Chet Holmgren, Victor Wembanyama headline NBA All-Star Rising Stars player rosters
Oklahoma City Thunder lead the 28-player pool with three players.
The 2024 NBA All-Star weekend kicks off in Indianapolis on Feb. 16 and culminates in the All-Star game on Sunday, Feb. 18. One of the first events of the weekend is the 2024 Panini Rising Stars, a showcase of rookie, sophomore, and G League players on Friday night.
Twenty-eight players in total will participate in the games. The 21 NBA rookies and sophomores were selected by NBA assistant coaches and the G League players were selected by the league office.
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Here's who made the player pool:
2024 Panini Rising Stars rookies
- G Bilal Coulibaly (Washington Wizards)
- G Keyonte George (Utah Jazz)
- G Jordan Hawkins (New Orleans Pelicans)
- G Scoot Henderson (Portland Trail Blazers)
- F Chet Holmgren (Oklahoma City Thunder)
- F Jaime Jaquez. Jr. (Miami Heat)
- C Dereck Lively II (Dallas Mavericks)
- F Brandon Miller (Charlotte Hornets)
- G Brandin Podziemski (Golden State Warriors)
- G Cason Wallace (Oklahoma City Thunder)
- F Victor Wembanyama (San Antonio Spurs)
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2024 Panini Rising Stars sophomores
- F Paolo Banchero (Orlando Magic)
- G Dyson Daniels (New Orleans Pelicans)
- C Jalen Duren (Detroit Pistons)
- G Jaden Ivey (Detroit Pistons)
- C Walker Kessler (Utah Jazz)
- G Bennedict Mathurin (Indiana Pacers)
- F Keegan Murray (Sacramento Kings)
- G Shaedon Sharpe (Portland Trail Blazers)
- F Jabari Smith Jr. (Houston Rockets)
- F Jalen Williams (Oklahoma City Thunder)
2024 Panini Rising Stars G League players
- F/C Izan Almansa (G League Ignite)
- F/C Matas Buzelis (G League Ignite)
- F/C Ron Holland (G League Ignite)
- G Mac McClung (Osceola Magic)
- F/C Tyler Smith (G League Ignite)
- F/C Oscar Tshiebwe (Indiana Mad Ants)
- G Alondes Williams (Sioux Falls Skyforce)
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2024 Panini Rising Stars format
The 21 rookie and sophomore NBA players will be drafted onto three seven-player teams. Those three teams will be coached by Hall of Fame player Pau Gasol, 10-time WNBA All-Star Tamika Catchings, and longtime Indiana Pacers forward and current ESPN analyst Jalen Rose. The G League team will be coached by former Indiana Pacers forward Detlef Schrempf.
Gasol, Catchings, and Rose will select their teams in the Rising Stars Draft on Tuesday, Feb. 6.
The four teams will be split between two semifinal games. The winning teams from both games will compete in the championship round. Semifinal matchups have not yet been announced.