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Lineups for the 2012 BBVA Rising Stars Game
Team Shaq
Blake Griffin, Los Angeles Clippers
Jeremy Lin, New York Knicks
Ricky Rubio, Minnesota Timberwolves
Markieff Morris, Phoenix Suns
Kemba Walker, Charlotte Bobcats
Landry Fields, New York Knicks
Norris Cole, Miami Heat
Brandon Knight, Detroit Pistons
Tristan Thompson, Cleveland Cavaliers
Greg Monroe, Detroit PistonsTeam Chuck
Kyrie Irving, Cleveland Cavaliers
DeMarcus Cousins, Sacramento Kings
Derrick Williams, Minnesota Timberwolves
Paul George, Indiana Pacers
MarShon Brooks, New Jersey Nets
John Wall, Washington Wizards
Tiago Splitter, San Antonio Spurs (Missing game due to injury)
Evan Turner, Philadelphia 76ers
Gordon Hayward, Utah Jazz
Kawhi Leonard, San Antonio Spurs
Derrick Favors, Utah Jazz - There’s at least one team apparently still with a need for Rasheed Wallace. CSNNE.com has learned that the former Boston Celtic forward plans to sign with the Los Angeles Lakers. CSNNE.com
- Sam Amick: I asked Dwight if true there was 0 percent chance he’d stay in Orlando:”If it’s not about All-Star weekend I don’t want to talk about it.” Twitter
- Derrick Rose won’t recruit players, but he said Friday that Chicago “speaks for itself” and the Bulls would be “pretty good” if Orlando’s Dwight Howard chose to join him. Howard has expressed interest in being traded, and has the New Jersey Nets, Los Angeles Lakers, Los Angeles Clippers and Dallas Mavericks on his list of approved trade destinations. “I try not to think about it because he’s not with us, but just knowing what type of player he is and how he is playing with his team right now, I think we will be pretty good if he chooses to come,” Rose said. ESPN.com
- Chris Paul confirmed to ESPN Radio Friday at the NBA All-Star Game that he intends to pick up his option to play with the Clippers next season. When Paul was traded to the Clippers from New Orleans in December, it was with the idea that if things didn’t work out the way he wanted, he could opt out and become a restricted free agent. But he said he likes his life as a Clipper. ESPN.com
- Ben Golliver: Rondo, totally sick of media, deadpans: “I don’t want to start any trade rumors but Kendrick Perkins is getting traded back to the Celtics.” Twitter
- Scott Howard-Cooper: USA Basketball has no plans to replace the injured Chauncey Billups on the roster of Olympic candidates, Jerry Colangelo said. Twitter
- Five-time NBA All-Star Reggie Miller and Don Nelson, the league’s winningest coach, headline the list of 12 finalists for the 2012 class for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Washington Times
- All you fans of monstrous dunks, rejoice: The uber-geeks at MIT Media Lab have figured out how to measure the force of a slam dunk, and the gadget makes its television debut during the NBA All-Star Weekend. The nifty net will quantify the force with which guys like Derrick Williams and Paul George stuff a ball through the hoop during the Sprite Slam Dunk Contest on Saturday. The net is said to measure “slam force Gs.” We prefer the term “millijordans,” but no one asked us. Wired.com