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The companies for this year’s NBA Rising Stars Challenge are set.

The coaches of the event taking place on February 14 in San Francisco are Tim Hardaway Sr., Chris Mullin and Mitch Richmond. Jeremy Lin will be the coach of the G League team.

The honorary coaches chose their team on Tuesday.

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Chris Mullin, Mitch Richmond and Tim Hardaway Sr. Compiled their team today in 2025 Castrol Rising Stars.
Each NBA legend chose seven players from the pool of 21 NBA -rookies and Sophomores. Jeremy Lin will lead the team of seven players representing the NBA G League. pic.twitter.com/wimro9aeie

The name to look at Team Chris is Stephon Castle. San Antonio Spurs Guard has a huge year and sets 12.2 points per year. Match. The UCONN product is currently No. 1 on Nbas rookie -ladder.

Team Chris has another of the best rookies in the league in Zach Edey. Memphis Grizzlies Big Man keeps his own on one of the best teams in the West, an average of 9.8 points, 7.6 boards and 1.2 blocks per year. Match.

Edeys Grizzlies -teammate, Jylen Wells, will join him on Team Chris. Wells, another round pick, has turned heads this year as he has set 11.4 points per year. Battle and established themselves as a starting in large parts of the season.

When you look at Team Mitch, Amen Thompson is the name that stands out. The former No. 4 total elections have made a leap in the year 2, an average of 13.9 points, 8.2 rebounds, 1.4 stealing and 1.2 blocks per year. Fight for Houston Rockets while making a strong case for Sixth Man of the Year.

Thompson’s brother, Detroit Piston’s forward Ausar Thompson, will join him on Team Mitch.

Team Tim landed No. 1 and No. 2 elections in the 2024 draft and took Zaccharie Risacher and Alex Sarr. Risacher finds his foothold with Atlanta Hawks and sets 11.3 points per day. Fight this year. Sarr has had similar numbers for Washington Wizards, where he sent 11.5 points and 6.6 boards per year. Match.

At Team Jeremy, there is a player that fans have been given the chance to see several times over the past two years. This player is Mac McClung, an Orlando Magic G Leaguer who has won the NBA Dunk competition in each of the last two seasons.

Along with playing in the Rising Stars game, McClung will again compete in the Dunk Contest and look to make it three in a row.