Flagg, Knueppel, Edgecombe top Rising Stars draft picks

PHILADELPHIA — Carmelo Anthony becomes NBA Hall of Famer dallas mavericks Ahead cooper flagThe No. 1 pick in June’s NBA draft, the first pick in Tuesday night’s draft of three teams made up of rookies and second-year players in the Rising Stars Challenge.

In fact, the first four selections were all members of the 2025 NBA Draft class, with Flagg following charlotte hornets guard Con KnuppelWhich was taken by Tracy McGrady with the second pick. Then Vince Carter took philadelphia 76ers guard VJ Edgecombe And New Orleans Pelicans Ahead derrick queen With the third and fourth picks.

Here are the three teams selected on NBC’s pregame show on Peacock Tuesday night before the 76ers-Bucks in South Philadelphia:

Team Melo: Flag; Houston Rockets guard reed shepard; San Antonio Spurs guard Stephen Castle And dylan harper; pelican guard jeremiah is afraid; portland trail blazers Center Donovan Klingon; And Toronto Raptors Ahead Colin Murray-Boyles

Team T-Mac: Knuppel; Miami Heat Center Kel’El Ware; washington wizards guard trey johnson and center Alex Sarr; oklahoma city thunder guard Ajay Mitchell; cleveland cavaliers guard jaylon tyson; And memphis grizzlies guard cam spencer

Team Vince: Edgecombe; Queen; magician ahead kishawn george; Chicago Bulls Ahead Matas Buzzelis; Brooklyn Nets guard egor demin; and memphis grizzlies forward cedric coward And jaylen wells

The fourth team composed of players who participated in the G League this season includes two first-round selections from the June draft: Trail Blazers center yang hansen16th choice, and LA Clippers Center Yannick Konan Niederhauser30th choice; Four players on two-way contracts david jones garcia (Spurs), Tristan Newton (Houston Rockets), aliza martin (Toronto Raptors) and Ron Harper Jr.. (boston celtics); and Sean East II, who plays for the Salt Lake City Stars of the G League.

As part of the All-Star festivities at the Intuit Dome in Los Angeles on Friday, February 13, four teams will play three games, with the winners of the first two games playing in the third to determine the overall champion.