Nurse, who coaches the Iowa Energy, will get his second taste of the big event, having taken charge of the West's win last year.

And Finch's selection recognises the great start he has made to his first season in the league, leading his Rio Grande Valley Vipers to the top of the Western Conference.

The pair will face-off in Dallas today, the day before the likes of Kobe Bryant and LeBron James take to the Cowboys Stadium court for the main event in front of over 80,000 people, the largest audience ever to watch a basketball game.