The NBA announced Wednesday the rosters for the BBVA Compass Rising Stars Challenge, with teammates Andrew Wiggins, Karl-Anthony Towns and Knicks rookie stud Kristaps Porzingis serving as headliners.
The League is sticking with the USA vs The World gimmick for the game.
#BBVARisingStars World @44Bojan @CapelaClint @threekola @EmmanuelMudiay @RaulTogni @KPorzee @DwightPowell33 @22Wiggins M.Hezonja & N.Jokic
— 2016 NBA All-Star (@NBAAllStar) January 27, 2016
#BBVARisingStars USA: @JClark5on @ZachLaVine @NerlensNoel3 @JahlilOkafor @JabariParker @Elfrid @Dloading @smart_MS3 @KarlTowns & Rodney Hood
— 2016 NBA All-Star (@NBAAllStar) January 27, 2016
It will take place Friday, Feb. 12 at Air Canada Centre in Toronto.
From the press release:
The Minnesota Timberwolves’ Andrew Wiggins, last season’s Kia NBA Rookie of the Year, and teammate Karl-Anthony Towns, who has won two straight Kia NBA Western Conference Rookie of the Month awards, highlight the list of 20 players selected to play in the BBVA Compass Rising Stars Challenge on Friday, Feb. 12 at Air Canada Centre in Toronto during NBA All-Star 2016.
The New York Knicks’ Kristaps Porzingis, who has earned two Kia NBA Eastern Conference Rookie of the Month awards in a row, joins Wiggins on the World Team. Minnesota’s Zach LaVine, the dunk champion at NBA All-Star 2015, will play alongside Towns on the U.S. Team, giving the Timberwolves three players in the game, all 20 years old.
For the second consecutive year, the league’s annual showcase of premier young talent will pit 10 first- and second-year NBA players from the United States against 10 first- and second-year NBA players from around the world.
