Ranking the 10 most exciting players that will be featured in the 2023 NBA Rising Stars Challenge.
Friday night’s Jordan Rising Stars Challenge offers an opportunity for the top young players in the NBA to come together and showcase themselves to the NBA world at-large. The Rising Stars Challenge kicks off All-Star weekend and starts to get fans in the mood for the weekend to come. This year’s event is taking place in Salt Lake City, Utah. The event is at 9:00 pm Eastern and will be broadcasted on TNT.
How the NBA Rising Stars Challenge will work
The contest now features four teams of seven players playing in a tournament of mini-games (with semi-finals being “first to 40” contests, and then a championship game with the first team to 25 points winning it all). Three teams are made up of the top first and second-year players in the NBA, and the fourth team consists of some of the top NBA G League talent.
The teams are coached by former NBA stars Pau Gasol, Deron Williams, Joakim Noah, and Jason Terry (who will be coaching the team of G League players). The last two draft classes have been loaded with talent, but here is the list of the top 10 most exciting players in tonight’s Rising Stars Challenge.