Dominican Chris Duarte, of the Indiana Pacers, will play the game between “rookies” (rookies) and “sophomores” (second-year players) of the NBA All-Star, which will be played in Cleveland (USA). USA) from 18 to 20 February.
Duarte appears among the rookies chosen along with Scottie Barnes (Toronto Raptors), Cade Cunningham (Detroit Pistons), Ayo Dosunmu (Chicago Bulls), Josh Giddey ( Oklahoma City Thunder), Jalen Green (Houston Rockets), Herbert Jones (New Orleans Pelicans), Davion Mitchell (Sacramento Kings), Evan Mobley (Cleveland Cavaliers), Alperen Sengun (Houston Rockets), Jalen Suggs (Houston Rockets), and Franz Wagner (Orlando Magic).
Sophomores include Precious Achiuwa (Miami Heat), Cole Anthony (Orlando Magic), LaMelo Ball (Charlotte Hornets), Desmond Bane (Memphis Grizzlies), Saddiq Bay (Detroit Pistons), Anthony Edwards (Minnesota Timberwolves), Tyrese Haliburton (Sacramento Kings), Tyrese Maxey (P hiladelphia 76ers), Jaden McDaniels (Minnesota Timberwolves), Isaac Okoro (Cleveland Cavaliers), Isaiah Stewart (Detroit Pistons) and Jae’Sean Tate (Houston Rockets). ).
The Argentinian Facundo Campazzo, who was among the rookies chosen in 2021, does not appear this year among the “sophomores”.
That All-Star game from last year finally it was not played due to the pandemic.
Chris Duarte has been one of the few good news for the Indiana Pacers in a very disappointing season for the team led by Rick Carlisle.
The Dominican is averaging 13.2 points, 4.2 rebounds and 2.2 assists in 28.8 minutes per game.
Last January 18, Duarte played his best game so far in the NBA with 27 Points of 16 in shots, 2 of 3 in triples), 7 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 steals in the surprising away victory of the Pacers against the Golden State Warriors of Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson.
The NBA confirmed changes in the format
On the other hand, the NBA announced last week some changes in the game between rookies and second-year players.
Known as the All- Star Rising Stars, this matchup previously pitted “rookies” and “sophomores” and then players from the United States against those from the rest of the world chosen both from rookies and sophomores.
However, this year the changes have started with the election of 12 rookies, 12 sophomores and 4 more from the G League development league (MarJon Beauchamp, Dyson Daniels, Jaden Hardy, Scoot Henderson) .
With that total of 28 names will be formed four teams, which will be led by four members of the list of the 75 best players in NBA history that the league has unveiled this year to celebrate his 75 years of competition.
The teams will meet in a Final Four format (two semifinals and one final with the winners of both matches).
Instead of being timed, these matches will be won by whoever reaches a score first, a format that has been used previously in the All-Star Center Match.
As a tribute at 75 NBA years, the semifinals will be played until one of the teams reaches 50 points while in the final the objective will be to reach 25 points.
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