Participants Have Been Announced For The NBA Rookie Challenge

The participants have been announced for the T-Mobile Rookie Challenge & Youth Jam. 2 Clippers are featured and last year’s Rookie of the year Tyreke Evans as well as L.A.’s own, Brandon Jennings (well not REALLY L.A. more like Compton/Gardena but its still all about the WEST).

Eric Bledsoe L.A. Clippers G 6-1 195 Kentucky
DeMarcus Cousins Sacramento C 6-11 270 Kentucky
Derrick Favors New Jersey F 6-10 246 Georgia Tech
Landry Fields New York G 6-7 210 Stanford
Blake Griffin L.A. Clippers F 6-10 251 Oklahoma
Wesley Johnson Minnesota G 6-7 205 Syracuse
Greg Monroe Detroit C 6-11 250 Georgetown
Gary Neal San Antonio G 6-4 210 Towson State
John Wall Washington G 6-4 195 Kentucky

Mike Budenholzer — San Antonio Spurs
Amar’e Stoudemire — New York Knicks
Kevin McHale — NBA TV/ TNT analyst

DeJuan Blair San Antonio C 6-7 265 Pittsburgh
DeMar DeRozan Toronto G 6-7 220 USC
Stephen Curry Golden State G 6-3 185 Davidson
Tyreke Evans Sacramento G 6-6 220 Memphis
Taj Gibson Chicago F 6-9 225 USC
Jrue Holiday Philadelphia G 6-4 180 UCLA
Serge Ibaka Oklahoma City F-C 6-10 235 Brazzaville, Rep. of Congo
Brandon Jennings Milwaukee G 6-1 169 Lottomatica Virtus Roma
Wesley Matthews Portland G 6-5 220 Marquette

Head Coach — TBD
Carmelo Anthony — Denver Nuggets
Steve Kerr — TNT NBA basketball analyst

The game will be held on Friday, February 18th at Staples Center.

Also taking place that night will be the NBA Celebrity All-Star game. A few of the participants have been announced but the biggest name (much to the delight of teenage girls everywhere) is Justin Bieber. :squeal: What?? He’s cute and has great hair.

here are a few of the other participants, the full roster will be announced soon.

• ESPN Analyst Magic Johnson (NBA legend and Hall of Famer)
• Grammy-nominated artist Justin Bieber (pop artist)
• Scottie Pippen (NBA legend and Hall of Famer)
• Bill Walton (NBA legend and Hall of Famer)
• AC Green (NBA legend)
• B.J. Armstrong (NBA legend)
• Chris Mullin (ESPN Analyst and NBA legend)
• Jalen Rose (ESPN Analyst and NBA legend)
• Jimmy Kimmel (“Jimmy Kimmel Live!”)
• Ty Burrell (“Modern Family”)
• Rob Kardashian (“Keeping Up with the Kardashians”)
• Zach Levi (“Chuck”)
• Jason Alexander (“Curb Your Enthusiasm”)
• Common (Just Wright)
• Bill Simmons (ESPN.com columnist)

source NBA.com