"Houston's Alperen Sengun was added to the roster for this season's NBA All-Star Game on Sunday, being selected as a replacement pick for Oklahoma City's Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. Sengun -- who becomes Turkey's first two-time All-Star, after also being picked last season -- will take Gilgeous-Alexander's place on the World team in the Feb. 15 event at the LA Clippers' home in Inglewood, California."
"The first 10 All-Stars are selected in a system of weighted votes from fans, media and current NBA players, and the 14 players designated as reserves are chosen in balloting by the league's head coaches. Silver also added the Clippers' Kawhi Leonard to the All-Star roster last week. Leonard was needed to bring the total number of U.S. All-Stars for the new U.S. vs. The World format to the required 16 -- ensuring that each team would have the required minimum of eight players."
Alperen Sengun was added to the NBA All-Star roster as a replacement for Oklahoma City's Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, who withdrew with a strained abdominal muscle. Sengun will join the World team for the Feb. 15 event at the LA Clippers' home in Inglewood and becomes Turkey's first two-time All-Star after also being selected last season. Sengun is averaging 20.8 points, 9.4 rebounds and 6.3 assists this season for the Rockets. NBA commissioner Adam Silver names injury replacements. Initial All-Star selections use weighted votes from fans, media and players, with reserves chosen by head coaches. The event features two U.S. teams and one World team in a round-robin format; games last 12 minutes.
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