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Mirotic in the 2015 Rising Stars Challenge
Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2015 11:17 pm
by kulaz3000
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)
http://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/23 ... ge-Rosters
Re: Mirotic in the 2015 Rising Stars Challenge
Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2015 11:18 pm
by kulaz3000
The World team should dominate the USA team in the paint, but the USA definitely have the ups in terms of guards, and usually the guards have a field day in these types of games.
Re: Mirotic in the 2015 Rising Stars Challenge
Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2015 11:45 pm
by pylb
how long has it been since we had a player participate in the rookie sophomore game
Re: Mirotic in the 2015 Rising Stars Challenge
Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2015 11:46 pm
by MC3
pylb wrote:how long has it been since we had a player participate in the rookie sophomore game
Since Derrick?
Re: Mirotic in the 2015 Rising Stars Challenge
Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2015 11:48 pm
by Flopper
pylb wrote:how long has it been since we had a player participate in the rookie sophomore game
Might've been Taj.
Re: Mirotic in the 2015 Rising Stars Challenge
Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2015 11:50 pm
by MC3
Flopper wrote:pylb wrote:how long has it been since we had a player participate in the rookie sophomore game
Might've been Taj.
Yh, It was Taj. I forgot.
Re: Mirotic in the 2015 Rising Stars Challenge
Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2015 12:08 am
by Payt10
Jimmy made it his 2nd year didn't he?
Re: Mirotic in the 2015 Rising Stars Challenge
Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2015 12:15 am
by kulaz3000
Payt10 wrote:Jimmy made it his 2nd year didn't he?
Nope, the last time a Bull made it was Taj.
Re: Mirotic in the 2015 Rising Stars Challenge
Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2015 12:20 am
by MrTwister
You would expect that he is gonna pumpfake his way againist USA bigs
Re: Mirotic in the 2015 Rising Stars Challenge
Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2015 4:50 am
by JeremyB0001
Wow, I think the World Team is going to crush the USA Team.
Re: Mirotic in the 2015 Rising Stars Challenge
Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2015 5:18 am
by Flopper
Yet another team with a deep front court where Mirotic will see limited minutes.
Re: Mirotic in the 2015 Rising Stars Challenge
Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2015 6:27 am
by jc23
I like this, is this the first time it's been world v usa?
Re: Mirotic in the 2015 Rising Stars Challenge
Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2015 7:02 am
by samwana
Very much deserved NIko!
This is the first time it is world vs USA. A good change, I think I will watch that game again. Haven't watch that for ages.
Re: Mirotic in the 2015 Rising Stars Challenge
Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2015 7:18 am
by SlimD235
No Yusuf Nurkic??
AW: Re: Mirotic in the 2015 Rising Stars Challenge
Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2015 8:16 am
by Andi Obst
SlimD235 wrote:No Yusuf Nurkic??
They didn't want to make the World Team frontcourt even better, give the Americans a chance
Re: Mirotic in the 2015 Rising Stars Challenge
Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2015 8:38 am
by Jo Jo English
With Olynyk likely out I'd say Nurkic has a decent shot at taking his spot.
Re: Mirotic in the 2015 Rising Stars Challenge
Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2015 10:00 am
by Southpaw
I like this format more than the roookie-sophs game.
Re: Mirotic in the 2015 Rising Stars Challenge
Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2015 10:43 am
by GimmeDat
Yeah, weird Nurkic isn't in there.
Hopefully the loose game format will help Niko entertain the crowd, I'm anticipating a windmill or two, maybe a self alley-oop. #SerbianSlammer
Re: Mirotic in the 2015 Rising Stars Challenge
Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2015 11:00 am
by kingkirk
I hope Doug McDermott changes his nationality temporarily to some Eastern European country, and makes the world team instead of Nurkic.
That would please me.
Re: Mirotic in the 2015 Rising Stars Challenge
Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2015 11:52 am
by Gray Poster
I thought Iowa was an Eastern European Country? Oh wait IOWA! Home of the Hinrichs
The world team certainly looks better on paper. Nurkic should have made it over Olynyk.