NBA Announces 2024 Ruffles® NBA All-Star Celebrity Game Rosters and Coaches
NBA Announces Rosters and Coaches for the 2024 Ruffles® NBA All-Star Celebrity Game
Taking place at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Ind. on Friday, Feb. 16, at 7 p.m. ET., this year’s game will feature a wide array of celebrities, ranging from the worlds of music, sports, film and more.
Past NBA All-Star Celebrity Games have included top musicians, actors and sportspeople
The 2024 Ruffles® NBA All-Star Celebrity Game will air exclusively on ESPN and the ESPN App.
ESPN Broadcast Team
ESPN’s Cassidy Hubbarth returns to serve as host for the broadcast, including the M.V.P. trophy presentation.
Hubbarth will also conduct special interviews with players, coaches, celebrities and other event attendees.
Ryan Ruocco will provide play-by-play commentary for the game alongside returning analysts Richard Jefferson and Monica McNutt, with a special guest appearance from Pat McAfee.
Rosters
Player rosters for the Ruffles® NBA All-Star Celebrity Game will include:
The youngest female EGOT winner, Jennifer Hudson
NBA Champion Metta World Peace
NFL superstars Micah Parsons and CJ Stroud
IndyCar Series racer Conor Daly
Grammy Award-nominated recording artists AJ McLean, Walker Hayes and SiR
Grammy Award-nominated musician Adam Blackstone
Emmy Award-winning entertainer Lilly Singh
Actors Dylan Wang and Quincy Isaiah
Streamer Kai Cenat
Content creator Tristan Jass
Basketball entertainers Jack Ryan and James Beard
Award-winning chef Kwame Onwuachi
Olympic high jump champion Gianmarco Tamberi and Latin American Music Award-winning recording artist Anuel AA will return for their second Celebrity Game.
Each team will also feature a WNBA star. Two-time WNBA champion and five-time Seattle Storm All-Star Jewell Loyd, and WNBA Champion and Phoenix Mercury guard Natasha Cloud will appear on opposing rosters.
Coaches
ESPN NBA Analyst and First Take star Stephen A. Smith will coach against First Take co-star and Pro Football Hall of Famer Shannon Sharpe.
In addition, Peyton Manning, great quarterback, Pro Football Hall of Famer and co-star of ESPN’s Monday Night Football with Peyton & Eli, and Grammy Award-winning recording artist Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson will also serve as coaches for Team Shannon.
They will take on two-time WNBA Champion and two-time WNBA M.V.P. A’ja Wilson, as well as five-time Grammy Award-winning recording artist and global icon Lil Wayne, who will coach for Team Stephen A.
2024 Ruffles® NBA All-Star Celebrity Game Rosters
The line-up for this year’s Ruffles® NBA All-Star Celebrity Game
New this year, the game will feature an all-new, innovative LED court, which will carry endless animation capabilities throughout the game, such as a dynamic three-point line, court graphics and much more.
Additionally, the game will see the return of fan favourites Ruffles® 4-Point Ridgeline and Ruffles® Crunch Time and the debut of the Ruffles® Flamin’ Hot Challenge, a one-minute, relay-style shooting contest.
For more on the event, visit the NBA’s All-Star Celebrity Game site.
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