The NBA issued formal announcements Tuesday confirming Kings guards De’Aaron Fox and Buddy Hield will compete in star-studded fields as part of All-Star Saturday Night festivities Feb. 16 in Charlotte, N.C.
Hield will participate in the 3-Point Contest. Fox will compete in the Skills Challenge.
Hield leads the Kings in scoring at 20.4 points per game. He’s third in the NBA in 3-point shooting at 45.9 percent and ranks fourth with 180 3-point goals in 53 games.
Hield is the first Kings player to compete in the 3-Point Contest since Peja Stojakovic, the team’s current assistant general manager, who last participated in the event in 2004 after winning it in 2002 and 2003.