This will be the grotesque All-Star Game 2025 of a lost NBA

For the first time, the NBA All-Star Game will feature a mini-tournament with four teams and three games. Two teams will face off in a semifinal (Game 1), while the other two teams will compete in the second semifinal (Game 2). The winners of both games will advance to meet in the championship (Game 3). In each match, the winning team will be the first to reach or exceed 40 points.

Each team will consist of eight players and will be named after an NBA analyst on TNT. The 24 selections for the All-Star Game will be divided into three teams, with their rosters selected by the Inside the NBA commentators and honorary general managers Charles Barkley, Shaquille O’Neal, and Kenny Smith. The analysts will make their respective picks for Team Chuck, Team Shaq, and Team Kenny in the All-Star Game Draft, which will take place live on TNT on Thursday, February 6, just before that night's doubleheader.

The fourth team will be the champion of the Castrol Rising Stars, the annual event that showcases the top first and second-year players from the NBA, as well as promising talents from the NBA G League. This game will be played on Friday, February 14, during the 2025 All-Star Game, and TNT analyst and WNBA legend Candace Parker will act as the honorary general manager of the winning team, known as Team Candace.

The voting process to determine the 24 NBA All-Stars will remain unchanged. The head coaches of the participating teams will be selected from the coaching staffs of the teams with the best record from the regular season in each conference up to games played on Sunday, February 2. The head coach of the leading team in the Eastern Conference and the head coach of the leading team in the Western Conference will lead the All-Star teams. An assistant coach from one of those coaching staffs will be designated to lead the Castrol Rising Stars champion, while another assistant will coach the remaining All-Star team.

The four participating teams will compete for a prize pool of $1.8 million. Each player on the championship team will receive $125,000, players from the second-place team will get $50,000, and each player from the third and fourth-place teams will earn $25,000.

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