By: Dorothy J. Gentry
Garland native Tyrese Maxey was named a starter in the upcoming 7th NBA All-Star game which will be played at the Intuit Dome in Los Angeles, California on Sunday, Feb. 15. The six-year pro was one of the 10 players selected as an All-Star Game starter, an honor voted on by fans, current NBA players, and a media panel.
Maxey, 25-year-old point guard for the Philadelphia 76ers, is a graduate of South Garland High School where he helped the team to its first-ever Texas state high school basketball tournament appearance in 2018. While at Garland High School, Maxey was a McDonald’s All-American and Texas Mr. Basketball during his senior year. After graduation he went to the University of Kentucky. He was the 21st overall pick in the 2020 NBA draft.
It is the first career All-Star starter selection for Maxey, who becomes the eighth youngest player in 76ers franchise history to receive such an honor. It will be the second NBA All-Star appearance for Maxey, after being named an All-Star during the 2023-24 season.
In 38 games this season, Maxey is producing career highs in points (30.3), assists (6.7), rebounds (4.4), steals (1.9), and blocks (1.0). He is one of three players in the league – and the only player in the Eastern Conference – averaging at least 30.0 points and 6.0 assists. Maxey, whose 30.3 points per game scoring average ranks third in the NBA, is the only player in the league this season with at least 1,000 points, 250 assists, and 70 steals.
Maxey reached the 20-point mark in each of his first 21 games this season from Oct. 22 to Dec. 4, marking the longest such streak of his NBA career. His 25 games this season with at least 20 points and six assists rank second in the Eastern Conference and sixth in the NBA.
He has also reached the 30-point mark on 19 occasions in 2025-26, good for fifth most in the NBA. His four games of 40-plus points are tied for fourth in the NBA, including a career-best 54 points on 18-of-30 shooting at Milwaukee on Nov. 20.
Maxey scored his 800th three-pointer of his career at Memphis on Dec. 30, joining Allen Iverson as the only two 76ers in franchise history to reach that mark. He was also recently named Eastern Conference Player of the Week earlier this month. It was the second Player of the Week honor for Maxey in 2025-26 and the fourth such award of his NBA career.
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