Andrew Wiggins and Karl-Anthony Towns of the Minnesota Timberwolves
will play on opposite teams in the Rising Stars Challenge at NBA All-Star weekend.
New York Knicks rookie Kristaps Porzingis of Latvia will join Wiggins on the World team
for the Feb. 12 game in Toronto -- Wiggins' hometown. Wiggins won Rookie of the Year honors last year,
and Towns and Porzingis are the leading candidates for the award this season.
The game matches rookies and second-year players from the U.S. against a roster of international players.
Towns will headline the U.S. team that includes another Minnesota player,
Zach LaVine, giving the Timberwolves three players in the game, all 20 years old.
Philadelphia's Nerlens Noel and Jahlil Okafor also will play for the U.S.,
along with the Lakers' D'Angelo Russell and Jordan Clarkson, Milwaukee's Jabari Parker,
Orlando's Elfrid Payton, Boston's Marcus Smart and Utah's Rodney Hood.
Dallas' Dwight Powell gives the World a second Canadian on the roster,
which also includes Orlando's Mario Hezonja and Brooklyn's Bojan Bogdanovic (both from Croatia);
Denver's Emmanuel Mudiay (Republic of Congo) and Nikola Jokic (Serbia);
Chicago's Nikola Mirotic (Montenegro); Houston's Clint Capela (Switzerland);
and Utah's Raul Neto (Brazil).
期待美軍復仇 !
Jordan Clarkson，?，以後看不到他替菲律賓效力了吧 ?
今年亮點比較多，像是狀元打榜眼 Andrew Wiggins 對抗 Jabari Parker；
Karl-Anthony Towns 對上 Jahlil Okafor ( 原本很可能是榜眼的 Jahlil Okafor )。
人氣王獨角獸 Kristaps Porzingis 會不會竄出來拿 MVP 呢 ?
身為地主，我還是認為 Andrew Wiggins 最有希望。
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美軍軍容
預測先發 Marcus Smart、Jordan Clarkson、Jabari Parker、Jahlil Okafor & Karl-Anthony Towns 。
預測替補 Elfrid Payton、D'Angelo Russell、Zach LaVine、Rodney Hood、 Nerlens Noel。
聯合國軍團
預測先發 Emmanuel Mudiay、Andrew Wiggins 、Bojan Bogdanovic 、Kristaps Porzingis & Nikola Jokic。
預測替補 Raul Neto、Mario Hezonja、Nikola Mirotic、Dwight Powell & Clint Capela。
Jeremy Lin
Be yourself，try your best ！