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2021 NBA All-Star
Former Notre Dame
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DAWN
This week’s Spotlight feature is Dawn. This young lady comes fully equipped with a level of maturity usually not attributed to one so young, and a vision to keep growing until she gets where she wants to be. Dawn is always the center of attention, and handles it with humbleness and charm. Dawn says one of her best attributes is her ability to be pleasant and easy to work with. Congratulations to Dawn as this week’s Spotlight feature.
Game Sunday
Defensive Tackle
On TNT At 7 P. M.
The Los Angeles Lakers’ Le- Bron James and the Brooklyn Nets’ Kevin Durant lead the list of 10 players who have been selected by fans, current NBA players and a media panel to start in the 2021 NBA All-Star Game, which will take place on Sunday, March 7 at State Farm Arena in Atlanta at 7 p.m. on TNT.
As the NBA All-Star Game starters who led their respective conferences in fan votes during NBA All-Star Voting 2021 pre- sented by AT&T, James and Durant will serve as team cap- tains for the Team LeBron vs. Team Durant matchup and draft the rosters from the pool of players voted as starters and reserves in each conference. TNT will air the 2021 NBA All- Star Draft on Thursday, March 4 at 8 p.m. ET.
Along with James (front- court), the Western Conference starter pool includes the Golden State Warriors’ Stephen Curry (guard), the Dallas Mav- ericks’ Luka Dončić (guard), the Denver Nuggets’ Nikola Jokić (frontcourt) and the LA Clippers’ Kawhi Leonard (frontcourt).
In the Eastern Conference, Durant (frontcourt) is joined in the starter pool by the Mil- waukee Bucks’ Giannis Ante- tokounmpo (frontcourt), the Washington Wizards’ Bradley Beal (guard), the Philadelphia 76ers’ Joel Embiid (front- court) and the Nets’ Kyrie Irv- ing (guard).
Brooklyn Nets guard James Harden and Phoenix Suns guard Chris Paul lead the list of 14 players selected by the NBA’s head coaches as re- serves.
In addition to Harden, the NBA All-Star Game reserves se- lected from the Eastern Confer- ence are Boston Celtics guard Jaylen Brown and forward Jayson Tatum, Chicago Bulls guard Zach LaVine, New York Knicks forward Julius Ran- dle, Philadelphia 76ers guard Ben Simmons and Orlando Magic center Nikola Vučević.
Joining Paul as reserves from the Western Conference are Phoenix Suns Devin Booker, LA Clippers forward Paul George, Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert and guard Donovan Mitchell, Portland Trail Blazers guard Damian Lillard and New Orleans Peli- cans forward Zion Williamson.
Louis Nix, 29,
Found Dead
After being reported miss- ing on Wednesday, former Notre Dame defensive tackle Louis Nix, III was found dead on Saturday. Nix was 29.
Nix had been missing in the Jacksonville area since Wednesday, last seen Tues- day. The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office pulled a car from a pond near Nix’s apartment that matched his vehicle’s de- scription on Saturday night.
Nix was shot in December during an attempted armed robbery at a gas station in Jacksonville, his hometown, as he put air into his car tire. The bullet to his chest left Nix in the hospital for nearly two weeks, and some of its frag- ments remained in his ster- num and his left lung.
“I know it sounds cliché, but more than anything, I’m happy to be alive,” Nix said in mid-December to Eric Hansen of the South Bend Tribune.
The Jacksonville Sheriff’s
LOUIS NIX, III
Office has not indicated the shooting is in any way related to Nix’s death.
Nix was the defensive ful- crum for Notre Dame’s un- beaten 2012 regular season. Then a junior, he started 11 games and led all Irish defen- sive linemen with 50 tackles and made a team-high five pass breakups. As that de- fense allowed 10.3 points per game in the regular season, it was Nix holding the point of attack and as often as not, penetrating past it.
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