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Last week NBA announced that Nikola Jokic and Giannis Antetokounmpo made the All-Star Game starters' cut.

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Today Mavs superstar Luka Doncic and Jazz defensive cornerstone Rudy Gobert were selected to the NBA All-Star Game as reserves.

It will not be the first time, when all of the mentioned Europeans will participate in the prestigious basketball event during their NBA careers.

For Doncic and Gobert, the 2022 NBA All-Star Game will be the third one, while Nikola Jokic will register his fourth appearance.

Giannis Antetokounmpo already has 5 All-Star Game presence. The upcoming event will be his sixth, catching up Tony Parker and Pau Gasol in overall European numbers.

Moreover, the Greek Freak is the only European to win the NBA All-Star MVP award. Last year he arranged a superb performance, scoring 35 points on perfect shooting (16-16 FG), also adding 7 rebounds and 3 assists.

Legendary Dirk Nowitzki is guiding the path in all-time NBA All-Star nods by European athletes. He is a fourteen-time NBA All-Star, who totaled 122 points over 14 matches.

Other European greats such as Detlef Schrempf, Peja Stojakovic, and Marc Gasol recorded 3 appearances in the NBA All-Star Game.

Zydrunas Ilgauskas, Domantas Sabonis, Luol Deng, Joakim Noah, and Nikola Vucevic have 2 this type of duels in their basketball summary.

Vlade Divac, Goran Dragic, Mehmet Okur, Rik Smits, and Andrei Kirilenko participated in the only NBA All-Star Game.

Kristaps Porzingis was named as a reserve in the 2018 All-Star Game but could not play in the contest due to a knee injury.

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