Miami Heat star guard Goran Dragic has hit back at Australian MP Tim Watts for claiming he was not worthy of taking an NBA All-Star spot ahead of Ben Simmons.

US media on Tuesday showed Dragic a video of Watts' colourful speech in parliament, where he declared "no one with two brain cells to rub together would want Goran Dragic on their team over Ben".

The All-Star game will be played in Los Angeles on Sunday.

All-Star Goran Dragic. Credit:AP

"He said that in parliament?" Dragic asked in an incredulous tone, the South Florida Sun Sentinel reported.