Per a report from The Athletic’s Shams Charania, former Ohio State point guard D’Angelo Russell and current Brooklyn Nets star D’Angelo Russell is officially headed to his first All-Star Game. As the report indicates, Russell didn’t make the original cut, but Victor Oladipo’s injury opened up a spot.
D’Angelo, astoundingly, is the first Buckeye to make an All-Star game in 15 years. The last was Michael Redd in 2004, and before him, you’d have to go all the way back to John Havlicek in 1978 to find an Ohio State alum partaking in the festivities.