Clippers' Kawhi Leonard added to NBA All-Star Game player pool

NBA commissioner Adam Silver added Los Angeles Clippers star forward Kawhi Leonard to the player pool for the All-Star Game on Tuesday.

It marks Leonard's seventh career All-Star selection, and it will come at his team's home arena on Feb. 15 in Inglewood, Calif.

Silver needed to add one more US-born All-Star to get the 16 needed to field two teams of eight. There will also be one World team made up of international players in the new US versus World format.

Rosters will be revealed later Tuesday.

Leonard, 34, was initially snubbed from the All-Star Game despite averaging a career-high 27.6 points, 6.1 rebounds, 3.6 assists and a league-high 2.1 steals per game in 36 games (all starts) for the Clippers. —Field Level Media/Reuters