'The Fault In Our Stars' Actor Ansel Elgort To Showcase Sporty Side; Joins Kevin Hart, Common In Celebrity Basketball Game

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"The Fault in Our Stars" actor Ansel Elgort will have a chance to showcase his athleticism as he joins Kevin Hart and Common in the Celebrity All-Star Game.

"Three-time MVP and comedic superstar Kevin Hart will take the court at Madison Square Garden, The World's Most Famous Arena, for the Sprint NBA All-Star Celebrity Game 2015 on Friday, Feb. 13, at 7 p.m. ET airing live on ESPN," NBA.com announced.

Apart from Kevin Hart, Common and "The Fault in our Stars" star Ansel Elgort, other celebrities who will participate in the Celebrity All-Star Game are "Little League phenom Mo'ne Davis; Arcade Fire's Win Butler; actor Chadwick Boseman ('42'); 'America's Got Talent' host Nick Cannon; former NBA All-Star and New York Knicks Assistant General Manager Allan Houston; Basketball Hall of Famer Chris Mullin."

Also, "gold medal-winning U.S. Paralympic athlete Blake Leeper; actor Michael Rapaport; Memphis Grizzlies owner Robert Pera; NBA TV's "NBA Inside Stuff presented by Samsung Galaxy" co-host Kristen Ledlow; Bollywood star Abhishek Bachchan; and WNBA stars Shoni Schimmel of the Atlanta Dream, Skylar Diggins of the Tulsa Shock and Tina Charles of the New York Liberty."

The coaches for this year's teams are New York Knicks superstar Carmelo Anthony and director Spike Lee, along with ESPN Radio's Mike Golic and Mike Greenberg.

"Insurgent" star Ansel Elgort is not hiding his obsession about the New York Knicks since he was just a boy.

In fact, in December last year, the actor fulfilled one of his life-long dreams to be shown on the jumbotron.

And "Insurgent" actor Ansel Elgort made sure that everybody knows about it when he posted the photo on Instagram with the caption: "I've been a huge Knicks fan my whole life. Tonight was amazing. They gave me sick seats and played a clip from #tfios and even put me on the screen. Dreams come true. Even tho the Knicks lost it was an epic night. I'm the luckiest guy in the world :) #knickstape."

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