DENVER (AP) — Denver Nuggets guard Julian Strawther will be part of All-Star weekend after being selected to the Rising Stars event as an injury replacement. Strawther takes the place of Portland guard Scoot Henderson, who suffered an ankle injury recently. The league announced the replacement Wednesday ahead of Denver’s game against Portland.

In the first game of the Rising Stars Challenge, Team C defeated Team T behind a great performance from Keyonte George of the Utah Jazz and Stephon Castle of the San Antonio Spurs. In the second game, Team G League upset Team M 40-39 after Bryce McGowen’s nailed the game winning three-point shot.

The Gonzaga men's basketball program will indeed be represented at the NBA's All-Star festivities in San Francisco this weekend, as Julian Strawther is set to c

Turns out former Gonzaga wing Julian Strawther will be busy this weekend. Strawther, who has assumed a bigger role in his second season with the Denver Nuggets, was named to replace Portland’s Scoot Henderson at the Rising Stars event Friday,

For NBA fans, it came as no surprise that Nikola Jokic was named to his seventh All-Star Game this season. Jokic is in the midst of one of the greatest peaks in league history and has become a fixture of the event, representing the Denver Nuggets.

Nuggets guard Julian Strawther will be part of All-Star Weekend after being selected to the Rising Stars event as an injury replacement for Portland guard Scoot Henderson.