Named a Western Conference reserve, Victor Wembanyama is the San Antonio Spurs' first All-Star representative since 2022.
Jaylen Brown was announced Thursday as one of the seven All-Star reserves from the Eastern Conference. It was the third straight All-Star nod and fourth in the last five years for Brown, who will join East starter Jayson Tatum at the midseason showcase in San Francisco on Feb. 16.
San Antonio's Victor Wembanyama has been chosen for his first NBA All-Star Game as one of seven reserves from the Western Conference.
A pair of the NBA's top players will be going head to head when Jayson Tatum (26.7 points per game, sixth in league) and the Boston Celtics (33-15) welcome in Victor Wembanyama (24.4, 15th) and the San Antonio Spurs (20-24) on Wednesday, February 12, 2025 at 7:00 PM ET on ESPN, NBCS-BOS, and CWSA.
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.
At least one other Celtic will join Jayson Tatum at NBA All-Star weekend in San Francisco. Third-year guard JD Davison was one of seven G League players selected to compete in the 2025 Castrol Rising Stars game on Feb. 14.
San Antonio Spurs center Victor Wembanyama and Boston guard Jaylen Brown were among 14 players named on Thursday (Friday, Manila time) as reserves for next month's NBA All-Star Game at San Francisco.
Despite strong fan support, Victor Wembanyama was not named a starter for the 2025 NBA All-Star Game, missing out on the Western Conference lineup.
The Spurs' Victor Wembanyama and the Rockets' Alperen Sengun were among six first-timers named to the NBA All-Star Game on Thursday, when the league announced the reserves.
The star Spurs center becomes the first San Antonio player since Dejounte Murray in 2021-2022 to make the All-Star squad.
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.