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It’s always dope to check out some of the best up and coming NBA players compete on a big stage, especially if you haven’t been keeping up during the season. Maybe you haven’t caught Donovan Mitchell light shit up against some big teams. Perhaps Lauri Markkanen has gone under your radar with the Chicago Bulls. Or possibly, the combination of Lonzo Ball and Kyle Kuzma hasn’t been one you have caught at all this season.
This NBA All-Star Weekend, you might want to catch the Rising Stars Challenge, because the names for both sides look stacked.
World
Joel Embiid
Ben Simmons
Dario Saric
Bogdan Bogdanovic
Buddy Hield
Dillon Brooks
Lauri Markkanen
Jamal Murray
Frank Ntilikina
Domantas Sabonis
U.S.
Lonzo Ball
Brandon Ingram
Kyle Kuzma
Malcolm Brogdon
Jaylen Brown
Jayson Tatum
John Collins
Kris Dunn
Donovan Mitchell
Dennis Smith Jr.
The combination of Jayson Tatum, Dennis Smith Jr. Mitchell, Kuzma and Brandon Ingram sounds deadly in a small-ball lineup, but who would contain the front court of Embiid, Markkanen, Domantas Sabonis, plus Simmons and Jamal Murray?
It should be noted that three Sixers players made it (on the World team), as well as three Lakers players made the cut (on the U.S. team) on opposing sides.
What kind of lineups would you want to see on the court?
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