LOS ANGELES – Another San Antonio Spur is getting a late call to participate in NBA All-Star weekend.
Rookie forward Carter Bryant will replace Memphis guard Cedric Coward on Team Vince, a team that will be coached by NBC Sports NBA analyst Vince Carter, in the 2026 Castrol Rising Stars competition Friday night.
Bryant, who is already in Southern California to participate in Saturday’s NBA Slam Dunk Contest, is averaging 9.6 points and 4.2 rebounds over his last five games. He has appeared in 43 games for the Spurs this season.
Bryant wasn’t the only Spur to learn his All-Star weekend would become slightly busier.
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver selected Spurs point guard De’Aaron Fox on Thursday as an All-Star ahead of the 75th NBA All-Star Game Sunday night.
Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo, who is bowing out of the game, has not played since Jan. 23 due to a right calf strain.
Antetokounmpo’s injury prompted a game of musical chairs in the first year of the NBA’s new U.S. versus World All-Star Game format.
Miami Heat All-Star guard Norman Powell, who was originally selected as a U.S. All-Star and has ties to Jamaica, is replacing Antetokounmpo on the World All-Star roster. Fox, 28, will now occupy Powell’s vacated U.S. All-Star spot.
Fox, who is averaging 19.4 points and 6.3 assists in 45 games for the Western Conference’s second seed, is now an All-Star for the second time in his professional career.
The Rising Stars competition is scheduled to start at 8 p.m.
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