{"id":466996,"date":"2026-02-08T19:22:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T19:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/466996\/"},"modified":"2026-02-08T19:22:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T19:22:08","slug":"nba-says-sengun-will-be-the-injury-replacement-for-gilgeous-alexander-at-the-all-star-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/466996\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA says Sengun will be the injury replacement for Gilgeous-Alexander at the All-Star Game"},"content":{"rendered":"

Houston’s Alperen Sengun was added to the roster for this season’s NBA All-Star Game<\/a> on Sunday, being selected as a replacement pick for Oklahoma City’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander.<\/p>\n

Sengun \u2014 who becomes Turkey’s first two-time All-Star, after also being picked last season \u2014 will take Gilgeous-Alexander’s place on the World team in the Feb. 15 event at the Los Angeles Clippers’ home in Inglewood, California.<\/p>\n

Gilgeous-Alexander had to withdraw from the game because of a strained abdominal muscle. Sengun is averaging 20.8 points, 9.4 rebounds and 6.3 assists this season for the Rockets.<\/p>\n

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver chooses injury replacements. The first 10 All-Stars<\/a> are selected in a system of weighted votes from fans, media and current NBA players, and the 14 players designated as reserves are chosen in balloting by the league’s head coaches.<\/p>\n

Silver also added the Clippers’ Kawhi Leonard to the All-Star roster last week. Leonard was needed to bring the total number of U.S. All-Stars for the new U.S. vs. The World<\/a> format to the required 16 \u2014 ensuring that each team would have the required minimum of eight players.<\/p>\n

There are two U.S. teams in the event, one World team. The teams will play a round-robin tournament, then the top two teams will meet again in the All-Star final. All four of those games will last 12 minutes, or one standard NBA quarter.<\/p>\n

Sengun is one of only two All-Stars from Turkey. Mehmet Okur is the other, getting his lone All-Star selection in 2007.<\/p>\n

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