- NBA announces All-Star tournament plan for February
- Novel format: four teams, three games in one night
Four teams, three games, one night. That’s the plan for the 2025 NBA All-Star Game in San Francisco, confirmed after months of discussion around the lack of competitiveness and – well, defense – in the 2024 event.
The NBA adopted a new one-night tournament with three teams comprised of eight All-Stars drafted to teams by former NBA players Charles Barkley, Kenny Smith and Shaquille O’Neal of Inside the NBA.