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 workforce placement for the brand new mini-tournament on this 12 months’s recreation.
Beneath are every workforce’s picks, sorted so as of choose:
Workforce 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 For essentially the most half, O’Neal opted for the “outdated guard” of the NBA, so to talk.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 workforce 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 for the reason that 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 Workforce.
Workforce Kenny
Versus O’Neal’s roster, Smith opted for a few of the youthful stars throughout the league. Smith’s workforce has a mixed 13 All-Star nods to their title. 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.
Workforce 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 workforce coached by Candace Parker will play within the event. She’ll be teaching whichever workforce 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 successful workforce from every recreation strikes on to the ultimate spherical.
The 4 groups taking part within the NBA All-Star Sport will compete for a prize pool of $1.8M. Every participant on the workforce that wins the ultimate will obtain $125K, whereas members of the second-place workforce earn $50K. Gamers on the third- and fourth-place groups will obtain $25K.
