NBA News 2024-2025

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NBA AND NBPA ANNOUNCE NEW FORMAT FOR 2025 NBA ALL-STAR GAME

– Mini-Tournament Features Four Teams and Three Games –
– Three Teams of NBA All-Star Selections Joined by Castrol Rising Stars Champion –
– TNT’s Charles Barkley, Shaquille O’Neal and Kenny Smith Draft Rosters of Non-Rising Stars Teams –
– NBA All-Star Voting Presented by AT&T Tips Off Thursday, Dec. 19

NEW YORK, Dec. 17, 2024 – The National Basketball Association (NBA) and the National Basketball Players Association announced today a new format for the 2025 NBA All-Star Game in the San Francisco Bay Area. The reimagined event will take place on Sunday, Feb. 16 at Chase Center, home of the Golden State Warriors, and air at 8 p.m. ET on TNT.

For the first time, the NBA All-Star Game will feature a mini-tournament with four teams and three games. Two teams will meet in one semifinal (Game 1), and the remaining two teams will meet in the other semifinal (Game 2). The winning teams from Game 1 and Game 2 will advance to face each other in the championship (Game 3). For each game, the winner will be the first team to reach or surpass 40 points.
Each team will have eight players and be named for a TNT NBA analyst. The 24 NBA All-Star selections will be divided evenly into three teams, with the rosters drafted by TNT’s Inside the NBA commentators and honorary team general managers Charles Barkley, Shaquille O’Neal and Kenny Smith. The three analysts will make their respective picks for Team Charles, Team Shaq and Team Kenny live on TNT in the NBA All-Star Draft, which will be conducted on Thursday, Feb. 6 just before the network’s doubleheader that night.

The fourth team will be the winning team from the championship game of the Castrol Rising Stars, the annual showcase of top first- and second-year NBA players and NBA G League standouts, which will be played on Friday, Feb. 14 during NBA All-Star 2025. TNT analyst and WNBA legend Candace Parker will serve as honorary GM of the Rising Stars champion, known as Team Candace.

The voting process to determine the 24 NBA All-Stars will remain the same. The five players honored as starters in each conference will be selected by fans (50% of the vote), current NBA players (25%) and a media panel (25%). The seven players honored as reserves in each conference will be selected by NBA head coaches. See below for more information about NBA All-Star voting.

The four NBA All-Star Game head coaches will come from the coaching staffs of the teams with the best regular-season record in each conference through games played on Sunday, Feb. 2. The head coach of the leading Eastern Conference team and the head coach of the leading Western Conference team will each coach an NBA All-Star team. An assistant coach from one of those staffs will serve as head coach of the Castrol Rising Stars champion, and an assistant coach from the other staff will coach the remaining All-Star team.

The four teams participating in the NBA All-Star Game will compete for a prize pool of $1.8 million, with each player on the championship-winning team receiving $125,000, each player on the second-place team receiving $50,000 and each player on the third- and fourth-place teams receiving $25,000.

NBA Standings as of December 16, 2024 👇👇

On This Day in NBA History – December 17, 2006

Washington Wizards guard Gilbert Arenas sets two records in a 147-141 overtime win against the Los Angeles Lakers. He scored a career-best 60 points in the victory, shooting 17-for-32 overall. In overtime, he set another record by scoring 16 points, the most points in NBA history in a single overtime period.

On This Day in NBA History – December 17, 1991

Cleveland, which had eight different players score in double figures, defeated Miami 148-80 at Richfield Coliseum. The 68-point margin of victory set an NBA record, shattering the previous mark of 63 points in the Los Angeles Lakers’ 162-99 win over Golden State on March 19, 1972.

NBA Scores as of December 16, 2024 👇👇

Former NBA player Dick Van Arsdale passes away at the age of 81.

Played for the New York Knicks and Phoenix Suns, Van Arsdale holds career averages of 16.4 points, 4.1 rebounds, and 3.3 assists in 921 regular season games.

Nicknamed "The Original Sun", Van Arsdale is one of the selections in the 1968 Phoenix Suns expansion draft. While with the Suns, he was a 3 time All Star, and a member of the 1976 NBA Finals.

Our thoughts are with his friends and family, including his twin brother and Suns teammate, Tom, during this difficult time.

Rest in peace. 😢🙏

February 22, 1943 – December 16, 2024