50 Cent and Lil Wayne Announced As Coaches For NBA Celebrity All Star Game.
The NBA has announced the rosters for the Ruffles All-Star Celebrity game. They also announced the coaches for the All-Star Celebrity game. Each team has three coaches. This includes an ESPN analyst, an athlete, and a celebrity. The celebrities that were chosen were 50 Cent and Lil Wayne.
The NBA All-Star Celebrity game will be held on Friday the 16th of February. The game will be broadcast on ESPN at 7 PM Eastern Time. Hosted in Indianapolis, the Ruffles All-Star Celebrity game will be a must-watch for fans considering who the coaches are and also the roster of celebrities this time.
ESPN Broadcast Team
ESPN’s Cassidy Hubbarth returns to serve as host for the broadcast, including for 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: 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 entertainer 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, with two-time WNBA champion and five-time Seattle Storm All-Star Jewell Loyd and WNBA Champion and Phoenix Mercury guard Natasha Cloud 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, 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 and five-time Grammy Award-winning recording artist and global icon Lil Wayne, who will coach for Team Stephen A.
Assistant Coaching Team Shannon for the #RufflesCelebGame at #NBAAllStar… @50cent! pic.twitter.com/7jByiwgglu
— #NBAAllStar (@NBAAllStar) February 7, 2024
Assistant Coaching Team Stephen A. for the #RufflesCelebGame at #NBAAllStar… @LilTunechi! pic.twitter.com/KyoeLJKPHd
— #NBAAllStar (@NBAAllStar) February 7, 2024