Memphis Grizzlies: Everything you need to know about Desmond Bane playing in the NBA Rising Stars game

Standout guard Desmond Bane will represent the Memphis Grizzlies in the NBA Rising Stars competition set for the first night of All-Star Weekend Feb. 18.

The sharpshooting guard, in his second season out of TCU, has taken a massive leap forward in his sophomore campaign, averaging 17.6 ppg, 4.5 rpg and 2.5 apg while shooting 41.3% from beyond the arc as a starter for the third-best team in the NBA.

This is a huge improvement from his rookie season in which he averaged 9.2 ppg, 3.1 rpg and 1.7 apg in a bench role.

Bane joins a slew of rookie and second-year NBA players, (plus four G-League Ignite players) to showcase the young talent proliferating the game today.

Let’s take a look at everything you need to know about Desmond Bane’s involvement in this exciting showcase.

Where was Desmond Bane picked during the Rising Stars draft?

Similar to the NBA All-Star Draft, the Rising Stars rosters were drafted using a snake-style method to generate four teams of seven players each. NBA Legends Isiah Thomas, James Worthy, Rick Barry and Gary Payton.

Our Memphis Grizzlies representative was drafted by Isiah Thomas with the ninth overall pick. Here are the players who were picked before him:

No. 1 Anthony Edwards
No. 2 Evan Mobley
No 3. LaMelo Ball
No 4. Cole Anthony
No 5. Josh Giddy
No. 6 Scottie Barnes
No. 7 Cade Cunningham
No. 8 Saddiq Bey
No. 9 Desmond Bane

Let’s take a look at which players Bane will be playing with and on which team.