PHOENIX: “Goran Dragic will be one of four guards in the Western Conference to participate in the Skills Challenge during this year’s All-Star weekend. The Taco Bell Skills Challenge is introducing a new format that features four teams of two players each competing in a two-round timed relay-style course consisting of dribbling, passing and shooting stations. Dragic will team with Reggie Jackson of the Oklahoma City Thunder on one of the Western Conference’s teams. Damian Lillard of the Portland Trail Blazers and Trey Burke of the Utah Jazz comprise the West’s other team. The Eastern Conference will be represented by DeMar DeRozan of the Toronto Raptors and Giannis Antetokounmpo of the Milwaukee Bucks on one team, and Michael Carter-Williams of the Philadelphia 76ers and Victor Oladipo of the Orlando Magic on the other.”

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