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Although Andre Drummond was named the Rising Stars Challenge MVP, Dion Waiters and Tim Hardaway Jr were nothing short of spectaulr. Their back and forth duel was increible to watch, what a show these youngins put on. GREEN LIGHT!
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The future is here and it's time to watch them take the court to make a name for themselves at the NBA Rising Stars Challenge.
The 2014 Rising All Stars Challenge game lineups
It's a small consolation in the middle of a breakout season, but C Anthony Davis felt what it's like to get chosen first overall again.
He's got to be excited.
The NBA Rising Stars Challenge games of the best rookies and sophomores is named by the league, with teams selected by TNT analysts. This year Grant Hill and Chris Webber faced off, simulating the draft between each other. Webber got first pick and rightfully chose Davis. By the way doesn't it sound weird to say it and mean it -- Davis is the best of the rookie and sophomore class. The numbers back that up.
But Team Hill chose Damian Lillard second, and he's also playing in the all star game.
Davis was left off the Western Conference All Star team, and it's fair in the way that would have been unfair had Lillard gotten snubbed altogether.
Team Webber: Davis, PG Michael Carter Williams, SG Tim Hardaway Jr., PG Trey Burke, FC Jared Sullinger, C Mason Plumlee, SG Victor Oladipo, C Steve Adams, CF Kelly Olynyk
Imagine a real-life combo of Davis and MCW. Hardaway is a draft steal and already one of the Knicks' better rotation regulars. Trey Burke has shown flashes of being a franchise point guard. Plumlee enters the league more refined than brother Miles, so his strength and quickness has given the Nets valuable minutes as a garbage man. Sullinger has gotten better, and healthy enough to thrive as an undersized but powerful three-point shooting center. Oladipo doesn't get love, like he was selected because there was little left. Little accounted for Steve Adams and Kelly Olynyk
Team Hill: Lillard, SG Bradley Beal, C Andre Drummond, SF Harrison Barnes, SG Terrence Ross, SG Giannis Antetokounmpo, C Jonas Valanciunas, SG Dion Waiters, C Pero Antic.
You don't have to be the first, but you can always be better than the first. The Washington Wizards had the same partnership as Irving-Waiters in mind when it drafted Bradley Beal to pair with John Wall. Beal has acquitted himself, is more mature, and a better three-point shooter than Waiters, selected second to last with baggage so heavy it could drag down Team Hill's chemistry. That Antic made it at all is delightful. Drummond is a monster, and maybe it wouldn't have been wrong to choose him over Lillard or MCW. Barnes is a surprising addition. Unlike most of the sophs in this list, he's the one who regressed the most. Meanwhile Terrence Ross is dropping 50 points. Cut N Paste will be a mega-star one day you watch.
