The Rising Stars Challenge will take place on Feb. 14, and the NBA has announced the full 28-man player pool.
The 2025 NBA All-Star Game is set to take place at the Chase Center, home of the Golden State Warriors. All-Star weekend is slated for Feb. 14–16, with classic events such as the Rising Stars game, the Three-Point Contest, the
On Tuesday, the league announced its participants for the Rising Stars game, consisting of current NBA rookies and sophomores, as well as a handful of G-League players. In total, there will be 10 rookies and 11 sophomores in addition to six G-Leaguers.This year's Castrol Rising Stars challenge will feature a new look. NBA assistant coaches will draft three teams from the pool of 21 rookies and sophomores. A fourth team will consist of the crop of G-League players.
The format of the tournament is as follows: Team A will take on Team B and Team C will play against the G-League squad, Team D. The winners of those games will meet in a championship bout to determine who will go on to join the All-Star tournament. In the first round, the winner will be determined by what team reaches 40 points first. In the championship, the two sides will race to reach 25 points.
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