One of the headliners for the NBA Celebrity All-Star Game is Cowboys star pass rusher Micah Parsons.
The Celebrity All-Star Game is typically a mixed bag of talent. You have the former NBA and WNBA legends who suit up and show they’ve never lost their skill. You have artists, musicians, actors and actresses, and internet personalities who can either really hoop or look like they’ve never shot a basketball in their life.
And then there are the professional athletes from other sports who sometimes dominate the competition — like 2023 Celebrity All-Star Game MVP DK Metcalf — or look like they should stick to the sport they specialize in.
What should NBA fans expect from one of the best defensive players in all of football on the hardwood? The Sporting News takes a look back at Parsons’ basketball history below.
Did Micah Parsons play basketball?
Parsons was a two-sport star at Harrisburg High School in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, playing both football and basketball.
Listed at 6-3 and 245 lbs., Parsons might be one of the biggest players in the NFL, but when it comes to basketball, he’s the same height as All-Star guard Donovan Mitchell.
That didn’t stop Parsons from playing bully ball in high school, though, holding down the center position for Harrisburg.
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