NBA unveils new format for 2025 All-Star Game featuring four teams
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The NBA on Tuesday unveiled a new format for the 2025 All-Star Game Feb. 16 in San Francisco.
To generate a more competitive game, this season’s All-Star Game will feature a mini-tournament with four teams in a three-game event.
Two teams will play in one semifinal and the other team two teams will play in the other semifinal with the winners meeting in the final. The first team to reach 40 points in each game is the winner.
Each team will have eight players – three teams will be comprised of the 24 NBA All-Stars and the other team will be players from the championship game of the Rising Stars game.
The three teams with NBA All-Stars will be split up via a draft by honorary general managers Charles Barkley, Kenny Smith and Shaquille O’Neal. The draft will take place Feb. 6 on TNT.
The coaches for each team at the All-Star Game will come from the coaching staffs with the best record in each conference in games played through Feb. 2. The head coach from the East and the head coach from the West will each lead one of the NBA All-Star teams, an assistant coach from one team will coach the other NBA All-Star team and another assistant will coach the Rising Stars team.
The NBA has tinkered with its All-Star format over the past several seasons to make the game more competitive. There have been varying degrees of success, but last season’s game included an All-Star record 211 points by the East, and NBA Commissioner Adam Silver was not thrilled – especially after he touted a more competitive game the day before in his All-Star press conference.
NBA All-Star Game prize money
- Each player on winning team: $125,000
- Each player on second-place team: $50,000
- Each player on third- and four-place teams: $25,000
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