• NBA All-Star 2025: Complete coverage
Three frontcourt players and two guards from each conference have been named starters for the 2025 NBA All-Star Game, which will be played on Sunday, Feb. 16 at Chase Center in San Francisco. The new four-team, three-game mini-tournament will air at 8 p.m. ET on TNT.
As revealed tonight on TNT, the 10 players honored as starters are below:
Eastern Conference starters:
Jaylen Brunson, New York Knicks Donovan Mitchell, Cleveland Cavaliers Karl-Anthony Towns, New York Knicks Jayson Tatum, Boston Celtics
Giannis Antetokounmpo, Milwaukee Bucks
Western Conference starters:
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Oklahoma City Thunder Stephen Curry, Golden State Warriors Nikola Jokić, Denver Nuggets Kevin Durant, Phoenix Suns
LeBron James, Los Angeles Lakers
Fans accounted for 50% of the vote to determine the NBA All-Star Game starters, while current NBA players and a media panel accounted for 25% each. Click here for the complete voting results and an explanation for how the players were ranked in their position groups.
The reserves for the 2025 NBA All-Star Game will be revealed by TNT on Thursday, Jan. 30 at 7 p.m. ET. Seven players will be named in each conference: two guards, three frontcourt players and two additional players at any position. NBA head coaches will select the reserves.
After the reserves are announced, the 24 NBA All-Star selections will be divided evenly into three eight-player teams.
New All-Star Game Format
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 Chuck, 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 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 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.
The four teams participating in the NBA All-Star Game will compete for a prize pool of $1.8 million. Each player on the championship-winning team will receive $125,000, each player on the second-place team will receive $50,000 and each player on the third- and fourth-place teams will receive $25,000.
