The NBA All-Star Game will feature a mini-tournament with four teams and three games, for the first time. Two squads will compete in one semi-final (Game 1), while the remaining two teams will play in another semifinal (Game 2). The winning teams from Game 1 and Game 2 will face off in the championship (Game 3). For every match, the first team to score or pass 40 points will win.
Each team in the NBA All-Star Game, will have eight players and be named after a TNT NBA analyst. The 24 NBA All-Star selections will be broken up into three squads. TNT”s Inside the NBA commentators will draft the rosters. Honorary team general managers are Shaquille O’Neal, Charles Barkley, and Kenny Smith.
The three analysts will make their pick for Team Shaq, Team Chuck, and Team Kenny live on TNT in the NBA All-Star Draft, which will happen on Thursday, February 6th at 6:30 p.m. ET. This is just before the network’s doubleheader.
The fourth team will be the winning team from the Castrol Rising Stars championship game, the yearly showcase of top first-and-second year NBA players and NBA G League standouts, which will be played on February 14 during NBA All-Star 2025. TNT analyst and WNBA legend Candace Parker will act as honorary GM of the Rising Stars champion, called Team Candace.
Fans (50% of the vote), current NBA players (25%), and media panel (25%) will choose the five players honored as starters in each conference. The seven players honored as reserves in each conference will be selected by NBA head coaches.
The four teams competing in the NBA All-Star Game, will play for a prize pool of $1.8 million. Each player on the championship-winning team will get $125,000, each player on the second-place team will receive $50,000 and every player on the third-and fourth-place teams will get $25,000.
