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NBA announces 28 players selected for 2023 Jordan Rising Stars Games

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The NBA announced the 28 players whohave earned spots in the 2023 Jordan Rising Stars Games, which willtake place on Feb. 17 at Vivint Arena in Salt Lake City as part ofNBA All-Star Weekend.

The annual showcase of premier youngtalent features a mini-tournament with four teams and three gamesthat will air live at 9 p.m. ET on TNT.

The player pool consists of 11 NBArookies, 10 NBA sophomores and seven NBA G League players. The 21NBA players, selected by NBA assistant coaches, will be draftedonto three teams consisting of seven players. The seven NBA GLeague players, selected by the league office, will comprise thefourth team.

Four NBA legends will serve ashonorary head coaches for the Jordan Rising Stars Games: six-timeNBA All-Star and two-time NBA champion Pau Gasol, two-time NBAAll-Star and 2013-14 Defensive Player of the Year Joakim Noah,2008-09 NBA Sixth Man of the Year and 2011 NBA champion Jason Terryand three-time NBA All-Star Deron Williams.

Gasol (Team Pau), Noah (Team Joakim)and Williams (Team Deron) will select their teams through the NBARising Stars Draft, which will be held at a later date. Terry (TeamJason), a current Jazz assistant coach and a former head coach ofthe NBA G League’s Grand Rapids Gold, will coach the team of NBA GLeague players.

All three Jordan Rising Stars gameswill be played to a Final Target Score, meaning that each game willend with a made basket or a made free throw instead of with theclock running out. The semifinal games will be played to a FinalTarget Score of 40. The final game will be played to a Final TargetScore of 25.

Team A will face Team B in the firstsemifinal (Game 1), and Team C will play Team D in the secondsemifinal (Game 2). The winner of Game 1 will meet the winner ofGame 2 in the final (Game 3).

In selecting the NBA players for theJordan Rising Stars Games, each NBA team submitted one ballot percoaching staff. Each coaching staff selected four frontcourtplayers, four guards and two additional players at either position,in order of preference, for the rookie ballot and the sophomoreballot. Coaches were not permitted to vote for any player on theirteam.

The NBA participants for Jordan RisingStars were determined by the total points each player received fromthe ballots. Points were awarded based on where a player was rankedon each ballot. The player pool includes an additional rookie basedon the ballot results.

Assistant coaches from the NBAAll-Star Game coaching staffs will join the NBA legends in coachingthe Jordan Rising Stars teams. The Boston Celtics’ coaching staffwill lead Team Giannis in the NBA All-Star Game, while TeamLeBron’s coaching staff has yet to be determined.

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