OT: "Rising Stars" game is now US vs. Rest of World

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  1. Rastapopoulos

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    Rastapopoulos, Jan 21, 2015
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    Jusuf Nurkic?
    Nic Stauskas?
    Anthony Bennett?
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    Oladipo is from Maryland so I'd assume he is on USA
    Nerlens Noel?
    Ben McLemore?
    MCW?
    Trey Burke?
    Mason PLumlee?
    Marcus Smart?
    Elfrid Payton?
    KJ McDaniels?
     
    JFizzleRaider, Jan 21, 2015
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    If that's close to the rosters, the RoW would look to be heavy favorites...
    (Oladipo COULD count as Nigerian if he wanted - I was born in Kenya, but because both my parents are English, that's my citizenship.)
     
    Rastapopoulos, Jan 22, 2015
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    I thought the plan was to play against an international team. Not a team comprised of international players.
     
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    This will not end well. Arenas breaking out in USA! chants.
     
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    Love the idea. Hopefully it is a composition of international players.
     
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    I'd rather see Blacks vs. Whites game.:MARIS61:
     
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    Obviously I'd like to see Matthew Dellavedova, and Joe Ingles in the Rest of the World team with Dante Exum.
     
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    Foreign players would have to include Vucevic, Batum and almost the entire Spurs roster would be a hell of an international team.
     
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    Rising stars, though, only includes rookies and sophomores.
     
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    I took "the rest of the world" literally
     
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    Matthew Dellavedova has been added to the Rest of the World squad, replacing the injured Kelly Olynyk.

    Go Delly!
     
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    Under 6'6" vs. the Over...
     
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    Patty Mills off the list and no love for the Kiwis? :)
     
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    That's rugby...go All Blacks!
     
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    No Patty because Rising Stars is only for rookies and sophomores.

    The really unlucky one is Aron Baynes. He played 16 games at the back end of the 2012/13 season that rule him out.
     
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    white team has to be all 7+ footers tho with shitty handles. kaman is PG
     
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    The World team had 5 players over the age of 24.
     
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    I tried to watch some of the game last night, but opted to smack my self on the forehead with the rusty prongs of a hammer..you know its bad when a YMCA level player finds the play unbearable
     
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