The 24 gamers chosen for the 2025 All-Star Sport have been drafted on a Thursday pre-game TNT present by coaches Charles Barkley, Shaquille O’Neal and Kenny Smith, and later announced by the NBA.
The gamers have been beforehand sorted into teams of starters and reserves, however that had no bearing on their staff placement for the brand new mini-tournament on this 12 months’s sport.
Under are every staff’s picks, sorted so as of choose:
Group Shaq
O’Neal had the primary general choose within the televised draft choosing LeBron James, who holds the file for many All-Star appearances in a profession. For essentially the most half, O’Neal opted for the “outdated guard” of the NBA, so to talk. His staff has a whopping 87 All-Star appearances (together with this 12 months) between the eight gamers.
The roster additionally unites a handful of gamers. Durant spent this week in commerce rumors, with reviews indicating he didn’t wish to be traded to Curry’s Warriors. The 2 gamers have been teammates for 3 seasons. This additionally will mark the primary time James and Davis will play collectively because the blockbuster transfer that introduced Luka Doncic to L.A. Moreover, all of Curry, James, Durant, Tatum and Davis performed collectively on the 2024 U.S. males’s Olympic Group.
Group Kenny
Versus O’Neal’s roster, Smith opted for a number of the youthful stars throughout the league. Smith’s staff has a mixed 13 All-Star nods to their identify. Williams, Mobley, Cunningham and Herro are all first-time All-Stars. Smith united a pair of Cavaliers, with Mobley and Garland becoming a member of forces.
Group Chuck
Barkley went for a mixture of expertise in his group. He landed the highest three anticipated gamers within the MVP race this season between Jokic, Antetokounmpo and Gilgeous-Alexander. He additionally landed Wembanyama with the twelfth general choose. Barkley’s group has a mixed 35 All-Star honors, with Sengun and Wembanyama being first-time All-Stars, however Antetkounmpo (9) and Jokic (seven) main the way in which.
A fourth staff coached by Candace Parker will play within the event. She’ll be teaching whichever staff wins this 12 months’s Rising Stars Problem. Two groups will meet in a semifinal (Sport 1) whereas the opposite two additionally play one another (Sport 2). The profitable staff from every sport strikes on to the ultimate spherical.
The 4 groups collaborating within the NBA All-Star Sport will compete for a prize pool of $1.8M. Every participant on the staff that wins the ultimate will obtain $125K, whereas members of the second-place staff earn $50K. Gamers on the third- and fourth-place groups will obtain $25K.
