MADRID, 7 Feb. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The former Spanish sportsman Pau Gasol, winner of two NBA champion rings with the Los Angeles Lakers, chose this Tuesday the players who will represent ‘Team Pau’ in the ‘Rising Stars Challenge’, among which the number one of the ‘ Draft’ and Orlando Magic power forward, Paolo Banchero.
Thus, the former Catalan player’s team will be made up of Paolo Banchero (Orlando Magic), Benedict Mathurin (Indiana Pacers), Jaden Ivey (Detroit Pistons), Scottie Barnes (Toronto Raptors), José Alvarado (New Orleans Pelicans), Keegan Murray (Sacramento Kings) and Andrew Nembhard (Indiana Pacers).
This ‘Rising Stars’ will bring together 28 players, eleven NBA ‘rookies’, ten second-year players and the remaining seven from the G-League, the Development League, who will be divided into four teams that will face each other on Friday the 17th in one of the activities of the American League All-Star Weekend to be held in Utah
In addition to Pau Gasol’, the other three ‘coaches’ will be former players Joakim Noah, Deron Williams and Jason Terry. The Catalan, Noah and Williams have already ‘drafted’ the NBA ’21’, while Terry will lead the combined Development League players. The semifinals will be won by the team that reaches 40 points first, while the final will be played at 25.