NBA All Star Celebrity Game

Date
Sat 19th February 2022 (UTC)
Fri 18th February 2022 (Local)

Timestamp
2022-02-19T00:00:00

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00:00:00 UTC (19:00:00 Local)

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League
Basketball All-Star Games

Season
2022

Round
1

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Description

The Ruffles All-Star Celebrity Game will take place on Friday, Feb. 18 at 7 p.m. ET (ESPN) at the Wolstein Center in Cleveland, Ohio.

Ruffles All-Star Celebrity Game participants:

Team Walton:
• Jimmie Allen (singer, songwriter)
• Brittney Elena (host, actress, athlete and model)
• Machine Gun Kelly (singer, songwriter)
• Dearica Hamby (Las Vegas Aces forward)
• Noah Carlock (Fanatics All-In Challenge Winner)
• Nyjah Huston (Olympian, professional skateboarder)
• Matt James (ABC’s The Bachelor)
• Quavo (rapper, recording artist)
• Ranveer Singh (actor)
• Alex Toussaint (Peloton instructor)

Team Nique
• Anuel AA (rapper)
• Mayor Justin Bibb (Mayor of Cleveland)
• Kane Brown (singer, songwriter)
• Myles Garrett (Cleveland Browns defensive end)
• Booby Gibson (Cleveland Cavaliers legend)
• Tiffany Haddish (comedian, actress and author)
• Jack Harlow (rapper, recording artist)
• Crissa Jackson (Harlem Globetrotters player)
• Anjali Ranadivé (singer, songwriter)
• Gianmarco Tamberi (Olympic high jump champion)

ESPN NBA reporter and host Cassidy Hubbarth will return as the host of the broadcast to drive the conversation around the game. ESPN NBA analysts Kendrick Perkins and Richard Jefferson, who work closely together on ESPN’s NBA Today, will serve as first-time Celebrity Game analysts, while Monica McNutt makes her first Celebrity Game appearance as the sideline reporter. The broadcast team will be mobile and conduct interviews with coaches and players during the game.

Cleveland native and recording artist Machine Gun Kelly, rapper Jack Harlow, comedian Tiffany Haddish, Actor and NBA India Ambassador Ranveer Singh, Cleveland Mayor Justin M. Bibb, Peloton instructor Alex Toussaint and host, actress, athlete and model Brittney Elena will make their Celebrity Game debuts, joining hip-hop sensation Quavo, who will return for his fifth Celebrity Game appearance. Additional players include Puerto Rican rapper Anuel AA, ABC’s The Bachelor Matt James, country music stars Kane Brown and Jimmie Allen, along with renowned athletes from the past and present including Cleveland Browns defensive end Myles Garrett, Las Vegas Aces forward Dearica Hamby, Cleveland Cavaliers legends Booby Gibson and Anderson Varejao, and Olympian and professional skateboarder Nyjah Huston.

NBA 75th Anniversary Team members and Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Famers Dominique Wilkins and Bill Walton will serve as head coaches for the game. The full rosters for Team Walton and Team Nique are below.

As previously announced, the game will tip off with the Ruffles Ridge 4-point Shooting Competition, with Ruffles and the NBA donating $4,000 to support the Thurgood Marshall College Fund for every shot made from behind the line, with a minimum of $40,000.