To everyone’s surprise, Shaq took Damian Lillard with the first overall pick. Not that Lillard is undeserving, but Kyrie Irving is an All-Star. Regardless, Kenny Smith would take advantage of his luck and pick up the second-year phenomenon. Right? Wrong. With the second pick, Kenny Smith took the first overall pick in last year’s draft, Anthony Davis. Davis is an extraordinary talent as well, but over Kyrie Irving? The slip then finally ended, as Shaq drafted Irving to round out his dynamic back court duo.

The rest of Team Shaq consists of Detroit’s Andre Drummond, Golden State’s Klay Thompson and Harrison Barnes, Houston’s Chandler Parsons, Cleveland’s Dion Waiters and Tyler Zeller, and Charlotte’s Michael Kidd-Gilchrist and Kemba Walker.

After taking Anthony Davis with his first pick, Kenny Smith built a team that consists of Minnesota’s Ricky Rubio, Denver’s Kenneth Faried, San Antonio’s Kawhi Leonard, Washington’s Bradley Beal, Cleveland’s Tristan Thompson, Orlando’s Nikola Vucevic, Detroit’s Brandon Knight, Sacramento’s Isaiah Thomas, and Minnesota’s Alexey Shved.

My pick for MVP is Kyrie Irving. The second-year man out of Duke is averaging 23.9 points, 5.5 assists, and 3.7 assists per game this season. He’s shooting an outstanding 42.7% on three-point attempts, and is also racking up an impressive number of steals, 1.7 per game to be exact. Irving will be the best player on the court when the Rising Stars take the court, and I fully expect for him personally to put on a show.

Former-Sixer Nikola Vucevic will also try to establish himself as a future-star. Vucevic has flown somewhat under the radar due to Orlando’s struggles this season. However, the second-year center out of  USC has averaged a double-double this season. The seven-footer has improved in every area of the game since being dealt to the Magic in the Dwight Howard/Andrew Bynum blockbuster trade this offseason.

TNT will have the coverage on Friday at 9:00 P.M.

Iguodala follows Barkley and Iverson as Sixers to wear the red, white and blue.

Following in the footsteps of Charles Barkley and Allen Iverson, Andre Iguodala will head to London to bring back an Olympic medal. Iguodala was one of the last three players to be added to the roster by Coach K and Jerry Colangelo. So far in the U.S.’s pre Olympic schedule he is averaging 6.5 points and 4 rebounds a game in 4 games. He has shot 60 percent from the floor and 50 percent from three point range. Iguodala has been very pesky on the defensive end with 6 steals and has created plenty of fast break opportunities. He will play a bench role backing up Carmelo Anthony and Kevin Durant, expected to bring his defensive intensity and quickness as a spark off the bench. Even if he does not get to play alot of valuable minutes for Team USA, the experience could be invaluable as he heads into the 2012 season with the Sixers.

Iguodala along with James Harden and Anthony Davis were the last three additions to Team USA.

Iguodala has 6 steals through 4 games in the pre Olympic schedule and his defensive intensity is what will get him minutes in the Olympics.