The San Antonio star and reigning rookie of the year is an All-Star for the first time, one of the 14 players announced Thursday night as members of the reserve pool for the Feb. 16 event in San Francisco.
There were seven players picked Thursday from each conference. From the Eastern Conference: Boston's Jaylen Brown, Indiana's Pascal Siakam, Cleveland's Darius Garland and Evan Mobley, Detroit's Cade Cunningham, Milwaukee's Damian Lillard — last year's All-Star MVP — and Miami's Tyler Herro.
The reigning rookie of the year is an NBA All-Star for the first time, with the 21-year-old from France one of the 14 players announced Thursday night as members of the reserve pool for the midseason exhibition that will take place Feb. 16 at the home of the Golden State Warriors in San Francisco.
The star Spurs center becomes the first San Antonio player since Dejounte Murray in 2021-2022 to make the All-Star squad.
Wembanyama becomes only the fourth Spurs player to make the All-Star Game in his first or second season. The others are Alvin Robertson in 1986, David Robinson in 1990 and 1991, and Tim Duncan in 1998
Victor Wembanyama has earned his first NBA All-Star selection as a reserve, marking a significant milestone in his standout rookie season. His impress
Gilbert Arenas took to his podcast to make the argument that Cade Cunningham needs to be playing in a bigger market.
The reserves will join the starters who were announced last week at the All-Star Game in the Chase Center in San Francisco on Feb. 16.
SAN FRANCISCO — Tyler Herro spent All-Star ... The Pistons haven't had an All-Star since Blake Griffin in 2019. Cunningham has done enough to end that drought, averaging 24.6 points and 9.4 ...
Veteran players like LeBron James, Kevin Durant, and Steph Curry are heading the list of All-Star starters. On Thursday evening, the remaining all-star reserves were announced. In the 2025 all-star game, there will be six first-time selectees—three from the East and three from the West.
San Antonio's Victor Wembanyama has been chosen for his first NBA All-Star Game as one of seven reserves from the Western Conference.Both conferences' reserves were revealed Thursday night on TNT.