Raptors' Brandon Ingram to replace Steph Curry in NBA All-Star Game

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ingram-brandon/jJ12C7e8/"]Ingram[/a], 28, got the nod from NBA commissioner Adam Silver after 37-year-old [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/curry-stephen/xx3787qL/"]Curry[/a] was ruled out with a nagging right knee injury that has seen him miss four straight games.[/p][p]Curry had been selected for his 12th All-Star game. Ingram, who is averaging 22 points, 5.8 rebounds, and 3.7 assists per game, will make his second All-Star appearance, his first coming in 2020 when he went on to be named the NBA Most Improved Player of the season.[/p][embed guid="4e101457-9c16-496e-b6f3-4dcea8e8b3bc" url="https://x.com/NBA/status/2021281372220887373?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]Curry's absence means the new-look All-Star Game will be robbed of a reunion of three pillars of the USA's gold medal-winning team at the 2024 Paris Olympics.[/p][p]He had been slated to join Olympic teammates [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/james-lebron/nuIVxFJk/"]LeBron James[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/durant-kevin/pKXcd9rI/"]Kevin Durant[/a] as part of the USA Stripes squad, one of two all-US teams that will take on a team made up of international All-Stars in a round-robin mini-tournament before the top two teams face off in a final game.[/p][p]The All-Star Game - and All-Star Saturday festivities, including the Dunk Contest - will take place at the Intuit Dome, home of the Los Angeles Clippers.[/p][p] [/p]