{"id":600948,"date":"2026-02-13T14:09:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T14:09:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/600948\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T14:09:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T14:09:16","slug":"every-young-player-playing-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/600948\/","title":{"rendered":"Every young player playing in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Feb. 13, 2026, 8:01 a.m. ET<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">As part of the annual NBA All-Star Weekend, the league likes to celebrate its young players in the unique Rising Stars Challenge.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Much like the main event that is the All-Star Game, Rising Stars is a showcase of first and second-year players around the league who have made some noise through the first two-thirds of the NBA season or so. In recent years, even some G League players get spotlight in this event. There will be four teams playing in a mini tournament.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Ahead of Friday night&#8217;s tournament in Los Angeles, here&#8217;s a complete list of all four rosters in Rising Stars, who will be coached by four former NBA legends and players.<\/p>\n<p>Team Melo<img class=\"gnt_em_img_i\" style=\"height:441px\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/87774918007-usatsi-27795425.jpg\" data-gl- decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Dec 10, 2025; Los Angeles, California, USA; San Antonio Spurs guard Stephon Castle (5) reacts after a basket and a foul called on Los Angeles Lakers guard Luka Doncic (77) during the first half at Crypto.com Arena. Mandatory Credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Coach: Carmelo Anthony<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Roster:<\/p>\n<p>Team T-Mac<img class=\"gnt_em_img_i\" style=\"height:439px\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/88648968007-usatsi-28114925.jpg\" data-gl- decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Jan 29, 2026; Dallas, Texas, USA; Charlotte Hornets guard Kon Knueppel (7) reacts after scoring against the Dallas Mavericks during the first quarter at American Airlines Center. Mandatory Credit: Kevin Jairaj-Imagn Images\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Coach: Tracy McGrady<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Roster:<\/p>\n<p>Team Vince<img class=\"gnt_em_img_i\" style=\"height:440px\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/88649004007-usatsi-28214186.jpg\" data-gl- decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feb 11, 2026; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; Philadelphia 76ers guard Vj Edgecombe (77) drives against the New York Knicks during the second half at Xfinity Mobile Arena. Mandatory Credit: Bill Streicher-Imagn Images\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Coach: Vince Carter<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Roster:<\/p>\n<p>G V.J. Edgecombe, Philadelphia 76ersF Derik Queen, New Orleans PelicansG Kyshawn George, Washington WizardsF Matas Buzelis, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/chicago-bulls\/4\/\" data-autotag=\"405d8bcc-fb36-48bb-8870-95d5603bd7ae\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Chicago Bulls<\/a>G Egor D\u0435\u0308min, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/brooklyn-nets\/17\/\" data-autotag=\"02f2623f-cb52-4847-8284-ff461d726c25\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Brooklyn Nets<\/a>G Cedric Coward, Memphis GrizzliesF Jaylen Wells, Memphis GrizzliesTeam Austin<img class=\"gnt_em_img_i\" style=\"height:440px\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/88649027007-usatsi-28185445.jpg\" data-gl- decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feb 7, 2026; Portland, Oregon, USA; Portland Trail Blazers center Yang Hansen (16) reacts to a call during the first half against the Memphis Grizzlies at Moda Center. Mandatory Credit: Soobum Im-Imagn Images\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Coach: Austin Rivers<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Roster:<\/p>\n<p>G Sean East II, Salt Lake City Stars (G League)G Ron Harper Jr., Boston CelticsC Yanic Konan Niederhauser, L.A. ClippersG Alijah Martin, Toronto RaptorsG Tristen Newton, Houston RocketsC Yang Hansen, Portland Trail Blazers*G Mac Maclung, Chicago Bulls (injured; will not play)*G David Jones Garcia, San Antonio Spurs (injured; will not play)*G Jahmir Young, Miami Heat (injury replacement)<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Enjoy the games, dearest readers!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Feb. 13, 2026, 8:01 a.m. ET As part of the annual NBA All-Star Weekend, the league likes to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":600949,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3794],"tags":[72400,7,292,194,4066,6,211,53093,72522,72597,72492,73390,72404,72505,72649,73922,72468,72440,73533,72598,72464,73092,72436,72559,74239,72413,72524,72490,72442,72444,72422,75234,72429,72484,72445,72405,72797,72811,72643,72406,73078,72496,80224,72465,76948,72479,72428,73296,72403],"class_list":{"0":"post-600948","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston-rockets","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-basketball","10":"tag-houston","11":"tag-houston-rockets","12":"tag-houstonrockets","13":"tag-nba","14":"tag-rockets","15":"tag-sstssportsnba","16":"tag-sstsnnba","17":"tag-tagace-bailey","18":"tag-tagajay-mitchell","19":"tag-tagalexandre-sarr","20":"tag-tagbasketball","21":"tag-tagbrooklyn-nets","22":"tag-tagcam-spencer","23":"tag-tagcarmelo-anthony","24":"tag-tagcharlotte-hornets","25":"tag-tagchicago-bulls","26":"tag-tagcollin-murray-boyles","27":"tag-tagcooper-flagg","28":"tag-tagdallas-mavericks","29":"tag-tagdonovan-clingan","30":"tag-tagexclude-social-autopilot","31":"tag-taghouston-rockets","32":"tag-tagkelel-ware","33":"tag-taglos-angeles-clippers","34":"tag-tagmatas-buzelis","35":"tag-tagmemphis-grizzlies","36":"tag-tagmiami-heat","37":"tag-tagnational-sports","38":"tag-tagnba","39":"tag-tagnba-all-star-game","40":"tag-tagnew-orleans-pelicans","41":"tag-tagoklahoma-city-thunder","42":"tag-tagoverall-neutral","43":"tag-tagoverall-positive","44":"tag-tagportland-trail-blazers","45":"tag-tagreed-sheppard","46":"tag-tagsan-antonio-spurs","47":"tag-tagsports-news","48":"tag-tagstephon-castle","49":"tag-tagtoronto-raptors","50":"tag-tagtracy-mcgrady","51":"tag-tagutah-jazz","52":"tag-tagvince-carter","53":"tag-tagvj-edgecombe","54":"tag-tagwashington-wizards","55":"tag-tagzaccharie-risacher","56":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/600948","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=600948"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/600948\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/600949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=600948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=600948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=600948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}