Oklahoma City Thunder rookie power forward Domantas Sabonis was selected to participate in the BBVA Compass Rising Stars Challenge to be held at Smoothie King Arena in New Orleans, LA on February 17th during NBA All Star 2017 week.
Sabonis, a starter since the beginning of the season, is averaging 6.0 pts, 3.4 rebounds (ranked 6th among rookies), and 2.1 assists in 21 minutes per game. He, along with fellow starter Victor Oladipo and former teammate Ersan Ilyasova, came to the Thunder in a trade with the Orlando Magic for Serge Ibaka in late June.