Team World just got even larger. <\/p>\n
The six-foot-11 big will join a team that already includes centres Victor Wembanyama, Nikola Jokic and Karl-Anthony Towns. <\/p>\n
However they will be without the daunting frontcourt presence of Giannis Antetokounmpo, who is out with a calf injury. <\/p>\n
The injury replacement nod will mark Sengun’s second consecutive all-star appearance. The 23-year-old is averaging 20.8 points, 9.4 rebounds, 6.3 assists, 1.4 steals and 1 block over 44 games with the Rockets this season. <\/p>\n
Sengun also becomes the first two-time all-star from Turkey. <\/p>\n
The Oklahoma City Thunder announced on Wednesday that Gilgeous-Alexander will be out until after the all-star break due to an abdominal strain. <\/p>\n
The reigning MVP, Finals MVP and champion sustained the injury\u00a0during Oklahoma City’s win over the Orlando Magic on Tuesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The league commissioner, Silver, chooses injury replacements.\u00a0The first 10 all-stars\u00a0are 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\u00a0U.S. vs. The World\u00a0format 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 ever from Turkey. Mehmet Okur is the other, getting his lone all-star selection in 2007.<\/p>\n
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