The Knicks' RJ Barrett lays in a shot against the USA in the NBA Rising Stars Game on February 14, 2020 in Chicago, Illinois. Credit: Getty Images/Jonathan Daniel
CHICAGO — One by one the stars filed into the Wintrust Arena Saturday morning, first the contestants in the All-Star Saturday Night events and then the players who were going to be in the spotlight for Sunday night’s All-Star Game.
And there was not a Knicks player among them, the team’s lone representative for the weekend, RJ Barrett, who had played Friday in the Rising Stars Challenge, was already readying for a flight to warmer climates.