Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo will miss the NBA All-Star Recreation with a proper calf pressure, the league introduced Thursday, including the Greek ahead to a rising checklist of expertise who can be absent from the mid-season showpiece.
San Antonio Spurs guard De’Aaron Fox was named by NBA commissioner Adam Silver to interchange ahead Antetokounmpo in Sunday’s contest amongst elite gamers at Los Angeles.
The occasion encompasses a World workforce of high international expertise and two groups of Individuals, USA Stars and USA Stripes in a mini-tournament.
Fox can be added to the USA Stripes squad, which can ship Miami’s Norman Powell, who has ties to Jamaica, to the World line-up.
Antetokounmpo joins an inventory of All-Star picks who is not going to be competing within the contest that features reigning NBA Most Invaluable Participant Shai Gilgeous-Alexander of Oklahoma Metropolis and Stephen Curry of Golden State.
Los Angeles Lakers star Luka Doncic can be doubtful after being dominated out for Thursday’s NBA recreation in opposition to his former membership, the Dallas Mavericks.
The NBA Rising Stars occasion additionally misplaced Dallas teen ahead Cooper Flagg, final yr’s high decide within the NBA Draft, and French centre Alex Sarr of Washington.
Fox was given his second All-Star part, the opposite coming in 2023. He’s averaging 19.4 factors, 3.8 rebounds, 6.3 assists and 1.27 steals for the Spurs, who’re 38-16 and second within the Western Convention.
Printed on Feb 13, 2026