Karl-Anthony Towns, seen here at last year’s All-Star game, will be among the players in this year’s All-Star round robin tournament. (Justin Casterline/Getty Images)
The 2025 NBA All-Star game won’t just be an East vs. West game like it has been, instead, it will be a mini-tournament where three teams, whose players were selected by Charles Barkley, Shaquille O’Neal and Kenny Smith, will compete for the championship title. The tournament is set to begin on Sunday, Feb. 16 at 8 p.m. ET on TNT and truTV, with two semi-finals leading up to a championship final game which will air at roughly 10 p.m. Games will be capped at 40 points (one assumes, to keep the pace moving and avoid a situation like last year’s 211-186 result.) The NBA’s All-Star Weekend, which takes place in San Francisco this year, also includes the celebrity All-Star game, where the basketball skills of entertainers like Shaboozey, Noah Kahan, and Walker Hayes will be on display. There will also be a Rising Stars competition on Friday, and the dunk and 3-point contest on Saturday, all followed by the championship tournament on Sunday.
Get the the 2025 team rosters and information about how to watch this weekend’s All-Star games.
How to watch the 2025 NBA All-Star Game:
Dates: Feb. 16, 2025
Time: 8 p.m. ET
TV channel(s): TNT, TruTV
Streaming: Max, DirecTV, Hulu with Live TV and more
2025 NBA All-Star Game schedule:
All times Eastern
Sunday, Feb. 16
NBA All-Star Semifinal, Game 1, 8:20 p.m. (TNT, TruTV, Max)
NBA All-Star Semifinal, Game 2, 9:10 p.m. (TNT, TruTV, Max)
NBA All-Star Championship Game, 10 p.m. (TNT, TruTV, Max)
Who is playing at the 2025 NBA All-Star game?
This year, All-Star players have been split into three teams of eight players this year, each of them drafted by TNT analysts Shaquille O’Neal, Charles Barkley and Kenny Smith. The team breakdowns are as follows:
Team Chuck: Nikola Jokic, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Victor Wembanyama, Pascal Siakam, Alperen Sengun, Karl-Anthony Towns, Donovan Mitchell, and Trae Young. (Giannis Antetokounmpo was originally picked to play but has been replaced by Young due to injury.)
Team Shaq: LeBron James, Stephen…
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