The Charlotte Hornets announced that owner Rick Schnall is going to be playing in the NBA All-Star Celebrity Game as part of All Star Weekend.
This is huge piece of news for Hornets fans. The celebrity game now becomes must watch, because we need to know how much Schnall knows ball and how much he can play ball. If he balls out, we will know for sure that the franchise is in good hands. The game will be played on Friday, February 13th at 7:00pm on ESPN.
The rest of the roster, from the press release:
In addition to Schnall, player rosters for the 2026 Ruffles® NBA All-Star Celebrity Game will include: actor, writer and producer Keegan-Michael Key, multi-platinum rapper and Indian entertainment icon Badshah, multi-platinum producer and DJ Mustard, multi-platinum rapper GloRilla, NBA legend, champion and former Hornets guard Jeremy Lin, ABC’s “The Bachelorette” and Hulu’s “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” star Taylor Frankie Paul, “Love Island” standout Nicolas Vansteenberghe, ESPN Senior NBA Insider Shams Charania, Los Angeles-native and All-Pro NFL wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown, six-time NFL Pro Bowler and Los Angeles Chargers star Keenan Allen, Brazilian soccer legend and two-time FIFA World Cup champion Cafu, creator and co-founder of Dude Perfect Cody Jones, social media creator and basketball personality Jenna Bandy, singer-songwriter and viral hitmaker Adrien Nuñez, 7-foot-6 former NBA player Tacko Fall, Phoenix Suns Chairman and Governor Mat Ishbia.
Emmy-winning actor and reigning Ruffles® NBA All-Star Celebrity Game MVP Rome Flynn,Marvel’s “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” and upcoming “Avengers: Doomsday” actor Simu Liu and seven-time Olympic medalist sprinter Andre De Grasse will return for their second Celebrity Games, while Chinese actor and singer Dylan Wang and NBA legend and champion Jason “White Chocolate” Williams return for their third.
Schnall joins Kon Knueppel at All Star Weekend. The latter will be participating in the Rising Stars Challenge that will come right after the celebrity game, so everybody needs to clear their schedule for that entire Friday night.
