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The NBA on Wednesday announced the participants for the 2024 NBA Celebrity All-Star Game, which will be played on February 16 in Indianapolis.
Headlining the rosters are Dallas Cowboys linebacker Micah Parsons, who is a three-time Pro Bowler and two-time first-team All-Pro during his three-year NFL career, and sensational rookie quarterback CJ Stroud of the Houston Texans:
ESPN and the NBA Announced in a joint press release that Parsons and Stroud will be joined by some other star athletes such as former NBA player Metta World Peace, IndyCar driver Conor Daly, Olympic high jumper Gianmarco Tamberi and WNBA stars Jewell Loyd and Natasha Cloud.
Also competing in the NBA All-Star Celebrity Game are musicians AJ McLean, Anuel AA, Walker Hayes, SiR and Adam Blackstone, actors Dylan Wang and Quincy Isaiah, actress and musician Jennifer Hudson, streamer Kai Cenat, chef Kwame Onwuachi and animators Tristan Jass. and Jack Ryan.
Participating celebrities will be divided into Team Shannon and Team Stephen A, with Football Hall of Famers Shannon Sharpe and Peyton Manning and rapper 50 Cent coaching one team, and ESPN personality Stephen A. Smith , WNBA star A’ja Wilson and rapper Lil Wayne. train the other:
Parsons has a background in basketball, having played college basketball in addition to football at Harrisburg High School in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, before starring collegiately at Penn State and then being drafted into the NFL.
Parsons, 24, set a new career high in 2023 with 14 sacks this season after recording 13 as a rookie and 13.5 last season.
Parsons won the 2021 NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year award and finished second in NFL Defensive Player of the Year Award voting in each of his first two seasons, and is a DPOY finalist once again this season.
Stroud, 22, is the favorite for NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year honors, having thrown for 4,108 yards, 23 touchdowns and five interceptions in his debut season en route to a Pro Bowl. He also led the Texans to an AFC South title and a playoff victory after they finished 3-13-1 in 2022.
Metta World Peace, who previously went by Ron Artest, starred in the NBA for 17 seasons, primarily with the Los Angeles Lakers and Indiana Pacers. He was an All-Star, NBA Defensive Player of the Year and NBA champion.
Loyd is a five-time WNBA All-Star and two-time WNBA champion, Cloud is a one-time WNBA champion, Tamberi won gold in the Olympic high jump in 2020 and Daly has three top-10 finishes in her race in the Indianapolis 500.
The 2024 NBA All-Star Game will air on ESPN and the ESPN app at 7 p.m. ET on February 16.