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Charles Curtis

NBA All-Star Celebrity Game 2023: Full rosters including DK Metcalf, Albert Pujols

Albert Pujols DK Metcalf NBA Ryan Smith Jazz

NBA All-Star weekend is all about stars, current and future, particularly on Friday.

There will be the Rising Stars game starring some of the league’s brightest and best young players. But before that, NBA fans will get to see celebrities from all over the pop culture world playing against each other.

Jazz team governor Ryan Smith will captain one team, while Dwyane Wade — who owns a stake in the Jazz — will helm the other squad.

Per the NBA, there are some neat twists including a “Ruffles Crunch Time” when points will be doubled when a captain activates it.

Here are the team rosters:

Team Ryan

Kane Brown

Cordae

Diamond DeShields

Calvin Johnson

Marcos Mion

The Miz

Albert Pujols

Everett Osborne

Ozuna

Guillermo Rodriguez

Sinqua Walls

Team Dwyane

Nicky Jam

Jesser

Simu Liu

Hasan Minhaj

DK Metcalf

Janelle Monáe

Arike Ogunbowale

21 Savage

Ranveer Singh

Frances Tiafoe

Alex Toussaint

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Buescher: "That sucks to be that close" after Kansas photo finish

Although the monitor listed Buescher the winner by 0.001 seconds at the checkered flag following a side-by-side battle with Kyle Larson on the final lap of Sunday’s race at Kansas Speedway, NASCAR officials immediately said the finish would be reviewed on video.

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Kansas NASCAR Cup: Larson beats Buescher in closest finish in history

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Macron Seeks To Sway China's Xi On Ukraine

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U of Mississippi opens probe over hostile protest that involved racist taunts

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Buescher: "That sucks to be that close" after Kansas photo finish

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Kansas NASCAR Cup: Larson beats Buescher in closest finish in history

Chris Buescher and Kyle Larson raced side by side off Turn 4 on the final lap of overtime and stayed that way as they took the checkered flag.

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Macron Seeks To Sway China's Xi On Ukraine

French President Emmanuel Macron was on Monday set to warn Chinese leader Xi Jinping against backing Russia in the conflict over Ukraine but also seek to enlist his help in finding an end to the war.

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U of Mississippi opens probe over hostile protest that involved racist taunts

Videos of Thursday's incident at the school were shared on social media showing heated confrontations between pro-Palestinian protesters and a larger group of counterprotesters.

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