The celebrity game has become a tradition on All-Star weekend. Celebrities from all fields -- entertainment, sports, even politics -- have taken part. This year is no different, with luminaries from different disciplines gathering in New York City to awkwardly dribble and shoot on the first day of the NBA’s mid-season celebration.
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The NBA will kick off its All-Star weekend with the celebrity game with Team Carmelo Anthony facing off against Team Spike Lee.
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The rosters have been set and the two teams will be coached, respectively, by Carmelo Anthony and Spike Lee. ESPN radio hosts Mike Golic and Mike Greenberg will be their assistants.
Isaiah Austin will also be an assistant coach. Austin is a former Baylor University basketball star who was diagnosed with Maran Syndrome, a disease which affects the connective tissues in the body, over the summer. Austin was projected as a first-round pick prior to his diagnosis and now acts as an ambassador for NBA Cares. He also has a foundation which provides support for the awareness and research of Marfan syndrome.
The game will be held in Madison Square Garden on Feb. 13 and will be televised by ESPN. Broadway star Keke Palmer, of “Cinderella,” will sing the game’s National Anthem. The band MAGIC! will perform their hit, “Rude,” at halftime.
Here are the game’s full details:
Date: Feb. 13
Time: 7 p.m. ET
Place: Madison Square Garden
TV: ESPN
Online streaming: WatchESPN
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Everything else you need to know
- Kevin Hart will be back and going for his fourth Celebrity Game MVP award.
- Memphis Grizzlies owner Robert Pera, the same man who has challenged both Michael Jordan and Tony Allen to games of one-on-one, will be playing.
- The former NBA players participating in the game will be Chris Mullin, a New York native, and Allan Houston, a former Knicks All-Star and now the team's assistant general manager.
- Arcade Fire lead singer Win Bulter, who is 6'4 and played high school basketball in New Hampshire, will be participating. Bulter once beat Raptors forward Amir Johnson in a three-point shooting contest.
- Three WNBA players will be participating as well. Skylar Diggins of the Tulsa Shock, Tina Charles of the New York Liberty and Shoni Schimmel of the Atlanta Dream.
- Actors Anthony Anderson, Chadwick Boseman and Ansel Elgort, actor/rapper Common, actor/TV Host Nick Cannon and actor/director Michael Rapaport will be playing too.
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