2025 NBA All-Star Game

The 2025 NBA All-Star Championship was an all-star single-elimination basketball tournament played on February 16, 2025, during the National Basketball Association's 2024–25 season. It was the 74th edition of the NBA All-Star Game. It was hosted by the Golden State Warriors at Chase Center. It was the fourth time the Warriors hosted the game and the first time since 2000, when the NBA All-Star game was played at the Oakland Arena in Oakland, California. The Warriors also hosted the game in 1960, as the Philadelphia Warriors at the Convention Hall in Philadelphia and in 1967, as the San Francisco Warriors at the Cow Palace in Daly City. This was the first time that the NBA All-Star Game was held in San Francisco. The All-Star Game was televised nationally by TNT for the 23rd and final consecutive year, before returning to NBC in the next season.
The All-Star championship itself consisted of a four-team single-elimination tournament as two semi-finals and a championship game, similar to the most recent NHL All-Star Games and Rising Stars Challenges. Three teams were drafted from a pool of twenty-four selected all-stars by NBA on TNT analysts Shaquille O'Neal, Kenny Smith, and Charles Barkley, while Candace Parker, also a TNT analyst, managed the winning team from the Rising Stars Challenge. Shaq's OGs defeated Chuck's Global Stars to win the tournament. Stephen Curry was named the All-Star Most Valuable Player.

Background

The Chase Center in San Francisco was announced to host the All-Star Game on November 6, 2023, at a press conference held by the Golden State Warriors. In attendance at the announcement were NBA commissioner Adam Silver, Warriors Co-Executive chairman & chief executive officer Joe Lacob, Warriors Co-Executive chairman Peter Guber, Warriors President and chief operating officer Brandon Schneider, and San Francisco Mayor London Breed.

Format change

On December 17, 2024, the NBA announced that the All-Star Game would use a four-team tournament format with a championship, similar to the format used by the Rising Stars Challenge since 2022. Each of the teams will consist of 8 players, with the traditional pool of selected all-stars drafted for the first three teams by NBA on TNT analysts Charles Barkley, Shaquille O'Neal and Kenny Smith. The fourth team in the tournament will be the winner of the Rising Stars Challenge, with their honorary general manager being Candace Parker. The head coaches for each team will be chosen from the coaching staffs of the teams with the best regular season records in each conference, based on games played through February 2, 2025. The head coach of the top team in each conference will coach one of the All-Star teams, while their assistant coach will coach either the remaining All-Star team or the Rising Stars winner. The winner of each game will be the first team to score 40 points.

All-Star Game

Coaches

Mark Daigneault, head coach of Western Conference leader Oklahoma City Thunder, earned a coaching spot on January 19. Kenny Atkinson, head coach of Eastern Conference leader Cleveland Cavaliers, earned a coaching spot on January 23. Jordan Ott and Dave Bliss, assistant coach from the Cavaliers and Thunder, respectively, filled the two remaining coaching spots.

Rosters

As had been the case in previous years, the rosters for the All-Star Game were selected through a voting process. The fans could vote through the NBA website as well as through their Google account. The starters were chosen by the fans, media, and current NBA players. Fans made up 50% of the vote, and NBA players and media each comprised 25% of the vote. The two guards and three frontcourt players who received the highest cumulative vote totals in each conference were named the All-Star starters and two players in each conference with the highest votes were named team captains. NBA head coaches voted for the reserves for their respective conferences, none of which could be players from their own team. Each coach selected two guards, three frontcourt players and two wild cards, with each selected player ranked in order of preference within each category. If a multi-position player was to be selected, coaches were encouraged to vote for the player at the position that was "most advantageous for the All-Star team", regardless of where the player was listed on the All-Star ballot or the position he was listed in box scores.
The All-Star Game starters were announced on January 23, 2025. Donovan Mitchell of the Cleveland Cavaliers and Jalen Brunson of the New York Knicks were announced as the starting guards in the East, earning their sixth and second all-star appearances, respectively. Giannis Antetokounmpo of the Milwaukee Bucks and Jayson Tatum of the Boston Celtics were named the frontcourt starters in the East, earning their ninth and sixth all-star appearances, respectively. Joining the East frontcourt was Karl-Anthony Towns of the New York Knicks, his fifth selection.
In the West, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander of the Oklahoma City Thunder and Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors were named to the starting backcourt, earning their third and eleventh all-star appearances, respectively. In the frontcourt, Kevin Durant of the Phoenix Suns and LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers were named to their 15th and 21st all-star appearances, respectively. James' 21st All-Star selection increased his NBA record for most All-Star selections. With his selection, James also joins the short list of players with 21 or more All-Star selections which includes Hall of Fame hockey player Gordie Howe and Baseball Hall of Famers Hank Aaron, Willie Mays, and Stan Musial. Joining the West frontcourt was Nikola Jokić of the Denver Nuggets, earning his seventh selection.
The All-Star Game reserves were announced on January 30, 2025. The West reserves included Anthony Edwards of the Minnesota Timberwolves, his third selection; Anthony Davis of the Los Angeles Lakers, his tenth selection; James Harden of the Los Angeles Clippers, his eleventh selection; Jaren Jackson Jr. of the Memphis Grizzlies, his second selection; Alperen Şengün of the Houston Rockets, his first selection; Jalen Williams of the Oklahoma City Thunder, his first selection; and Victor Wembanyama of the San Antonio Spurs, his first selection.
The East reserves included Damian Lillard of the Milwaukee Bucks, his ninth selection; Darius Garland of the Cleveland Cavaliers, his second selection; Jaylen Brown of the Boston Celtics, his fourth selection; Cade Cunningham of the Detroit Pistons, his first selection; Tyler Herro of the Miami Heat, his first selection; Evan Mobley of the Cleveland Cavaliers, his first selection; and Pascal Siakam of the Indiana Pacers, his third selection.

Italics indicates leading vote-getters per conference

After being announced as an All-Star, Anthony Davis was traded from the Los Angeles Lakers to the Dallas Mavericks.
Giannis Antetokounmpo was unable to play due to a leg injury.
Trae Young was selected as Giannis Antetokounmpo's replacement.
Anthony Davis was unable to play due to an injury.
Kyrie Irving was selected as Anthony Davis' replacement.
LeBron James was unable to play due to an ankle injury, ending his streak of consecutive All-Star starts at 20. No replacement due to him pulling out just before the game.
Anthony Edwards was unable to play due to a groin injury. No replacement due to him pulling out just before the game.

Draft

The NBA All-Star draft took place on February 6, 2025.

Pick	Player	Team
1	LeBron James	Shaq
2	Anthony Edwards	Kenny
3	Nikola Jokić	Charles
4	Giannis Antetokounmpo	Charles
5	Stephen Curry	Shaq
6	Jalen Brunson	Kenny
7	Jaren Jackson Jr.	Kenny
8	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	Charles
9	Anthony Davis	Shaq
10	Jayson Tatum	Shaq
11	Jalen Williams	Kenny
12	Victor Wembanyama	Charles
13	Pascal Siakam	Charles
14	Kevin Durant	Shaq
15	Darius Garland	Kenny
16	Evan Mobley	Kenny
17	Alperen Şengün	Charles
18	Damian Lillard	Shaq
19	James Harden	Shaq
20	Cade Cunningham	Kenny
21	Karl-Anthony Towns	Charles
22	Donovan Mitchell	Charles
23	Jaylen Brown	Shaq
24	Tyler Herro	Kenny

Bracket

Team Chris, winners of the Rising Stars Challenge.

Championship game

Shaq's OGs won the mini-tournament with a 41–25 win over Chuck's Global Stars. Curry scored 12 points for the OGs, including three on a half-court shot, and was named the All-Star MVP.

All-Star Weekend

Skills Challenge

Pos.	Player	Team
G	Donovan Mitchell	Cleveland Cavaliers
F	Evan Mobley	Cleveland Cavaliers

Pos.	Player	Team
F	Zaccharie Risacher	Atlanta Hawks
C	Alex Sarr	Washington Wizards

Pos.	Player	Team
G	Chris Paul	San Antonio Spurs
C	Victor Wembanyama	San Antonio Spurs

Pos.	Player	Team
F	Draymond Green	Golden State Warriors
G	Moses Moody	Golden State Warriors

Three Point Contest

Pos.	Player	Team	Height	Weight	First round	Final round
G	Tyler Herro	Miami Heat	6–5	195	19	24
G	Buddy Hield	Golden State Warriors	6–4	220	31	23
G	Darius Garland	Cleveland Cavaliers	6–1	192	24	19
G	Jalen Brunson	New York Knicks	6–2	190	18	DNQ
G	Damian Lillard	Milwaukee Bucks	6–2	195	18	DNQ
G	Cade Cunningham	Detroit Pistons	6–6	220	16	DNQ
F	Cameron Johnson	Brooklyn Nets	6–8	210	14	DNQ
G	Norman Powell	Los Angeles Clippers	6–4	215	14	DNQ

Slam Dunk Contest

Pos.	Player	Team	Height	Weight	First round	Final round
G	Mac McClung	Orlando Magic	6–2	185	100	100
G	Stephon Castle	San Antonio Spurs	6–6	215	95	99.6
G	Andre Jackson Jr.	Milwaukee Bucks	6–6	209	88.8	DNQ
F	Matas Buzelis	Chicago Bulls	6–10	209	87.4	DNQ

Entertainment

The Canadian national anthem was sung by pop singer Alessia Cara. The American national anthem was sung by Los Angeles firefighter Dennis R. Rodriguez. DJ Cassidy, E-40, Too Short, Saweetie, and En Vogue with former member Maxine Jones performed during the halftime show. R&B singer Raphael Saadiq performed during the player introductions.