Tonight, the NBA’s most impactful rookies, emerging second-year standouts, and sleepers from the G-League took the court in Cleveland Ohio for the 2022 NBA All-Star Rising Stars Game.
This year’s Rising Stars featured a new format which saw the players divided into four teams—Team (Rick) Barry, Team Isiah (Thomas), Team (Gary) Payton, and Team (James) Worthy. The teams competed in three games, each played to a final target score, which can only be won with a made basket or free throw instead of with the shot clock running out. Games 1 and 2 were played until a team reached 50 points, while the target was 25 points (making it a total of 75 points in celebration of the NBA’s 75th Anniversary) in the final.
After a closely contested first round of games, Team Barry and Team Isiah met in the finals to determine this year’s champions. Momentum swung back and forth, but it was Detroit Pistons first overall pick Cade Cunningham who helped Team Barry pull away at the end for the victory. He scored 18 total points and hit some clutch buckets at the end to nab MVP honors.
Read on for a look at Every Sneaker Worn in the 2022 NBA All-Star Rising Stars Game.
Tonight, the NBA’s most impactful rookies, emerging second-year standouts, and sleepers from the G-League took the court in Cleveland Ohio for the 2022 NBA All-Star Rising Stars Game.
This year’s Rising Stars featured a new format which saw the players divided into four teams—Team (Rick) Barry, Team Isiah (Thomas), Team (Gary) Payton, and Team (James) Worthy. The teams competed in three games, each played to a final target score, which can only be won with a made basket or free throw instead of with the shot clock running out. Games 1 and 2 were played until a team reached 50 points, while the target was 25 points (making it a total of 75 points in celebration of the NBA’s 75th Anniversary) in the final.
After a closely contested first round of games, Team Barry and Team Isiah met in the finals to determine this year’s champions. Momentum swung back and forth, but it was Detroit Pistons first overall pick Cade Cunningham who helped Team Barry pull away at the end for the victory. He scored 18 total points and hit some clutch buckets at the end to nab MVP honors.
Read on for a look at Every Sneaker Worn in the 2022 NBA All-Star Rising Stars Game.
Precious Achiuwa
Shoe: Anta Frenzy 3
Cole Anthony
Shoe: Adidas Exhibit A
LaMelo Ball
Shoe: PUMA MB.01 “Rick and Morty”
Desmond Bane
Shoe: Nike Kyrie Low 4
Scottie Barnes
Shoe: Nike Air Zoom GT Run
MarJon Beauchamp
Shoe: Adidas Harden Vol. 6
Saddiq Bey
Shoe: Nike Zoom Kobe 6
Cade Cunningham
Shoe: Nike Zoom GT Cut
Dyson Daniels
Shoe: Nike Zoom Freak 3
Ayo Dosunmu
Shoe: Nike Zoom GT Cut
Anthony Edwards
Shoe: Adidas Exhibit A
Josh Giddey
Shoe: Nike Zoom Kobe 6
Jalen Green
Shoe: UNDRCRWN x Adidas Gil Zero
Tyrese Haliburton
Shoe: Off-White x Nike Hyperdunk
Jaden Hardy
Shoe: Nike Zoom GT Cut
Scoot Henderson
Shoe: Nike Air Zoom GT Run
Bones Hyland
Shoe: Under Armour Flow FUTR X Custom
Herbert Jones
Shoe: Nike Kyrie Infinity
Jonathan Kuminga
Shoe: Nike Kobe 8 “Pit Viper”
Tyrese Maxey
Shoe: Nike Cosmic Unity
Jaden McDaniels
Shoe: Nike KD 14
Evan Mobley
Shoe: Adidas Exhibit A Mid
Isaac Okoro
Shoe: Nike Zoom Kobe 6 “All Star”
Alperen Sengun
Shoe: Nike PG 5
Isaiah Stewart
Shoe: PUMA MB.01
Jalen Suggs
Shoe: Adidas D.O.N. Issue #3
Jae’Sean Tate
Shoe: Nike LeBron Solider 11 Custom
Franz Wagner
Shoe: Nike PG 5