NBA world reacts as 50 Cent and Lil Wayne coach opposite at All-Star celebrity game

Team Shannon will go against Team Stephen A in the 2024 edition of the Ruffles All-Star Celebrity game.

NBA world reacts as 50 Cent and Lil Wayne coach opposite at All-Star celebrity game

50 Cent and Lil Wayne were announced as assistant coaches for the All-Star Celebrity game, fans left bemused (image via Timberwolves/X)

The basketball world is waiting with bated breath for the upcoming All-Star weekend. The All-Star rosters have already been announced by the NBA. Today, the league announced the rosters for the Ruffles All-Star Celebrity game. They also announced the coaches for the All-Star Celebrity. Each team has three coaches. This includes an ESPN analyst, an athlete, and a celebrity. The celebrities chosen were rappers 50 Cent and Lil Wayne. Basketball fans cannot get enough of that announcement.

The fact that these two rappers are included as assistant coaches has been met with a lot of humor. Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson and Lil Wayne are highly accomplished musicians in the rap music industry. But they do have a history of getting high on substances, as well as run-ins with the law. Although both Cent and Wayne are now mature and out of such issues, fans wonder how they will behave in front of the cameras.

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The two teams are coached by ESPN analysts Shannon Sharpe and Stephen A. Smith as head coaches. Sharpe will get 50 Cent as well as NFL Hall of Famer Peyton Manning as assistant coaches. Whereas Stephen A. Smith will get Lil Wayne as well as two-time WNBA Champion A’ja Wilson as assistants.

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The NBA All-Star Celebrity game will be held on Friday the 16th of February. The game will be broadcast on ESPN at 7 PM Eastern Time. Hosted in Indianapolis, the Ruffles All-Star Celebrity game will be a must-watch for fans considering who the coaches are and also the roster of celebrities this time.

Basketball fans will wait to watch what 50 Cent and Lil Wayne do

One thing is for sure, the voices from both teams will be high. Both Shannon Sharpe and 50 Cent can run their mouths, and so will Stephen A. Smith and Lil Wayne. Although subtly there might be words from Manning and Wilson when the competition gets hot. Hence, basketball fans will get their money’s worth of entertainment.

50 Cent and Lil Wayne will be assistant coaches from the NBA All-Star Celebrity game
50 Cent and Lil Wayne will be assistant coaches from the NBA All-Star Celebrity game (image via BluePurpleRecords/X)

However, they could not hold themselves back when these two rappers were announced by the league. They did not wait long to give their two cents on what they felt about them. Check out some of their reactions below;

The All-Star Celebrity game will be something to watch. Usually, it is the rosters that make it a must-watch, but this time, the coaches’ selections add further intrigue.

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