NBA A four-team tournament is proposed for the 2025 All-StarA new initiative to revitalize the weekend that recognizes the best players in the league.
As announced this Friday, the NBA is working on a three-team plan in which eight players each will be selected as All-Stars and a fourth team will be the Rising Stars winner, which includes rookies, second-year players and members of the G-League.
The NBA All Star Game is already taking place in 2025
The Golden State Warriors will host the home midseason classic
These four teams will face off in a ‘Final Four’ format with two semi-finals and one final.
ESPN added that it is talking with NBA players, coaches and league executives about how to improve the All-Star, who has gone through a delicate moment in recent years due to lack of competitiveness and interest.
Traditionally a game was played between the best in the East and the best in the West, but recently the NBA experimented with another format with two captains per team who chose their players from across conferences.
The NBA returned to the traditional East vs. West format in 2024 and is now considering opting for the tournament with four teams.
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The 2025 All-Star Game will be held in San Francisco with the Golden State Warriors.
It is considered possible that Warriors icon Stephen Curry will once again compete in a three-point contest with Sabrina Ionescu of the New York Liberty of the WNBA, as they so successfully faced off in 2024. .
As always, according to ESPN sources, that portion of the All-Star could also include Klay Thompson, a legend of the Warriors but now of the Dallas Mavericks, and Kaitlin Clark, albeit with the same or some variation. Indiana is WNBA fever and already a star in America
