Call Frank Ntilikina what you want—Rook, the French Prince, the Frenchise, Ntillmatic, Frankie Nicotine—just don’t call him late for the 2018 Mountain Dew Kickstart Rising Stars game.
That’s right, your boy Frank Nitti, the Rwandan Rallyer, the French Fanatic, the Belgian Babe, has been chosen to proudly represent Team World in what used to be known as the Rookie-Sophomore game. It has since been rebranded to embody the extremeness of Moutain Kickstart.
Here is young Frank responding to the news (<3 <3 <3):
It has been pointed out by many that Frank’s skill set (defense, steals, floor generalmanship) may not be well-matched to the back-and-forth scoring mentality of the All-Star festivities, but that’s cool.