The Puerto Rican ragman Bad Bunny will participate on February 15 at the celebrity party, which is part of the NBA All Star Weekend, which will take place in Charlotte, North Carolina (USA), on February 16 , the sports organization announced today.
According to an NBA press release, Bad Bunny will be on the visiting team, along with 11 other members, including Ray Allen, the top three player in NBA history and a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame.
The visiting quintet will also feature American rapper Quevo, who won the Most Valuable Player award in last year’s edition.
This team will be led by Sue Bird, member of the WNBA champion team (female NBA), Seattle Storm.
For its part, the local team will be led by American exbaloncestista and three-time Olympic champion, Dawn Staley.
The local team will have members of American Rapsody rapper, American former player Steve Smith, basketball analyst and exbaloncestista Jay Williams, and A’ja Wilson, the WNBA Rookie of the Year 2018.
The celebrity party will take place at the Bojangles Coliseum in Charlotte.
This meeting will be held one day prior to the All Star Weekend, which will feature the skill contest, three-point and “dunk” or planted shots.
The first contest will be, as usual, the “Skills Challenge” skills, whose participants will be: Mike Conley (Memphis Grizzlies), Jason Tatum (Boston Celtics), Trae Young (Atlanta Hawks), De? Aaron Fox (Sacramente Kings) ), Nikola Jokic (Denver Nuggets), Kyle Kuzma (Los Angeles Lakers), Nikola Vucevic (Orlando Magic) and Luka Doncic (Dallas Mavericks).
As for the triple contest, “3-Point Contest”, will feature: Devin Booker (Phoenix Suns), Seth Curry (Portand Trail Blazers), Stephen Curry (Golden State Warriors), Danny Green (Toronto Raptors), Joe Harris (Brooklyn Nets), Buddy Hield (Sacramento Kings), Damian Lillard (Portland Trail Blazers), Khris Middleton (Milwaukee Bucks), Dirk Nowitzki (Dallas Mavericks) and Kemba Walker (Charlotte Hornets).
Finally, the main course will come with the “Slam Dunk Challenge” or mat competition, which will include Milles Bridges (Charlotte Hornets), John Collins (Atlanta Hawks), Hamidou Diallo (Oklahoma City Thunder) and Dennis Smith Jr (New York Knicks).
Previously announced the members of the All Star games, an event in which Friday will be played the ‘rookies’ against ‘sophomores’ and on Sunday the “Team Lebron” against “Team Giannis” that closes the All Star 2019. (EFEUSA ) .-
