Toronto Raptors head coach Darko Rajakovic will lead Group World on the 2026 NBA All-Star Recreation.
Rajakovic, from Serbia, is in his third season with the Raptors. At 30-21, Toronto entered Tuesday tied for fourth place within the Jap Convention.
The All-Star Recreation, scheduled for Feb. 15 in Inglewood, Calif., will characteristic a brand new format with two groups of U.S. gamers and one “world” staff made up of worldwide gamers. They’ll play a round-robin match of 12-minute video games, after which the groups with the most effective information will play for the championship.
The rosters will likely be revealed Tuesday evening, with every staff made up of eight gamers.
J.B. Bickerstaff of the Detroit Pistons and Mitch Johnson of the San Antonio Spurs already had been named the pinnacle coaches for the groups of gamers from america.
Rajakovic, 46, beforehand was an assistant coach with the Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder, Phoenix Suns and Memphis Grizzlies, and he additionally was a head coach within the G League, in Spain and Serbia. He served as an assistant coach for Serbia on the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup.
The All-Star Recreation would be the seventy fifth in NBA historical past.
–Discipline Stage Media
