The 2023 NBA season is approaching its midway mark, which implies All-Star festivities are proper across the nook. Billboard can solely report right this moment (Feb. 8) that 21 Savage, Janelle Monae, Cordae, Ozuna, Nicky Jam, Kane Brown and extra will take part within the 2023 Ruffles NBA All-Star Celeb Sport.
Set to happen in Salt Lake Metropolis, Utah, on Feb. 17, two-time NBA MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo and his brothers Thanasis and Alex Antetokounmpo and Olympic gold medalist Lindsey Vonn will function coaches and go towards Houston Astros star Alex Bregman at this 12 months’s occasion. Workforce captains will embody Utah Jazz Governor Ryan Smith and Three-Time NBA Champion Dwyane Wade.
In earlier years, the NBA has reeled in a bevy of musical abilities to play at its celeb sport, together with J. Cole, Jack Harlow, Frequent and Quavo. The Migos frontman dazzled in each of his appearances. In 2018, he scored 19 factors and gained the MVP award. The next 12 months, he had a game-high of 27 factors. Final 12 months, the NBA recruited DJ Khaled to carry out on the halftime present, and he introduced out Mary J. Blige, Snoop Dogg, Lil Wayne, Migos, Lil Child and Gunna. The NBA hasn’t but introduced its performers for this 12 months’s sport.
For followers involved in watching the Celeb Sport, it begins at 7 p.m. ET, and can air solely on ESPN. It can even be out there to stream on the ESPN App.
Try the complete rosters for the sport beneath.
2023 Ruffles NBA All-Star Celeb Sport Rosters
| Workforce Ryan | Workforce Wade |
| Ryan Smith (Utah Jazz governor and honorary captain) | Dwyane Wade (NBA champion, Utah Jazz minority proprietor and honorary captain) |
| Cordae (rapper, recording artist) | Kane Brown (5-time American Music Award winner) |
| Diamond DeShields (WNBA All-Star; Chicago Sky) | Nicky Jam (Latin world music icon and actor) |
| Calvin Johnson (former NFL participant) | Jesser (content material creator) |
| DK Metcalf (NFL participant) | Simu Liu (actor) |
| Hasan Minhaj (comic) | Janelle Monáe (actress, singer, songwriter) |
| Marcos Mion (TV host) | Arike Ogunbowale (WNBA All-Star; Dallas Wings) |
| The Miz (WWE celebrity) | Albert Pujols (MLB Participant) |
| Everett Osborne (actor) | 21 Savage (rapper, recording artist) |
| Ozuna (rapper, recording artist) | Ranveer Singh (actor and NBA Model Ambassador for India) |
| Guillermo Rodriguez (ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Dwell correspondent) | Frances Tiafoe (tennis participant) |
| Sinqua Partitions (actor) | Alex Toussaint (Peloton coach and Puma athlete) |
