The NBA has announced a new format for this season's All-Star Game, featuring a U.S. vs. the World theme. The game will be a round-robin tournament held on Sunday, February 15, at the Intuit Dome in Inglewood, California. The NBA hopes this format will reignite interest in the midseason event.
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Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic, right, shoots for a basket as Miami Heat center Kel’el Ware defends in the second half of an NBA basketball game Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025, in Denver. Oklahoma City Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander reacts on the bench after a basket during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Los Angeles Clippers, Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025, in Los Angeles. Los Angeles Lakers guard Luka Doncic celebrates after scoring as Charlotte Hornets forward Miles Bridges looks on during the second half of an NBA basketball game Monday, Nov. 10, 2025, in Charlotte, N.C. Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo shoots a three-pointer against Dallas Mavericks center Moussa Cisse during the second half of an NBA basketball game in Dallas, Monday, Nov. 10, 2025. Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo shoots a three-pointer against Dallas Mavericks center Moussa Cisse during the second half of an NBA basketball game in Dallas, Monday, Nov. 10, 2025. Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic, right, shoots for a basket as Miami Heat center Kel’el Ware defends in the second half of an NBA basketball game Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025, in Denver. Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic, right, shoots for a basket as Miami Heat center Kel’el Ware defends in the second half of an NBA basketball game Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025, in Denver. Oklahoma City Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander reacts on the bench after a basket during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Los Angeles Clippers, Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025, in Los Angeles. Oklahoma City Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander reacts on the bench after a basket during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Los Angeles Clippers, Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025, in Los Angeles. Los Angeles Lakers guard Luka Doncic celebrates after scoring as Charlotte Hornets forward Miles Bridges looks on during the second half of an NBA basketball game Monday, Nov. 10, 2025, in Charlotte, N.C. Los Angeles Lakers guard Luka Doncic celebrates after scoring as Charlotte Hornets forward Miles Bridges looks on during the second half of an NBA basketball game Monday, Nov. 10, 2025, in Charlotte, N.C. The game — which really will be a round-robin tournament of games — will be played Sunday, Feb. 15, starting at 5 p.m. Eastern at Intuit Dome, the Los Angeles Clippers’ arena in Inglewood, California. It’ll be aired on NBC at just about the midway point of theAnd part of what NBA Commissioner Adam Silver and other stakeholders liked about trying the U.S. vs. the World format was how the timing coincides with those Milan Cortina Games and the surge of national pride that people around the world get during an Olympics. “I think it’s going to be exciting for people to watch,” Milwaukee star Giannis Antetokounmpo said earlier this season when asked about the idea of U.S. vs. the World. “I’m going to play hard. I’ve always been playing hard, but I think it’s going to put a little bit more juice to the game. … All players have ego. Nobody wants to be embarrassed. Guys will play harder because they don’t want to become — I don’t know how you say this — they don’t want to become viral. I’m excited for this format.” Players born outside of the U.S. have won each of the last seven MVP awards, each of the last four NBA scoring titles, and each of the last five rebounding titles. Canada’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander was MVP, NBA Finals MVP, the league’s scoring champion and led Oklahoma City to the NBA title last season.While the NBA had made clear for several weeks that U.S. vs. the World was going to happen — it was even talked aboutThere will be three teams of at least eight players. Games will be one standard NBA quarter, or 12 minutes long. Team A will play Team B in Game 1. The winner of that game will play Team C in Game 2. The loser of Game 1 will play Team C in Game 3. The teams with the best two records will play in the championship game. If all three teams are 1-1, point differential would be the tiebreaker.Let’s start with the voting. It will be basically the same as it has been in recent years, with one notable tweak — the NBA is eliminating the frontcourt and backcourt position designations for players. Each ballot from fans will include five players from the Eastern Conference, five players from the Western Conference. Positions will not matter, nor will nationalities. The fan ballots will be used as part of a formula to identify the starters; fan votes will be weighted at 50%, with NBA player voting accounting for 25% and voting from a panel of writers and broadcasters who cover the league making up the final 25%.This is where it gets a little tricky. The NBA is roughly two-thirds American players, one-third international players. So, the plan is to have two eight-man teams of American players and one eight-man team of international players. But there’s no guarantee that exactly 16 American players and exactly eight international players will emerge from the voting. And it’s entirely possible that American players could wind up playing for the international team if they have ties to other countries. If the voting doesn’t result in having a pool of 16 American and eight international players, Silver will add players until the minimum is met. In those cases, some teams will have more than eight players on their rosters.The NBA says the “process for assigning players to the two U.S. teams will be determined at a later date.” Same goes for things like how coaches will be selected and how the player pool of award money will work. It tried having captains like Antetokounmpo, LeBron James, Stephen Curry and Kevin Durant pick their own rosters. It tried having a “target score” finish,with the winners of the Rising Stars game between NBA rookies and sophomores joining three teams of actual All-Stars, and that format Vince Carter, one of the game’s great dunkers, used his NBC platform Tuesday night to urge more players to take part in the slam dunk contest — whichin each of the last three seasons. McClung said going into last year’s contest that he wasn’t planning to participate again in 2026.said he’d like to see Minnesota’s Anthony Edwards, Memphis’ Ja Morant, New Orleans’ Zion Williamson, Portland’s Shaedon Sharpe, Chicago’s Matas Buzelis, San Antonio’s Stephon Castle, Philadelphia’s VJ Edgecombe and Indiana’s Johnny Furphy in this season’s dunk contest.
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