Skateboarder Nyjah Houston Selected To Play In NBA All Star Celebrity Game

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Professional skateboarder Nyjah Houston has been selected to play at the 2022 NBA All-Star Celebrity game taking place Friday, February 18th at 7pm on ESPN. Houston will be playing for coach Bill Walton with Machine Gun Kelly, Alex Toussant, Jimmie Allen, Noah Carlock, Brittney Elena, Dearica Hamby, Matt Jams , Quavo, Raniveer Singh and Anderson Varejao as teammates.

His team will be play Coach Dominique WIlkins with Anuel AA, Mayor Justin Bibb, Kane Brown, Myles Garrett, Booby Gibson, Tiffany Haddish, Jack Harlow, Crissa Jackson, Anjali Ranadive and Gianmarco Tamberi as celebrity players.

Nyjah is considered one of the best skateboarders of all time and at his young age making his way to the Olympics, winning contests all across the map and of course, his insane skateboarding video parts. We are excited to see skateboarders looked at the same way as other athletes and celebrities. See NBA’s Instagram post about the selection to play below: