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NBA All-Star weekend officially kicks off on Friday night, with the Sprint Celebrity game on ESPN at 7 PM. Following the celebrity game, the attention will focus to some of the young, up and coming players in the league for the BBVA Compass Rising Stars Challenge. This year, the teams were split up into rosters from the United States, and the World.
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Rosters
| United States | World |
| Trey Burke (Jazz) | Giannis Antetokounmpo (Bucks) |
| Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (Pistons) | Bojan Bogdanovic (Nets) |
| Robert Covington (76ers) | Matthew Dellavedova (Cavaliers) |
| Zach LaVine (Timberwolves) | Gorgui Dieng (Timberwolves) |
| Shabazz Muhammad (Timberwolves) | Dante Exum (Jazz) |
| Nerlens Noel (76ers) | Rudy Gobert (Jazz) |
| Victor Oladipo (Magic) | Nikola Mirotic (Bulls) |
| Elfrid Payton (Magic) | Kostas Papanikolaou (Rockets) |
| Mason Plumlee (Nets) | Dennis Schroder (Hawks) |
| Cody Zeller (Hornets) | Andrew Wiggins (Timberwolves) |
| Coach: Alvin Gentry (Warriors) | Coach: Kenny Atkinson (Hawks) |
| * Michael Carter-Williams | * Kelly Olynyk, Steven Adams, Jusuf Nurkic |
| * Injured |