At last, NBA All-Star Weekend is here!
One of the biggest events on the NBA’s calendar heads west as the San Francisco Bay Area will host All-Star festivities for the first time since 2000. As you might expect, things look much different this time around.
All-Star Weekend is naturally anchored around the NBA All-Star Game. This year’s game will feature an all-new format that should bring new excitement to the weekend’s proceedings. While the NBA’s mainstays will get their fair share of the spotlight, there will be an added focus on the league’s next generation of stars, too.
In preparation for a busy weekend, The Sporting News has put together the latest edition of our annual NBA All-Star Game guide, complete with schedules, rosters and all you need to know about what will be different this time around.
Click below to jump down for more information on each topic.
2025 NBA All-Star Game
All-Star Saturday Night
When is NBA All-Star 2025?
The 2025 NBA All-Star Weekend will be between Friday, Feb. 14 and Sunday, Feb. 16.
All-Star Weekend begins Friday with the Celebrity Game and Rising Stars Challenge, which has much higher stakes than in years past. Festivities continue on Saturday with NBA All-Star practice, the NBA HBCU Classic and All-Star Saturday Night. Saturday night’s festivities will be a big draw as they consist of the Skills Challenge, 3-Point Contest and Dunk Contest.
The weekend wraps up Sunday with the 74th NBA All-Star Game, which features an all-new four-team mini-tournament format.
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Where is NBA All-Star 2025?
NBA All-Star 2025 will take place in the San Francisco Bay Area, which is hosting the weekend for the first time since 2000.
Events will be split between San Francisco’s Chase Center, home of the NBA’s Warriors and WNBA’s Valkyries, and Oakland’s Oakland Arena (formerly Oracle Arena), the former home of the Warriors.
The Rising Stars Challenge, All-Star Saturday Night and All-Star Game will be played at Chase Center. The Celebrity Game and All-Star practice are among the events that will be held at Oakland Arena.
How to watch the 2025 NBA All-Star Game
- Date: Sunday, Feb. 16
- Time: 8 p.m. ET | 5 p.m. PT
- TV channel: TNT
In the United States, the 2025 NBA All-Star Game will air on TNT. Tip-off of the NBA All-Star Game is scheduled for 8 p.m. ET.
While the distinction of All-Star Game starter is a prestigious title that holds weight, those 10 players will not start against one another as in years past.
This year, the 24 NBA All-Stars (10 starters and 14 reserves) will be split into three teams of eight for a three-game NBA All-Star Game mini-tournament on Sunday. TNT analysts Charles Barkley, Shaquille O’Neal and Kenny Smith drafted three teams of eight during the NBA All-Star Draft on Thursday, Feb. 6.
The fourth team in the NBA All-Star mini-tournament will be the winner of the NBA Rising Stars Game played between the NBA’s best first- and second-year players and a team of NBA G League standouts.
The four-team tournament will feature three games — two semifinals and the championship. Each game will be played to a target score of 40 points and the winner will be the first team to reach or surpass 40 points.
NBA All-Star Game prize money
The four teams will compete for a prize pool of $1.8 million. The money breaks down as follows:
- Champion: $125,000 per player
- Second-place: $50,000 per player
- Third- and fourth-place: $25,000 per player
Below are the three confirmed rosters for the 2025 NBA All-Star Game. As explained above, starters and reserves were chosen as they were in past years but the rosters were drafted by TNT’s “Inside the NBA’ crew.
The fourth team will be the winner of the Rising Stars Challenge and will be named Team Candace for its honorary GM, Candace Parker.
Players voted in as starters are listed in bold.
Team Shaq
| Position | Player | Team |
| F | LeBron James | Lakers |
| G | Stephen Curry | Warriors |
| F | Anthony Davis* | Mavericks |
| F | Jayson Tatum | Celtics |
| F | Kevin Durant | Suns |
| G | Damian Lillard | Bucks |
| G | James Harden | Clippers |
| F | Jaylen Brown | Celtics |
| G | Kyrie Irving* | Mavericks |
*Irving has been chosen as the injury replacement for Davis.
Team Chuck
| Position | Player | Team |
| F | Nikola Jokic | Nuggets |
| F | Giannis Antetokounmpo* | Bucks |
| G | Shai Gilgeous-Alexander | Thunder |
| F | Victor Wembanyama | Spurs |
| F | Pascal Siakam | Pacers |
| F | Alperen Sengun | Rockets |
| F | Karl-Anthony Towns | Knicks |
| G | Donovan Mitchell | Cavaliers |
| G | Trae Young* | Hawks |
*Young has been chosen as the injury replacement for Antetokounmpo.
Team Kenny
| Position | Player | Team |
| G | Anthony Edwards | Timberwolves |
| G | Jalen Brunson | Knicks |
| F | Jaren Jackson Jr. | Grizzlies |
| F | Jalen Williams | Thunder |
| G | Darius Garland | Cavaliers |
| F | Evan Mobley | Cavaliers |
| G | Cade Cunningham | Pistons |
| G | Tyler Herro | Heat |
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Five first-time All-Stars will take the floor in 2025 — three will suit up for Team Kenny and the other two will play for Team Chuck.
- Cade Cunningham, Pistons (Team Kenny)
- Tyler Herro, Heat (Team Kenny)
- Alperen Sengun, Rockets (Team Chuck)
- Victor Wembanyama, Spurs (Team Chuck)
- Jalen Williams, Thunder (Team Kenny)
Wembanyama, 21, is the youngest player in this year’s All-Star Game. The second-year center is averaging 24.4 points, 11.0 rebounds, 3.6 assists and 3.9 blocks per game and is well on his way to being named the NBA’s Defensive Player of the Year.
Thunder head coach Mark Daigneault and Cavaliers coach Kenny Atkinson will be two of the four coaches at this year’s All-Star Game. The other two coaches will be a Thunder assistant coach and a Cavaliers assistant coach.
The NBA standings determine who coaches in the All-Star Game. The job goes to the head coaches of the teams with the Eastern and Western Conference’s best records through games played on Feb. 2.
Both Atkinson and Daigneault are coaching in the NBA All-Star Game for the first time in their respective coaching careers.
NBA All-Star Saturday Night
- Date: Saturday, Feb. 15
- Time: 8 p.m. ET
- TV: TNT
NBA All-Star Skills Challenge participants
The Skills Challenge is adopting a new format with four teams of two players this year.
Here are the teams and their members:
- Team Cavs: Donovan Mitchell and Evan Mobley
- Team Rooks: Zaccharie Risacher (Hawks) and Alex Sarr (Wizards)
- Team Spurs: Chris Paul and Victor Wembanyama
- Team Warriors: Draymond Green and Moses Moody
NBA All-Star 3-Point Contest participants
The 3-Point Contest field is complete with eight sharpshooters, five of whom will also suit up in the NBA All-Star Game.
Back-to-back champion Damian Lillard is looking for the poetic 3-Point Contest three-peat. As a bonus, Lillard is an Oakland native and has an opportunity to win near his hometown. All-Star Darius Garland enters with the highest 3-point percentage among contestants in the field.
| Player | Team | 3P% |
| Jalen Brunson | Knicks | 39.8 |
| Cade Cunningham | Pistons | 35.2 |
| Darius Garland | Cavaliers | 43.8 |
| Tyler Herro | Heat | 38.8 |
| Buddy Hield | Warriors | 37.0 |
| Cam Johnson | Nets | 41.7 |
| Damian Lillard | Bucks | 38.2 |
| Norman Powell | Clippers | 42.9 |
NBA All-Star Slam Dunk Contest participants
The 2025 NBA All-Star Slam Dunk contest features three up-and-comers who will challenge back-to-back defending dunk champ Mac McClung, who is on a two-way contract with the Magic.
McClung looks to become the second three-time Slam Dunk champion (Nate Robinson) and the first to three-peat.
| Player | Team |
| Matas Buzelis | Bulls |
| Stephon Castle | Spurs |
| Andre Jackson Jr. | Bucks |
| Mac McClung | Magic |
- Date: Friday, Feb. 14
- Time: 9 p.m. ET
- TV: TNT
The Rising Stars Challenge brings back the four-team, tournament-style competition. This should serve as a preview of how Sunday’s All-Star Game will play out.
The tournament will feature four teams of seven players — three teams are comprised of first- and second-year players while the fourth team is comprised of NBA G League standouts.
The coaches of the first- and second-year players are Tim Hardaway Sr. (Team Tim), Mitch Richmond (Team Mitch) and Chris Mullin (Team Chris). Jeremy Lin will coach the NBA G League standouts (Team Jeremy).
This year, the Rising Stars Challenge is a high-stakes tournament. The winning team will advance to Sunday to participate in the NBA All-Star Game as the fourth challenger to the three teams of NBA All-Stars.
Team Tim
| Position | Player | Team |
| G | Brandin Podziemski | Warriors |
| F | Jaime Jaquez Jr. | Heat |
| F | Gradey Dick | Raptors |
| G | Anthony Black | Magic |
| F | Zaccharie Risacher | Hawks |
| F | Alex Sarr | Wizards |
| F | Tristan da Silva | Magic |
Team Mitch
| Position | Player | Team |
| F | Amen Thompson | Rockets |
| F | Ausar Thompson | Pistons |
| F | Bilal Coulibaly | Wizards |
| G | Scoot Henderson | Trail Blazers |
| F | Toumani Camara | Trail Blazers |
| F | Yves Missi | Pelicans |
| G | Bub Carrington | Wizards |
Team Chris
| Position | Player | Team |
| G | Stephon Castle | Spurs |
| F | Dalton Knecht | Lakers |
| F | Jaylen Wells | Grizzlies |
| G | Keyonte George | Jazz |
| F | Zach Edey | Grizzlies |
| F | Trayce Jackson-Davis | Warriors |
| F | Ryan Dunn | Suns |
Team Jeremy
| Position | Player | Team |
| G | JD Davison | Maine Celtics |
| G | Mac McClung | Osceola Magic |
| F | Bryce McGowens | Rip City Remix |
| F | Leonard Miller | Iowa Wolves |
| G | Dink Pate | Mexico City Capitanes |
| G | Reed Sheppard | Rio Grande Valley Vipers |
| G | Pat Spencer | Santa Cruz Warriors |
Here is the schedule of events for NBA All-Star Weekend, which takes place from Feb. 14-16:
Friday, Feb. 14
- NBA All-Star Celebrity Game, 7 p.m. ET
- NBA Rising Stars Game, 9 p.m. ET
Saturday, Feb. 15
- NBA HBCU Classic (Morehouse College vs. Tuskegee University), 5 p.m. ET
- NBA All-Star Saturday Night, 8 p.m. ET
Sunday, Feb. 16
- NBA All-Star Game, 8 p.m. ET
