Top pick Wemby, Magic's Banchero in NBA Rising Stars event / Photo: © GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA/AFP/File
-
Paris Women's Fashion Week: the key trends
-
Bhuvneshwar returns to India's T20 squad for New Zealand tour
-
i-payout Introduces a New Approach to Payments, Closing the Beneficiary Information Gap
-
Asos says probing 'unauthorised activity' after phone alerts
-
New Generation of Crypto Miners Released by ASICID
-
Stocks climb as oil prices retreat under $100 per barrel
-
New investor forecasts LIV Golf teams could be worth $100 mn each
-
Neutrinos: space particles that change our view of universe
-
Shakira, Pique return to court over children visit arrangements
-
'Destined' Djokovic wins China Open, extending unbeaten record
-
Nobel physics prize hails 'ghostly messengers' from space
-
Iceland is 'critical outpost' for security, says Rubio during visit
-
France's Mistral unveils latest model in sovereign AI push
-
Israeli settlers beat AFP photographer covering West Bank
-
Stocks climb as oil prices retreat
-
'Gen Z has risen up': Tens of thousands demand better education in France
-
Vstock Transfer Names Securities Industry Veteran Erica Goodstein General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer
-
$10 Million and Counting: Hola Prime Hits Major Trader Payout Milestone
-
Four Indonesian seamen return home after Somali pirate ordeal
-
UEFA investigate Ireland-Israel tunnel bustup after spitting claim
-
Crisis-striken Haiti postpones elections
-
Djokovic wins China Open and keeps unbeaten record after de Minaur retires
-
Germany arrests ex-spy chief on suspicion of giving secrets to foreign powers
-
Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum hosts 'homecoming' show for Willem de Kooning
-
Djokovic wins China Open after de Minaur retires
-
World Bank forecasts modest growth for Latin America, highlights climate risks
-
IMF warns cost-of-living shocks cause 'lasting deterioration' in affordability
-
'Afraid for my future': Tens of thousands demand better education in France
-
Alcaraz wins Japan Open for first title since injury return
-
Pakistan PM urges Imran Khan supporters to end protest march
-
'We're working to keep football clean', Turkish minister says
-
Alex Bodi își continuă expansiunea: planuri pentru deschiderea unui showroom ALIX LASERS la București
-
FIFA chief Infantino hit by Norwegian double complaint
-
STARTRADER Adds 20 Stock and ETF CFDs to Its 24/7 Trading Range
-
Exiled Catalan separatist leader Puigdemont cleared to return to Spain
-
Bulgaria searches for missing crew after drones hit more Black Sea ships
-
Stock markets climb as oil prices retreat
-
Alcaraz wins Japan Open for first title since return from injury
-
'No future': Thousands mass in France for high school protests
-
India, Qatar, S.Africa among nations who want to host 2036 Olympics
-
Nobel physics prize honours work on 'ghostly messengers' from outer space
-
Muchova squeaks out win over Osaka to reach China Open quarter-finals
-
Bulgaria searches for missing crew after drones hit two more ships in Black Sea
-
Kenya reports first-ever Ebola death
-
Le Pen vows drastic cost savings to prevent French 'default'
-
Tennis world No.1 Sinner's season over due to knee injury
-
'Eats through a straw': French teens wounded in high school protests
-
Yemen's Houthis claim attack on Riyadh airport, deny losing territory
-
Thousands mass in France for high school protests
-
7-Eleven exits India amid mounting competition
Top pick Wemby, Magic's Banchero in NBA Rising Stars event
Top NBA Draft pick Victor Wembanyama and 2023 NBA Rookie of the Year Paolo Banchero are among the players named Tuesday to compete in next month's NBA Rising Stars tournament.
The event, featuring four seven-player teams, will be staged on February 16, two days before the NBA All-Star Game at Indianapolis.
French 7-foot-4 (2.24m) center Wembanyama, averaging 20.6 points and 10.1 rebounds a game this season for the San Antonio Spurs, is among 11 rookies who were selected by NBA assistant coaches.
They will join 10 second-year NBA players, Orlando star Banchero among them, in a talent pool from which three teams will be picked in a draft next Tuesday.
Those lineups and a seven-player squad from the developmental G-League picked by NBA officials will compete in a four-team event
Honorary head coaches for the Rising Stars NBA squads will include former NBA players Pau Gasol, the Spaniard whose team who last year, and former Indiana Pacers standout Jalen Rose plus Women's NBA Indiana Fever star Tamika Catchings.
Former Pacers standout Detlef Schrempf of Germany will guide the G-League lineup.
Semi-final contests in the Rising Stars event will be played to a target score of 40 with the final played to a target score of 25.
C.Meier--BTB