Rising Stars Challenge

The Rising Stars Challenge is a basketball exhibition game held by the National Basketball Association (NBA) on the Friday before the annual All-Star Game as part of the All-Star Weekend. The players are first- and second-year players selected by the NBA's assistant coaches. Two people designated as "general managers" draft players for the two opposing teams.
The Rookie Challenge, established in 1994, was originally competed by two randomly selected teams composed entirely of first-year players. This format was continued until 1996, when it was changed to pit rookie teams of both the Eastern and the Western Conference against each other. In 1999, the game was cancelled as a result of the NBA lockout. Since the 1998 rookie class did not compete that year, the game was revamped and featured a team of standout first-year players ('Rookies') against a team of standout second-year players ('Sophomores'). For 2012 and 2013, the format was changed to having two teams drafted by Basketball Hall of Famers Charles Barkley (Team Chuck) and Shaquille O'Neal (Team Shaq). In 2014, the two teams were drafted by Chris Webber (Team Webber) and Grant Hill (Team Hill). The format of the game and name was changed to the Rising Stars Challenge in 2012. The game format changed in 2015 to Team USA vs Team World, where each team should choose at least three Rookies and three Sophomores, and the squad of each team should have four back courts, four front courts and two swingmen.
Unlike regular NBA games, the game was divided into two twenty-minute halves plus multiple five-minute overtime periods, similar to college basketball. The participating players were chosen by voting among the league's assistant coaches. In the game, players wear their respective regular team uniforms, except for 2009, in which players wore fan-designed jerseys. The head coaches of the two teams are the lead assistant coaches of the NBA All-Star Game coach. Starting in 2009, two active NBA players were added to the game coaching staffs.
The game is currently sponsored by Mtn Dew Kickstart. Before 2012, the event was known as the Rookie Challenge, officially named the T-Mobile Rookie Challenge and Youth Jam.
==History==
Year	Results 	Host Arena 	Host City 	Game MVP
1994	Phenoms 74, Sensations 68 	Target Center 	Minneapolis, Minnesota 	Anfernee Hardaway (ORL)
1995	White 83, Green 79 (OT) 	America West Arena 	Phoenix, Arizona 	Eddie Jones (LAL)
1996	East 94, West 92 	Alamodome 	San Antonio, Texas 	Damon Stoudamire (TOR)
1997	East 96, West 91 	Gund Arena 	Cleveland, Ohio 	Allen Iverson (PHI)
1998	East 85, West 80 	Madison Square Garden 	New York, New York 	Zydrunas Ilgauskas (CLE)
1999	Canceled due to the league's lockout.	Canceled due to the league's lockout.	Canceled due to the league's lockout.	Canceled due to the league's lockout.
2000	Rookies 92, Sophomores 83 (OT) 	Oakland Arena 	Oakland, California 	Elton Brand (CHI)
2001	Sophomores 121, Rookies 113 	MCI Center 	Washington, D.C. 	Wally Szczerbiak (MIN)
2002	Rookies 103, Sophomores 97 	First Union Center 	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 	Jason Richardson (GSW)
2003	Sophomores 132, Rookies 112 	Philips Arena 	Atlanta, Georgia 	Gilbert Arenas (GSW)
2004	Sophomores 142, Rookies 118 	STAPLES Center 	 Los Angeles, California 	Amar'e Stoudemire (PHX)
2005	Sophomores 133, Rookies 106 	Pepsi Center 	Denver, Colorado 	Carmelo Anthony (DEN)
2006	Sophomores 106, Rookies 96 	Toyota Center 	Houston, Texas 	Andre Iguodala (PHI)
2007	Sophomores 155, Rookies 114 	Thomas & Mack Center 	Las Vegas, Nevada 	David Lee (NYK)
2008	Sophomores 136, Rookies 109 	New Orleans Arena 	New Orleans, Louisiana 	Daniel Gibson (CLE)
2009	Sophomores 122, Rookies 116 	US Airways Center 	Phoenix, Arizona 	Kevin Durant (SEA)
2010	Rookies 140, Sophomores 128 	American Airlines Center 	Dallas, Texas 	Tyreke Evans (SAC)
2011	Rookies 148, Sophomores 140 	STAPLES Center 	Los Angeles, California 	John Wall (WAS)
2012	Team Chuck 146, Team Shaq 133 	Amway Center 	Orlando, Florida 	Kyrie Irving (CLE)
2013	Team Chuck 163, Team Shaq 135 	Toyota Center 	Houston, Texas 	Kenneth Faried (DEN)
2014	Team Hill 142, Team Webber 136 	Smoothie King Center 	New Orleans, Louisiana 	Andre Drummond (DET)
2015	Team World 121, Team USA 112 	Barclays Center 	Brooklyn, New York 	Andrew Wiggins (MIN)
2016	Stars 158, Elites 148 	Air Canada Centre 	Toronto, Canada 	Bojan Bogdanovic (BKN)
2017	Elites 113, Stars 106 	Smoothie King Center 	New Orleans, Louisiana 	Jabari Parker (MIL)
2018	Stars 174, Elites 166 	Staples Center 	Los Angeles, California 	Kris Dunn (MIN)
2019	Elites 98, Stars 78 	Spectrum Center 	Charlote, North Carolina 	Joel Embiid (PHI)
2020	 	United Center 	Chicago, Illinois