The Memphis Grizzlies second-year guard Desmond Bane will be joining his teammate Ja Morant in Cleveland during the 2022 NBA All-Star weekend.
The NBA All-Star 2022 Rising Stars will take place on Friday, February 18th, at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, with Bane selected to take part.
Averaging 18.1 points, 4.3 rebounds, 2.4 assists, and 1.10 steals in 30.2 minutes per game this season, the 23-year-old has started all 49 of his appearances so far this season.
The TCU alum also is in the conversation for the Most Improved Player honors after nearly doubling his scoring average (9.2) from his rookie campaign
According to the Grizzlies, “For the first time, Rising Stars will feature four seven-player teams competing in a mini-tournament consisting of three games. The pool of 28 players will consist of 12 first-year NBA players, 12 second-year NBA players, and four players from NBA G League Ignite. The competition will consist of a ‘race to 75’ points in honor of the NBA’s landmark 75th Anniversary Season. The semifinal games will be played to a final target score of 50 and the final game will be played to a final target score of 25. Rising Stars will air live at 8 p.m. CT on TNT.”
Bane will be the 19th Grizzlies player to represent Memphis in the Rising Stars game. Recent players selected as Rising Stars in past seasons were Morant, Jaren Jackson Jr., and Brandon Clarke.
Morant and Jackson Jr. took to Twitter to celebrate their teammate.
