A pair of the NBA's top players will be going head to head when Jayson Tatum (26.7 points per game, sixth in league) and the Boston Celtics (33-15) welcome in Victor Wembanyama (24.4, 15th) and the San Antonio Spurs (20-24) on Wednesday, February 12, 2025 at 7:00 PM ET on ESPN, NBCS-BOS, and CWSA.

The Spurs' Victor Wembanyama and the Rockets' Alperen Sengun were among six first-timers named to the NBA All-Star Game on Thursday, when the league announced the reserves.

The reigning rookie of the year is an NBA All-Star for the first time, with the 21-year-old from France one of the 14 players announced Thursday night as members of the reserve pool for the midseason exhibition that will take place Feb. 16 at the home of the Golden State Warriors in San Francisco.

For the fourth time in his NBA career, Celtics swingman Jaylen Brown has been named as an All-Star for the Eastern Conference.

Wembanyama becomes only the fourth Spurs player to make the All-Star Game in his first or second season. The others are Alvin Robertson in 1986, David Robinson in 1990 and 1991, and Tim Duncan in 1998

When the Boston Celtics drafted forward alum Antoine Walker out of the ... In fact, fellow Boston forward Kevin Garnett and iconic San Antonio Spurs center Tim Duncan in particular gave the young Walker fits, which should probably not be so shocking ...

Victor Wembanyama's "priceless" week in Paris ended in defeat Saturday as Tyrese Haliburton's hot shooting fired the Indiana Pacers to a 136-98 NBA victory over the San Antonio Spurs.

The Heat are sitting at .500 entering the road trip but have a chance to gain some ground on this trip. All four teams they face on this swing are under .500; the Spurs are in 12th place in the west, and the three Eastern Conference teams are all in the bottom six of the conference.

According to NBA insiders Brian Windhorst and Tim Bontemps of ESPN, Sacramento Kings point guard De’Aaron Fox has been less engaged than usual this season. Fox did not sign an extension with the Kings in the offseason.

Eric Gordon, SG/SF, Philadelphia 76ers (97.4%) Gordon has scored 24 or more fantasy points in four straight games, and he's played at least 29 minutes in three of them. His primary value comes from scoring, and he should see plenty of field goal attempts against the Nuggets. Any rebounds, assists or steals he adds are a bonus.

Wembanyama, at age 21, made his first All-Star Team as a reserve, but he is expected to become a fixture of the event. He and rookie Stephon Castle will also participate in the Rising Stars Challenge, and Castle will partake in the Dunk Contest.

We put together a four-team, four-leg parlay for tonight, featuring Scottie Barnes, Bucks and Nuggets moneyline, with the Celtics team total for +687 odds.