Giannis, Wiggins Headline Rising Stars Challenge Rosters

Post #1 » by **RealGM Wiretap** » Wed Jan 28, 2015 8:05 pm

The NBA has announced the rosters for the 2015 Rising Stars Challenge.

USA Team
Trey Burke (Utah)
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (Detroit)
Michael Carter-Williams (Philadelphia)
Zach LaVine (Minnesota)
Shabazz Muhammad (Minnesota)
Nerlens Noel (Philadelphia)
Victor Oladipo (Orlando)
Elfrid Payton (Orlando)
Mason Plumlee (Brooklyn)
Cody Zeller (Charlotte)

World Team
Steven Adams (Oklahoma City)
Giannis Antetokounmpo (Milwaukee)
Bojan Bogdanovic (Brooklyn)
Gorgui Dieng (Minnesota)
Dante Exum (Utah)
Rudy Gobert (Utah)
Nikola Mirotic (Chicago)
Kelly Olynyk (Boston)
Dennis Schröder (Atlanta)
Andrew Wiggins (Minnesota)

Via RealGM Staff Report

LaRance · Post #2 » by **LaRance** » Wed Jan 28, 2015 8:45 pm

I guess I miss understood the league. I thought when they said the USA will be facing a world team they would be playing rookies and sophomores from the European league, Chinese league and Spanish league

DJ3thenew23 · Post #3 » by **DJ3thenew23** » Wed Jan 28, 2015 9:34 pm

Shabazz over KJ McDaniels or Rabert Covington? :crazy:

LaRance wrote:I guess I miss understood the league. I thought when they said the USA will be facing a world team they would be playing rookies and sophomores from the European league, Chinese league and Spanish league

I don't think the other leagues would sign off on their players playing a game that doesn't earn them any money and could lead to injuries.

malgus · Post #4 » by **malgus** » Wed Jan 28, 2015 9:35 pm

No Alex Len?

EMG518 · Post #5 » by **EMG518** » Wed Jan 28, 2015 10:05 pm

Easily the worst group of players I have seen assembled for one of these games.

How in the world is Jusuf Nurkic not on the world team?

EMG518 · Post #6 » by **EMG518** » Wed Jan 28, 2015 10:14 pm

EMG518 wrote:Easily the worst group of players I have seen assembled for one of these games.

How in the world is Jusuf Nurkic not on the world team?

Len and Mclemore got shafted as well.

mj_shoefanatic · Post #7 » by **mj_shoefanatic** » Wed Jan 28, 2015 10:36 pm

World team about to destroy the USA team.

menten · Post #8 » by **menten** » Wed Jan 28, 2015 10:47 pm

why exum? he's been godawful

MaxRider · Post #9 » by **MaxRider** » Wed Jan 28, 2015 11:25 pm

omg team usa looks awful

bwright213 · Post #10 » by **bwright213** » Thu Jan 29, 2015 2:11 am

DJ3thenew23 wrote:Shabazz over KJ McDaniels or Rabert Covington?

No offense, but the crazy thing would be those guys making it over Bazz. Bazz 100 percent deserves to be there and anyone who has watched him or followed him this year will agree.

grumpysaddle · Post #11 » by **grumpysaddle** » Thu Jan 29, 2015 5:36 am

Alex Len totally dissed. This is stupid.

Phoen-X · Post #12 » by **Phoen-X** » Thu Jan 29, 2015 10:20 am

Lavine, Zeller and Exum are those who shouldn't be on this list.

smeagolheart · Post #13 » by **smeagolheart** » Thu Jan 29, 2015 2:11 pm

bwright213 wrote:
DJ3thenew23 wrote:Shabazz over KJ McDaniels or Rabert Covington?

No offense, but the crazy thing would be those guys making it over Bazz. Bazz 100 percent deserves to be there and anyone who has watched him or followed him this year will agree.

agreed

Scottg247 · Post #14 » by **Scottg247** » Thu Jan 29, 2015 3:13 pm

Payton and Dipo will put on a clinic!

MRxBLACK · Post #15 » by **MRxBLACK** » Thu Jan 29, 2015 3:54 pm

Lavine made the team because he could jump high.