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Joel Embiid, Dario Saric and Jahlil Okafor Will Play in the Rising Stars Game
By Jim Adair
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While we’re still awaiting word on his actual All-Star status, Joel Embiid will at least have something to do during the break: JoJo, Jahlil Okafor, and Dario Saric have all been named as participants in the Rising Stars Challenge. T.J. McConnell got snubbed.
In the U.S. vs. the World format this year, Okafor will face off against his teammates in Saric and Embiid. Gonna need to see Embiid dunk on Okafor. When he dunked on Nerlens in camp, the dude disappeared a month later to have “surgery”. And that was just a picture. Dunking on Okafor on TV in front of everyone might be the final straw in Jah’s career here.
Here’s the full roster:
NBA announces rosters for rookie-soph game (aka "rising stars challenge"). pic.twitter.com/ovx4uxIfQD
— Howard Beck (@HowardBeck) January 25, 2017
The alternate universe Sixers frontline of Embiid and Porzingis will actually be on the same team, at least this once.
When he's not writing about sports here or ranting about them on Twitter, Jim is probably watching X-Files on Netflix or drinking a beer somewhere. Jim has nothing against hockey, it's just not his style. He once met Duce Staley at a Sixers game.