Dallas Mavericks star Luka Doncic intends to play in the Rising Stars Challenge and All-Star Game despite his ankle sprain.
All-Star weekend is in Chicago this year. Doncic is making his first All-Star start:
Luka Doncic said he intends to play both the rising stars game and the All-Star game this weekend in Chicago.
— Eddie Sefko (@ESefko) February 11, 2020
Doncic has appeared in 43 games for the Mavs this season and been nothing short of magnificent pretty much every night. He is averaging 28.8 points, 9.5 rebounds and 8.7 assists while shooting 46.4 percent from the field, 32.1 percent from beyond the arc and 76.3 percent from the free-throw line.
The Mavs are 32-22 on the season after losing to the Utah Jazz on Monday. They are in seventh place in the Western Conference standings.
In the post-Dirk Nowitzki era, Doncic is the franchise cornerstone for Dallas. Luka has some help, too, as newcomer Kristaps Porzingis is an All-Star talent tasked to aid Doncic in guiding the Mavs back to the playoffs for the first time since 2016.
As a rookie, Doncic put up 21.2 points, 7.8 rebounds and 6.0 assists per game while shooting 42.7 percent from the floor, 32.7 percent from the 3-point line and 71.3 percent from the charity stripe. He won the 2019 Rookie of the Year Award over Atlanta Hawks point guard Trae Young.
As expected, Doncic has taken his game to another level as a sophomore, something the Mavs and head coach Rick Carlisle knew was going to happen. The Wonder Boy figures to be a star in the NBA for the next decade or so assuming he stays healthy and Chicago fans are excited to watch Luka and the other stars put on a show this weekend at the United Center, the house that Michael Jordan built.
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