The Milwaukee Bucks have made a deal ahead of the February 6 trade deadline that involves swapping Khris Middleton for Kyle Kuzma.  According to multiple reports, they want to deal former All-Star forward Khris Middleton to the Washington Wizards for forward Kyle. They will also send forward Patrick Baldwin Jr. to the Bucks while Milwaukee are trading guard AJ Johnson to the Wizards. The Wizards will also get a 2028 first-round swap from Milwaukee while the Bucks will get a 025 second-round pick.  Milwaukee Bucks Get Washington Wizards Get

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.

Seven players from each conference including Victor Wembanyama and Jaylen Brown have been chosen by the NBA’s head coaches as reserves for the 2025 NBA All-Star Game. The tournament will be played on Sunday February 16 at Chase Center in San Francisco. The new four-team, three-game mini-tournament will premier at 8 ET on TNT.  In choosing the All-Star Game reserves, every NBA head coach voted for seven players in his conference – two guards, three frontcourt players and two extra players at any position. The head coaches were not allowed to vote for players from their own club.  The rosters for three of the four clubs in the NBA All-Star Game will be decided through the NBA All-Star Draft. The Draft will be conducted live on TNT on Thursday, February 6 at 6:30 p.m. ET. NBA Commissioner Adam Silver will choose the substitute for any player that cannot participate in the All-Star Game.  Below are the 14 players honored as reserves are below: 2025 All-Star Roster Western Conference reserves: Eastern Conference starters: Western Conference starters: