With the new format of the All-Star Game, one might wonder how Victor Wembanyama was going to be able to participate in the Sunday mini-tournament, if his team of ” Castrol Rising Stars »Were to win the Friday mini-tournament …
Eventually, The NBA confirmed That “Weby” would not play the young players' match, the priority of obviously going to the All-Star Game. Ditto for Jared McCain (Sixers), Dereck Lively II (Mavericks) and Brandon Miller (Hornets), except that for these three are simply injured.
Therefore, they are Ausar Thompson (Pistons), Ryan Dunn (Suns), TOUMANI CAMARA (Blazers) and Anthony Black (Magic) who will act as a draft for the event. Surprisingly, Kel'el Ware (Heat) is left on the tile while he won as the favorite of bookmakers for the title of Rookie of the year 2025.
Even without Victor Wembanyama, there will however be three other French people present on the prosecution of the Chase Center, on February 14: Bilal Coulibaly, Zaccharie Risacher and Alex Sarr.
As a reminder, the four “Castrol Rising Stars” teams will first compete in two semi-finals, before a final determined the champion. This champion will then challenge the three All-Stars teams on February 16.
