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Zeller Headed to All-Star Weekend

January 28, 2015 – The NBA today announced that Charlotte Hornets forward Cody Zeller has been selected to participate in the BBVA Compass Rising Stars Challenge that will be played on Friday, Feb. 13. The game will be part of the NBA’s All-Star Weekend in New York and will showcase the NBA’s best young players. For the first time since its inception, the BBVA Compass Rising Stars Challenge will feature a new USA versus the World format.

The BBVA Compass Rising Stars Challenge will pit first- and second-year NBA players from the United States against first- and second-year NBA players from around the world, with assistant coaches from around the league selecting 10 U.S. players and 10 international players for the game.

Zeller is enjoying a breakout 2014-15 campaign, improving in many statistical categories on the season. This season, Zeller is averaging career highs in points (7.6) and rebounds (5.5), while also shooting a career-best field-goal percentage of  .451 (119-264) and free-throw percentage of .750 (96-128).

The full list of participants for NBA All Star Weekend’s BBVA Compass Rising Stars Challenge is below:

U.S. TEAM ROSTER

WORLD TEAM ROSTER