Joining Wembanyama as a West reserve are Jaren Jackson Jr., Jalen Williams, Anthony Edwards, Anthony Davis, James Harden and Alperen Şengün. The seven reserves from the East are Jaylen Brown, Pascal Siakam, Darius Garland, Evan Mobley, Cade Cunningham, Damian Lillard and Tyler Herro, as selected by the conference’s coaches.

French phenomenon Victor Wembanyama and Turkish big man Alperen Sengun are joining Serb star Nikola Jokic and the Greek Freak Giannis Antetokounmpo in the upcoming All Star game. Both Wemby and Sengun are getting their first All-Star appearance.

Star, Chris Paul makes a pitch to coaches about selecting Spurs teammate Victor Wembanyama for his first such honor.