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Cassius Stanley, Anfernee Simons Selected For NBA All-Star Dunk Contest

By NBA G League Staff /March 3, 2021

Fort Wayne Mad Ants guard Cassius Stanley will participate in the 2021 AT&T Slam Dunk Contest on Sunday, March 7. The contest is set to begin at halftime of the All-Star Game. TNT’s NBA All-Star coverage will begin at 5 p.m. ET with TNT NBA Tip-Off presented by CarMax, followed by the Taco Bell® Skills Challenge and MTN DEW® 3-Point Contest starting at 6:30 p.m. ET. NBA All-Star Game coverage will begin at 8 p.m. ET. NBA All-Star 2021 will reach fans in 215 countries and territories in more than 50 languages. Stanley, a 6-5 rookie on a two-way contract, was selected by the Pacers with the 54th pick in NBA Draft 2020 presented by State Farm. He's averaged 12.4 PTS, 3.2 REB, and 1.2 AST in nine games for the G League's Fort Wayne Mad Ants. Stanley recorded a maximum vertical leap of 44 inches in the 2020 NBA Draft Combine, tied for the third-highest mark since 2000. [embed]https://twitter.com/NBAAllStar/status/1366909756519120900[/embed] Joining him will be G League alumni Anfernee Simons. Simmons is averaging 8.2 points and shooting a career-high 40.7 percent from three-point range for the Portland Trailblazers in his third NBA season. The 6-3 guard was selected by Portland with the 24th pick in NBA Draft 2018 presented by State Farm. Simons appeared in four games for the G League's Agua Caliente Clippers in the 2018-19 season, averaging 17.3 PTS, 2.8 REB, and 1.0 AST. [embed]https://www.instagram.com/p/CL79OylhPIj/[/embed] Portland Trailblazers forward and G League alumni Robert Covington will be participating in the NBA All-Star 2021 Skills Challenge. Covington averaged 23.2 PTS, 9.2 REB, 2.4 STL, and 1.7 AST in 42 games played during the 2013-14 G League (then-D League) season for the Springfield Armor (now-Rio Grande Valley Vipers). https://twitter.com/NBAAllStar/status/1366911009638801412 Covington attended Tennessee State, a Historically Black College and University (HBCU) in Nashville, Tenn. As part of NBA All-Star 2021, the NBA and the National Basketball Players Association will commit more than $2.5 million in funds and resources toward HBCUs and support and awareness around equity and access to COVID-19 care, relief and vaccines. On March 7, the league will also pay tribute to the vital role of HBCUs through music, content and storytelling.