Each NBA season the league selects some of the most promising first and second year players to partake in the Rising Stars Challenge.
The challenge is a standard basketball game between team World and Team USA. This year Emmanuel Mudiay, Nikola Jokic, and Jamal Murray will be representing the Nuggets, playing as members of team World.
Mudiay and Jokic both played in the game last year, and spoke highly of their experiences. This will be rookie Jamal Murray’s first go-around at the challenge.
Here’s a look at the full rosters for both team’s:
NBA announces rosters for rookie-soph game (aka "rising stars challenge"). pic.twitter.com/ovx4uxIfQD
— Howard Beck (@HowardBeck) January 25, 2017
The Nuggets are among the brightest and most youthful team’s in the league, so it only makes sense for them to be tied for the most players on roster for the contest.
Not many people outside of Denver know what a bright future the Nuggets have, so the game will allow for the sports national and global fanbase to get a taste of what the future holds in the Mile High City.