All-Star Weekend begins this Friday, February 17th and lasts all weekend through Sunday, February 19th. During these three days, the NBA’s biggest stars parade through Salt Lake City, Utah to compete in various sporting events. On Friday, the Rising Stars Challenge will take place, pitting 28 players from Year 1, Year 2 and the Development League against each other, divided into four teams. Skills, triples and dunk contests take place on Saturday. The All-Star Game, the main event of the weekend, takes place on Sunday and brings together the best players in the competition, led by LeBron James (Los Angeles Lakers) and Giannis Antetokounmpo (Milwaukee Bucks).
These are the players who will participate in each event:
Ascender Challenge
The 21 first- and second-year players from the NBA and seven from the Development League (G League), divided into four teams, will meet in a tournament on Friday night. Pau Gasol, Joakim Noah and Deron Williams will be the coaches of the teams made up of NBA players. Jason Terry will lead the G League’s Summoners.
The Pau Gasol team: Paolo Banchero (Orlando Magic), Jaden Ivey (Detroit Pistons), Bennedict Mathurin (Indiana Pacers), Keegan Murray (Sacramento Kings), Andrew Nembhard (Indiana Pacers), Jose Alvarado (New Orleans Pelicans), Scottie Barnes (Toronto Raptors)
Joakim Noah’s team: Jalen Duren (Detroit Pistons), Jabari Smith Jr. (Houston Rockets), Jeremy Sochan (San Antonio Spurs), Jalen Williams (Oklahoma City Thunder), Josh Giddey (Oklahoma City Thunder), Quentin Grimes (New York Knicks), Evan Mobley (Cleveland Cavaliers)
Deron Williams’ team : AJ Griffin (Atlanta Hawks), Walker Kessler (Utah Jazz), Jalen Green (Houston Rockets), Bones Hyland (Denver Nuggets), Trey Murphy III (New Orleans Pelicans), Alperen Sengun (Houston Rockets), Franz Wagner (Orlando Magic ). ) )
The G-League team: Scoot Henderson (G League Ignite), Sidy Cissoko (G League Ignite), Mojave King (G League Ignite), Kenneth Lofton Jr. (Memphis Hustle), Leonard Miller (G League Ignite), Mac McClung (Delaware Blue Coats), Scotty Pippen Jr (South Bay Lakers)
Skill Contest Players
Three teams compete in an event with three different rounds, the purpose of which is to measure skill with the ball. These are the participating teams:
Antetokounmpos: Team composed of brothers Alex Antetokounmpo (Wisconsin Herd), Thanasis Antetokounmpo (Milwaukee Bucks) and Giannis Antetokounmpo (Milwaukee Bucks) who will repeat in the skills event.
Jazz Team: Formed by Utah Jazz players: Jordan Clarkson, Collin Sexton and Walker Kessler.
The Rooks: Team composed of rookies: Paolo Banchero (Orlando Magic), Jaden Ivey (Detroit Pistons) and Jabari Smith Jr (Houston Rockets).
Dunk Contest Players
- Trey Murphy (New Orleans Pelicans)
- Mac McLung (Philadelphia 76ers)
- Jericho Sims (New York Kink)
- Kenyon Martin Jr (Houston Rockets)
Triple contest player
- Damian Lillard (Portland Trailblazer)
- Anfernee Simons (Portland Trail Blazers)
- Tyrese Haliburton (Indiana Pacers)
- Buddy Held (Indiana Pacers)
- Lauri Markkanen (Utah Jazz)
- Tyler Herro (Miami Heat)
- Jayson Tatum (Boston Celtics)
- Kevin Hurter (Sacramento Kings)
All Star Game Player
Giannis Antetokounmpo and LeBron James will be among the selected starting players, picking five from each conference, including captains, and completing their teams with seven substitutes:
Eastern Conference: Kyrie Irving (Brooklyn Nets), Donovan Mitchell (Cleveland Cavaliers), Kevin Durant (Brooklyn Nets) and Jayson Tatum (Boston Celtics).
Western Conference: Nikola Jokic (Denver Nuggets) and Zion Williamson (New Orleans Pelicans), Stephen Curry (Golden State Warriors) and Luka Doncic (Dallas Mavericks).
NBA All Star Substitutes 2023
Western Conference: Bam Adebayo (Miami Heat), Jaylen Brown (Boston Celtics), DeMar DeRozan (Chicago Bulls), Joel Embiid (Philadelphia 76ers), Tyrese Haliburton (Indiana Pacers), Jrue Holiday (Milwaukee Bucks) and Julius Randle (New York Knicks).
Eastern Conference: Paul George (LA Clippers), Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (Oklahoma City Thunder), Jaren Jackson Jr. (Memphis Grizzlies), Damian Lillard (Portland Trail Blazers), Lauri Markkanen (Utah Jazz), Ja Morant (Memphis Grizzlies) and Domantas Sabonis (Sacramento Kings).
Here are the times for all All-Star Weekend events:
Ascender Challenge – Early morning from Friday to Saturday, 3:00 a.m.
skills competitions – Early morning from Saturday to Sunday from 2:00 am.
all star game Early morning from Sunday to Monday, 2.00 am.
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