Victor Wembanyama, Bilal Coulibaly, Zaccharie Risacher And Alex Sarr. The four French people were all invited to the “Castrol Rising Stars”, the new name of the “Rising Stars Challenge”.
They are thus one of the 10 rookies and 11 sophomores called for this competition between young players, a draft going to train three teams of seven players, the fourth team being made up of G-League players whose Mac McClungthe double winner of the Dunks competition, or Reed Sheppard.
The four teams will compete on February 14 during two semi-finals, before a final determined the champion. Knowing that the champion team will then challenge the three All-Stars teams on February 16…
Injured on the list
The NBA also notes that a player chosen for the “Castrol Rising Stars” and the All-Star Game will only compete in the second, and we think of Victor Wembanyama, who is good to be part of 24 All-Stars This season.
Among the notable absent from the list for “Castrol Rising Stars”, there is Kel'el Ware, now the favorite of bookmakers for the title of “Rookie of the year”. But as Jared McCain is called and that he is however in the infirmary, there is a good chance that the interior of the Heat will finally be summoned as a substitute.
There will also be replacements to find for Dereck Lively II and Brandon Miller in Sophomores.
