BRA - National league's best on display at All Star weekend

RIO DE JANEIRO (Liga Nacional de Basquete) - The brightest stars and most talented players plying their trade in Brazil's National League will be on display at the All-Star weekend this Saturday and Sunday (20th-21st February) at Tancredo Neves Gym in Uberlandia.

The dunk contest, three-point competition as well as a veterans' game will make up Saturday's line-up and then the stage is set for the main event to take place on Sunday (10.30pm local time), with the Kanela taking on the Pedroca.

Here are the participants for the main events.

All-Star Game (Players for this game were selected by fans and coaches).

KANELA - Point guards: Fúlvio Chiantia de Assis (Sao Jose); Fernando Feres Penna (Paulistano); André Luiz Brügger de M. Rodrigues (Joinville). Shooting guards/Small forwards: Marcelo Magalhães Machado (Flamengo); John Albert Thomas (Assis); Rogério Klafke (Franca); Guilherme Filipin Alves Pereira (Londrina); Alexandro da Silva de Oliveira (Bauru). Power fowards/Centres: Murilo Becker da Rosa (Minas Tenis); Carlos Alexandre Rodrigues do Nascimento (Pinheiros); Deivisson dos Santos Costa (Araraquara); Rafael Ferreira de Souza (Sao Jose).
Head coach: Lula Ferreira (Universo). Assistant coach: Joao Marcelo (Paulistano).

PEDROCA - Point guards: Larry James Taylor (Bauru); Valter Apolinário da Silva (Universo); Facundo Luis Sucatzky (Minas Tenis). Shooting guards/Small forwards: Alex Ribeiro Garcia (Universo); Shamell Jermaine Stallworth (Pinheiros); Antonie Mathew Stockman (Franca); Jefferson de Souza Sobral (Joinville). Power fowards/Centres: Guilherme Giovannoni (Universo); Rafael Paulo de Lara Araújo (Paulistano); Tiago Valentim de Lima (Joinville); Shilton Alessanco dos Santos (Joinville); Jose Estevam Ferreira Junior (Universo).
Head coach: Alberto Bial (Joinville). Assistant coach: Ênio Vecchi (Londrina).

Dunk contest: Julio César Toledo (defending champion, Araraquara); Jhonatan Luz dos Santos (Araraquara); James Clarence Parker (Assis); Edwandesson Carvalho (Bauru); Guilherme Frantz Teichmann (Flamengo); André de Sousa Silva (Franca); Vinícius da Silva Bristott (Joinville); Adriano Ferraz Machado (Londrina); Christopher Jeffries (Minas Tenis); André Luis Quirino Pereira (Paulistano); Jamison Rudy van Brewer (Pinheiros); Roberto Dias Ferreira (Saldanha da Gama); Rafael Ferreira de Souza (Sao Jose); Enéias Matos Martins (Universo/BRB); Magen McNeil (Vila Velha).

Three-point competition: Fernando Fischer (defending champion, Bauru); Luis Fernando da Silva (Araraquara); Mark Antonio Borders (Assis); Evandro Fernandes Pinto (Bauru); Jefferson William Andrade da Silva (Flamengo); Hélio Rubens Garcia Filho (Franca); Flávio Aurélio dos Santos Soares (Joinville); Guilherme Filipin Alves Pereira (Londrina); Luiz Felipe Lemes (Minas Tenis); José Roberto Nardi Duarte (Paulistano); Thiago Melo (Pinheiros); Amiel Vega Morejon (Saldanha da Gama); Matheus dos Prazeres Costa (Sao Jose); Arthur Luiz Belchor Silva (Universo/BRB) and Eric Aparecido Soares (Vila Velha).



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