NEW YORK: Utah Jazz rookie forward Trey Lyles will replace Chicago’s injured Nikola Mirotic on the World team in the NBA All-Star Game Rising Stars Challenge next week in Toronto.

The league announced on Wednesday (Thursday in Manila) that Mirotic, a second-year forward from Montenegro averaging 10.6 points and 5.9 rebounds in 44 games, will miss the game after having an appendectomy and a hematoma removal.

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