San Antonio Spurs center Victor Wembanyama and Boston Celtics guard Jaylen Brown were among the 14 players named on Thursday as reserves for next month's NBA All-Star Game in San Francisco.

Victor Wembanyama is one of the league’s very best players. The San Antonio star and reigning rookie of the year is an All-Star for the first time, one of the 14 players announced Thursday night as members of the reserve pool for the Feb.

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.

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

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San Antonio Spurs center Victor Wembanyama is already one of the league's very best players. 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.

For the first time, and almost certainly not the last, Victor Wembanyama is an All-Star. The Spurs center was among the members of the Western Conference reserve squad as voted on by NBA coaches and announced Thursday afternoon.