Star reserves were announced Thursday in a made-for-TV spectacle on TNT. Thirteen came and went, with nary a mention of a certain 7-foot-3 Frenchman from San Antonio. If Victor Wembanyama’s teammates were worried that somehow their superhuman centerpiece would be snubbed,

The Spurs' Victor Wembanyama and the Rockets' Alperen Sengun were among six first-timers named to the NBA All-Star Game on Thursday, when the league announced the reserves.

With respect to Chris Paul, who has done an admirable job as a veteran leader, the Spurs don't have their point guard of the future on the roster right now. They need a young pick-and-roll scorer who can run the floor with Wembanyama. There aren't many available targets that fit better than the 27-year-old Fox.

The San Antonio star and reigning rookie of the year is an All-Star for the first time, one of the 14 players announced Thursday night as members of the reserve pool for the Feb. 16 event in San Francisco.

The reserves will join the starters who were announced last week at the All-Star Game in the Chase Center in San Francisco on Feb. 16.

For the second and final time this season, the San Antonio Spurs will take on the Milwaukee Bucks. The Spurs lost the first matchup, falling 121-105, but as the Bucks come off a loss against the lowly Portland Trail Blazers, the Spurs aim to continue the misfortune they've had against some bad teams.

The Wolves leading scorer joins the league’s best at the All-Star “tournament” on Feb. 16 in San Francisco.

The NBA head coaches have to pick two guards, three frontcourt players and two "wild card" players at any position for the reserves. The West All-Stars have five frontcourt reserves in Davis, Jackson Jr., Sengun, Wembanyama and Jalen Williams.

The NBA has released the list of reserves for the Western Conference in the upcoming All-Star game. The starters were revealed a week ago and now the group that will join them in San Francisco has been revealed. The news was reported on social media.

Wembanyama becomes only the fourth Spurs player to make the All-Star Game in his first or second season. The others: Alvin Robertson in 1986, David Robinson in 1990 and 1991, and Tim Duncan in 1998.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Karl-Anthony Towns had already been named All-Star Game starters before the reserves were revealed Thursday night.

The current NBA trade deadline landscape gives the Wizards an opportunity to add to their war chest of draft picks.