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Each Rising Stars Team’s Path To Success

Teams with Distinct Identities

Paolo Go
Feb 16, 2022, 1:10pm ET
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Each Rising Stars Team’s Path To Success

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Taking a cue from the NHL’s All-Star Game format, the NBA’s 2022 Rising Stars Challenge features four teams of seven players pit in a two-round format. After a draft, the roster is set. The NBA betting odds have this as a near-even contest as we break down each team’s path to victory.

The NBA has changed the Rising Stars Challenge at All-Star Weekend into a mini-tournament pic.twitter.com/So1JXvjF52

—Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) January 25, 2022

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4 Teams Each With Distinct Identities

Team Isiah (+225)

  • Coach: Isiah Thomas
  • Star Players: Anthony Edwards, Tyrese Haliburton, Desmond Bane

Why They Will Win: Thomas is not messing around with his team. He drafted an all-sophomore squad that has the most potent backcourt with Edwards and Haliburton. On the front end, Bane is a prototypical “3-and-D” type while there is also plenty of muscle with Precious Achiuwa and Isaiah Stewart.

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There is nothing this team cannot do and that is why they are the slight favorites on the sportsbook

Team Payton (+250)

  • Coach: Gary Payton
  • Best Players: LaMelo Ball, Scottie Barnes, Davion Mitchell

Why They Will Win: When everyone zigged, Team Payton zagged. His team isn’t filled with scorers or large players but boasts plenty of speed and physicality much like how Payton was as a player. He also has arguably the best player in Ball, who is the only All-Star in the tournament.

Adding Barnes and G-League Ignite star Scoot Henderson gives the team plenty of versatile players. If this team can outrun everyone else, it may just cash as a bet online.

Rising Stars Challenge Information

  • Date: February 18, 2022
  • Time: 9 p.m. ET
  • Location: Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse, Cleveland, OH
  • Broadcast: TNT

Team Barry (+250)

  • Coach: Rick Barry
  • Best Players: Cade Cunningham, Evan Mobley, Franz Wagner

Why They Will Win: “Size matters.” At least, Rick Barry hopes it does as he drafted the biggest team in the tournament. No player on Team Barry is shorter than 6-foot-5. Mobley and Alperen Sengun will form the biggest frontcourt while the likes of Cunningham and Isaac Okoro can outmuscle smaller guards.

But the team’s secret sauce could be the chemistry. Barry drafted teammates together: Mobley and Okoro from Cleveland and Sengun and Jae’Sean Tate from Houston.

Team Worthy (+275)

  • Coach: James Worthy
  • Best Players: Cole Anthony, Josh Giddey, Jalen Green

Why They Will Win: Last and certainly not least is Worthy’s squad, which features a lot of underrated players like Anthony and Herbert Jones. The latter is a rookie but is already 23-years-old and played four years of college making him the most mature player here. Josh Giddey adds playmaking magic while Green can fill it up in a hurry.

On paper, Worthy’s team is not the greatest. But there are plenty of “dogs” in this team who may just outwork the more talented groups.

Team Moneyline
Team Isiah +225
Team Payton +250
Team Barry +250
Team Worthy +275

Pick: Who Wins?

Team Isiah will play Team Worthy while Team Barry takes on Team Payton in the semi-finals.

As far as the matchups, Team Isiah could be too strong or too prolific offensively for Team Worthy while Team Payton may just be too quick for Team Barry though it’s a toss-up. With Team Isiah in the final, it could just edge out any of the two hence why it’s the rightful favorite and our NBA prediction to win.

Pick: Team Isiah +225

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Paolo Go

Paolo Go

As a long-time Toronto Raptors and Buffalo Bills fan, Go Paolo knows that every dog gets its day. Paolo fancies himself as an underdog in the sports betting world as he does not come from a traditional sports background. He did not become a hardcore sports fan until his freshman days in college studying Mass Media and Communications. While he played basketball and trained in martial arts, Paolo sees himself more as a nerd who cut his teeth in sports analysis by dropping truth bombs and stone-cold facts against crazed fans from online message boards. It was here he caught the attention of several sports journalists and website owners who gave him his start as a sportswriter. He has since published with the likes of Sportsnet and FanSided and has been writing about sports betting for over five years. Paolo is thrilled to continue covering sports and cannot wait to unearth more underdogs and unconventional winners.

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