Karl-Anthony Towns, seen here at last year’s All-Star game, will be among the players in this year’s All-Star round robin tournament. (Justin Casterline/Getty Images)
The 2025 NBA All-Star game won’t just be an East vs. West game like it has been, instead, it will be a mini-tournament where three teams, whose players were selected by Charles Barkley, Shaquille O’Neal and Kenny Smith, will compete for the championship title. The tournament is set to begin on Sunday, Feb. 16 at 8 p.m. ET on TNT and truTV, with two semi-finals leading up to a championship final game which will air at roughly 10 p.m. Games will be capped at 40 points (one assumes, to keep the pace moving and avoid a situation like last year’s 211-186 result.) The NBA’s All-Star Weekend, which takes place in San Francisco this year, also includes the celebrity All-Star game, where the basketball skills of entertainers like Shaboozey, Noah Kahan, and Walker Hayes will be on display. There will also be a Rising Stars competition on Friday, and the dunk and 3-point contest on Saturday, all followed by the championship tournament on Sunday.
Get the the 2025 team rosters and information about how to watch this weekend’s All-Star games.
Dates: Feb. 16, 2025
Time: 8 p.m. ET
TV channel(s): TNT, TruTV
Streaming: Max, DirecTV, Hulu with Live TV and more
All times Eastern
Sunday, Feb. 16
NBA All-Star Semifinal, Game 1, 8:20 p.m. (TNT, TruTV, Max)
NBA All-Star Semifinal, Game 2, 9:10 p.m. (TNT, TruTV, Max)
NBA All-Star Championship Game, 10 p.m. (TNT, TruTV, Max)
This year, All-Star players have been split into three teams of eight players this year, each of them drafted by TNT analysts Shaquille O’Neal, Charles Barkley and Kenny Smith. The team breakdowns are as follows:
Team Chuck: Nikola Jokic, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Victor Wembanyama, Pascal Siakam, Alperen Sengun, Karl-Anthony Towns, Donovan Mitchell, and Trae Young. (Giannis Antetokounmpo was originally picked to play but has been replaced by Young due to injury.)
Team Shaq: LeBron James, Stephen Curry, Anthony, Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown, Kevin Durant, Damian Lillard, James Harden, and Kyrie Irving (who replaces an injured Anthony Davis).
Team Kenny: Anthony Edwards, Jalen Brunson, Jaren Jackson Jr., Jalen Williams, Darius Garland, Evan Mobley, Cade Cunningham and Tyler Herro.
This season, the NBA’s All-Star Weekend games will air across TNT and truTV. These channels are all available on platforms like DirecTV, Sling, and Hulu + Live TV. Fubo TV carries all of these channels with the exception of TNT/TBS/truTV, which are instead available on Max.
While we typically love Fubo for most sports, there’s one caveat when subscribing to Fubo specifically for NBA access, and that’s the fact that the platform doesn’t carry TNT, which will be carrying this weekend’s All-Star games on Sunday. Fortunately, you can tune in to TNT, as well as ESPN, ABC, NBA TV and ESPN2 on DirecTV and Hulu with Live TV, which will give you access to all of the weekend’s events.
DIRECTV has the channels you need to watch All-Star Weekend’s basketball games live, including ABC, ESPN, TNT, FOX Sports, NBA TV & 40+ regional sports networks, making it one of the most comprehensive places to watch the NBA. You can also add on a subscription NBA League Pass so you won’t have to miss a single out-of-market game. After a free trial, packages start at $74.99/month.
Max has been “the one to watch” for entertainment fans for quite some time, but now it’s got sports fans covered, too. For an unspecified limited time, Max subscribers can get the new B/R Sports add-on totally free. That means you can watch live NBA games and All-Star Weekend coverage on TBS, TNT, and truTV, included in your Max subscription!
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