NEW ORLEANS — They are the examples for so many.

On Saturday, when the D-League is being celebrated here at All-Star 2017, their unofficial hosts will include Langston Galloway and Tim Frazier. Both are guards for the Pelicans. Both found their way to the NBA from the D-League.

“As a kid, not a lot of people thought I would be able to do what I was able to do,’’ said Frazier, the 6-foot-1 point guard who was D-League MVP in 2014-15 with the Maine Red Claws. “I was skinny. I was 145 pounds when I went to college. I just fought, I had a couple of people believe in me, and I’m still trying to grow and become a better player, a better person.’’

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