Speaking of All-Stars, here is our tomorrow's game.
And here is the roster.
Team Pau: Paolo Banchero, Bennedict Mathurin, Jaden Ivey, Scottie Barnes, Jose Alvarado, Keegan Murray, Andrew Nembhard
Team Deron: Franz Wagner, Jalen Green*, Alperen Sengun, Trey Murphy III, AJ Griffin, Bones Hyland, Walker Kessler, Ayo Dosunmu**
Team Joakim: Evan Mobley, Josh Giddey, Jalen Williams, Jeremy Sochan, Quentin Grimes, Jabari Smith Jr., Jalen Duren*, Tari Eason**
Team Jason: Sidy Cissoko (G League Ignite), Scoot Henderson (G League Ignite), Mojave King (G League Ignite), Kenneth Lofton Jr. (Memphis Hustle), Mac McClung (Deleware Blue Coats), Leonard Miller (G League Ignite), Scotty Pippen Jr. (South Bay Lakers)
https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/nba-all-star-rising-stars-game-2023-live-stream-format-rosters-teams-how-to-watch-online-start-time/I was actually surprised Deron Williams will coach the other team of the Rising Stars. I am a big fan of his from Utah Jazz paired with AK47 to Brooklyn Nets, (with his crossovers mostly, watch his highlights, they are damn good) until he was just gone without a big issue. He just wants to spend more time with his family, that's it.
Looking at the roster he is coaching, I will definitely bet for his team. Wagner and Sengun might play this explosively.
Team Joakim looks like a formidable team too unless Team Jason's roster which is mostly G-league players will show off with scouts watching on the sidelines.
Actually it turns out that it was a big issue when Deron Williams left the Jazz that time because he has a beef with the late former coach of the Jazz Jerry Sloan. Not sure if everyone is familiar with the story but it's here,
https://www.instagram.com/p/CAfmSwUFIy4/So they ended up their marriage at a bitter divorce and Deron never talk to Jerry Sloan after he was traded and then Sloan retired as coach of Utah after 23 years. But it's good that they straight things up, Deron reaching to Sloan to make amends before Jerry passes away.
This is from the archives:
https://archive.sltrib.com/article.php?id=51230275&itype=CMSID about Sloan resigning as Utah Jazz coach.
Tearful Sloan says, 'My time is up'
So that's one for the history books folks,
And speaking of Deron Williams, yeah, I will put a bet on his team to win. They are now underdogs at @2.05 odd so that is a very attractive for me.