The 2025 NBA All-Star Game in San Francisco will feature a new mini-tournament format with four teams playing three games79. The main event will be held on February 16 at the Chase Center, home of the Golden State Warriors, and will be televised on TNT at 8 p.m. ET39.The format involves a single-elimination tournament25. Three teams will be drafted from the pool of All-Stars by TNT analysts Shaquille O’Neal, Kenny Smith, and Charles Barkley25. The fourth team will be the winner of the Rising Stars Challenge, led by analyst Candace Parker2. The coaches for each team will come from the coaching staffs of the teams with the best regular-season records in each conference through February 2, 20252.The semi-final games will see Kenny Smith’s “Young Stars” against Charles Barkley’s “Global Stars,” and Shaquille O’Neal’s “OGs” against Candace Parker’s Rising Stars15. The first team to score 40 points wins each game, and the winners will advance to the championship round, where the first team to 25 points wins12. Players on the championship team will earn $125,000 each, while the second-place team will get $50,000 per player, and the third and fourth place teams will each receive $25,000 per player1.The All-Star weekend, from February 14-16, includes the Celebrity All-Star Game and the Rising Stars Challenge36. The Skills Challenge has been updated to include four teams of two, competing in passing, dribbling, and shooting tasks, with the fastest teams advancing to the final round1.
