quicken Loans Arena) in Cleveland, Ohio, United States.
 The winner of the MVP award was Glen Rice of the Charlotte Hornets who played 25 minutes and scored 26 points while breaking two records in the process, 20 points in the third quarter and 24 points in the second half.
 Rice's 20 points in the period broke Hal Greer's record (19), set in 1968.
 Rice's 24 points in a half surpassed the previous mark of 23, owned by Wilt Chamberlain and Tom Chambers.
 Michael Jordan's 14 points, 11 rebounds, and 11 assists were the first and, until the 2011 NBA All-Star Game, the only triple-double in NBA All-Star Game history (LeBron James (2011), Dwyane Wade (2012), and Kevin Durant (2017) have also achieved this).
 Five players (Charles Barkley, Alonzo Mourning, Patrick Ewing, Clyde Drexler, Shaquille O’Neal) who were voted or selected for the team opted out due to injury, opening the doors for the annually neglected and the new stars—Joe Dumars, Detlef Schrempf, Chris Webber, Chris Gatling and 20-year-old second-year man Kevin Garnett took their spots.
The 1951 NBA All-Star Game was an exhibition basketball game played on March 2, 1951, at Boston Garden in Boston, Massachusetts, home of the Boston Celtics.
 The game was the first edition of the National Basketball Association (NBA) All-Star Game and was played during the 1950–51 NBA season.
 The idea of holding an All-Star Game was conceived during a meeting between NBA President Maurice Podoloff, NBA publicity director Haskell Cohen and Boston Celtics owner Walter A. Brown.
 At that time, the basketball world had just been stunned by the college basketball point-shaving scandal.
 In order to regain public attention to the league, Cohen suggested the league to host an exhibition game featuring the league's best players, similar to the Major League Baseball's All-Star Game.
 Although most people, including Podoloff, were pessimistic about the idea, Brown remained confident that it would be a success.
 He even offered to host the game and to cover all the expenses or potential losses incurred from the game.
 The Eastern All-Stars team defeated the Western All-Stars team 111–94.
 Boston Celtics' Ed Macauley was named as the first NBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Award.
 The game became a success, drawing an attendance of 10,094, much higher than that season's average attendance of 3,500.
The 2011–12 Orlando Magic season was the 23rd season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
 The team finished in 6th place in the Eastern Conference with a 37–29 record in a regular season shortened by the lockout and an offseason where trade rumours that included starting center Dwight Howard abounded.
 After the Magic's playoff loss against the Indiana Pacers in the first round of the 2012 NBA Playoffs, the Orlando franchise parted ways with head coach Stan Van Gundy and General Manager Otis Smith.
 The Amway Center, the Magic's home court, was the venue of the 2012 NBA All-Star Game.

Question: How many times has the man who led the league in assists in the 2011-2012 NBA season been an NBA All-star so far?
Answer: four-time