NewsOK.com · Feb 17, 2018
Why Buddy Hield is in a better place this All-Star break
For the second year in a row, Buddy Hield represented the World Team in the Rising Stars Challenge, but since his first time at All-Star weekend, the former OU star has found a new team and consistent role in the NBA. [PHOTO BY SARAH PHIPPS, THE OKLAHOMAN]The clock crept toward the end of the first quarter and unbeknown to the crowd assembled on a weekday in California, it was time for the Buddy Hield Show.
No, not in Friday's Rising Stars Challenge. Flip it back to Nov. 7.
Maybe Hield wouldn't have been in the showcase game of first- and second-year players if not for an explosion against the Thunder in Sacramento more than three months ago.