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“Ja Morant Don’t Need Celebrity Endorsement”: Fans Bash Andrew Wiggins as K-Pop Star Rallies Votes for All-Star Selection

Published 01/29/2022, 6:30 PM EST

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The 2021 All-Star is set to take place on 20th February in Cleveland, Ohio. NBA has recently announced the names of starters for the 2021 All-Star game. Moreover, Ja Morant and Andrew Wiggins got their first All-Star selections.

LeBron James and Kevin Durant will be the captains at the 2021 All-Star game for Western Conference and Eastern Conference, respectively. The two received the highest votes in their respective conference.

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However, there has been a surprise entry to the All-Star game – Andrew Wiggins. Not many believed that Wiggins would be able to make the cut for the All-Star. But the 2015 Rookie of the Year made the cut alongside teammate Stephen Curry due to a large number of votes from fans.

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K-Pop star BamBam promoted Andrew Wiggins on his social media and it worked. Wiggins will now star in the All-Star game. But NBA fans had different plans and trolled Wiggins for the same.

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NBA Twitter trolls Andrew Wiggins for All-Star selection, compare him with Ja Morant

The news of Wiggins being helped by K-Pop star BamBam quickly went viral on Twitter. BamBam has a huge fanbase in the United States and that led to a huge number of votes in the name of Wiggins. Fans trolled Wiggins on Twitter and came up with some interesting reactions. Following are some of the best reactions to the same.

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Andrew Wiggins joined the Warriors in 2020. He played 71 games for the Warriors last season and averaged 18.6 points per game. No one predicted him to make the cut for the All-Star this season. But to everyone’s surprise, Wiggins will start alongside LeBron James, Ja Morant, Stephen Curry, and Nikola Jokic on 20th February.

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The Eastern Conference, on the other side, will feature Kevin Durant, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Joel Embiid, Trae Young, and DeMar DeRozan. The names of reserve players will be announced on 3rd February.

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Abhishek is an NBA writer at EssentiallySports with over two years of journalistic experience with Chase Your Sport and Dribl. A Football Management graduate, he has previously interned in the Indian Super League, I-League and the AFC Champions League. In addition to being a Michael Jordan fan, Abhishek is an ardent Steph Curry and Warriors guy, and believes they have a few more championships in store before the former retires.
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