Although the 2021 NBA Rising Stars game will not be played at the All-Star Game this year due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the league still decided to unveil the rosters as a way to honor the players who would have made it.
The Rising Stars game features the best rookies and second-year players in the NBA and is usually split up by the U.S. Team and World Team.
Players named to the U.S. roster include:
Players named to the World roster include:
The U.S. Team has won the Rising Stars game in each of the last two seasons. The World Team last won in 2018, led by Joel Embiid, Ben Simmons, Buddy Hield and Bogdan Bogdanovic, among others.
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